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Newbie Advice
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Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:23 amby Scottler
Hey everyone.
I'm a retard when it comes to the technical aspect of computers, so I'm asking for some help here.
I am considering upgrading my video card, but because I am going to be working on my PPL in real life, I don't want to spend 3.7 million dollars doing so.
What's the best card you would buy, yet spend as little money as possible doing so, to put in a PC with the following specs:
P4 2.0Ghz
640MB RAM
20GB hard drive (I know, it's not huge. I don't need it to be.)
Thanks!
Re: Newbie Advice
Posted:
Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:39 pmby ATI_7500
ATI 9500pro. good performance ,low price. and forget the Gf FX 5200,it's much too slow.
Re: Newbie Advice
Posted:
Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:47 pmby Scottler
Cool, I'll look into it thanks!
Re: Newbie Advice
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Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:48 pmby ozzy72
Well its a question of budget Scott. The Ti4600s have taken a price drop recently, and I've got one and swear by it.
In both FS2k2 and CFS3 the performance is awesome! CFS3 is smoother than a cashmere codpiece, and FS2k2 is simply fantastic, all the sliders maxed, resolution at the limit! Wow
Mark
Re: Newbie Advice
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Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:58 pmby Scottler
I'll look into that one as well, Mark.
Re: Newbie Advice
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Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:57 pmby Scottler
Crap, I looked at two tonight and I can't remember which they were.
One was the ATI 9000, and the other was.....hmm It came in an X shaped box too. lol
Either of those any good? (for the price.)
Re: Newbie Advice
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Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:27 pmby Tchkinjiu
If you change your mind... ::) If you have an AGP slot you could get the most powerful one out there. Oh...around... $500? ;D
The GeForce 5900 Ultra 256MB.
Ultimate. Don't have one though. Heres hoping. ;D
Re: Newbie Advice
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Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:02 amby Scottler
$500? I don't mind spending $500 on something if it's worth it, but that's nearly 5 hours of instruction! lol I don't need THAT much for a game. (Though it's tempting. haha)
Re: Newbie Advice
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Thu Sep 11, 2003 5:00 pmby Tchkinjiu
Very tempting!
Oh and if you want a before and after thing, check out this from Alienware.
http://www.alienware.com/Video/g4_M.wmv
Re: Newbie Advice
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Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:06 amby ATI_7500
the 9000 is quite slow. if you really want to spend just little money,go for ozzys Ti 4600. the 9500pro costs about 230 US $,maybe even less.
Re: Newbie Advice
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Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:33 amby Scottler
Only at SimV would someone be able to say "I'm trying to not spend tons of money" and have responses that range from $250 to $500. lol
Actually, I'm not looking to spend that much money on simulated flight, because I've got the real thing to pay for. I guess I'll just stick with my regular ol' card.
Thanks!
Re: Newbie Advice
Posted:
Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:24 pmby Tchkinjiu
P.S.
What vid card do you have right now?
I got a GeForce 64MB and have been getting better framerates then most people with a 128MB vid card. HA!
Re: Newbie Advice
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Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:23 pmby Scottler
The card that's in there at present is the one that came with the PC from Dell. lol
It's not bad, but it's hardly great, either.
Re: Newbie Advice
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Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:23 pmby Daz
erm me personaly would choose the nvidia fx5200 which is sensibly priced and offers great performace.....you might wanna go a bit higher to the nvidia fx5600 which i currently have and i swear by this card..
the only other alternative i can suggest is the geforce 4 ti4200 64MB version quite simply a card that can hold its own even in todays market even though its aging quite a bit now.....i used to have one of these babies and if you tweak it right you can still get very good performance out of it
and its v v cheap
hope this helps and sorry for not mentioning any ATI cards i personally do not like them - sorry ati fans
nvidia rules
Re: Newbie Advice
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Sat Sep 13, 2003 10:39 pmby swanny338
sorry ati fans
nvidia rules
my thoughts exactly