Video Card Upgrade - Would I notice a difference between
Would I notice a major difference between a Asus V7100 GeForce 2MX 32MB and a LeadTek Winfast GeForce3 TI200 ??
The cards are fairly cheap at the moment so I'm looking to upgrade, anyone know if this will give me a huge performance boost or if I should wait a while longer. |
09:45pm 07/05/02 Permalink
My system is
AMD Athlon TBird 1.1 Aopen AK73 PRO A MB 384MB PC133 RAM Cpu shouldn't be a bottleneck should it ? |
10:02pm 07/05/02 Permalink
I was gonna go for the LeadTek Winfast for a reason
They're only $269 + postage currently. I figure thats an excellent price for a GeForce3 Point me to Sub $350 card from other manufactures and I'll consider it ! |
10:09pm 07/05/02 Permalink
leadtek are a great manufacturer.. definatly on par with asus.. and they dont make dodgy drivers that let you see thru walls.. :P
ive still got my geforce256DDR.. leadtek of course :) running fine, and it was bought from sunlit.. lol! |
10:11pm 07/05/02 Permalink
ahaha.. asus fanboy eds to the rescue.. :)
got any proof for your claims fatboy? |
10:16pm 07/05/02 Permalink
After working in a company doing RMA my suggestion is Asus or Hercules (probably Hercules more than Asus).
The Winfast cards have issues with some MSI motherboards and (from experience) have a higher failure rate. Performance wise Asus and Hercules are better. The few dealings I have had with the MSI cards (GF3) the seem to be damn great. |
10:21pm 07/05/02 Permalink
ahh maybe the winfast cards have issues.. i dunno :)
ive just had perfect usage with my card. |
10:25pm 07/05/02 Permalink
Thankfully I didnt have to deal with Seagate HDD much (the majority of the bad ones went thru before I started and the company stopped selling them due to the failure rate).
My RMA hate was bloody IBM HDD. The damn things are useless. |
10:25pm 07/05/02 Permalink
my leadtek geforce sdr is still going strong, however my first geforce 2 pro used to overheat like crazy for some reason (never overclocked), i returned it and my new one is stable however still overheats somtimes. Amms also has a leadtek geforce 2 pro (a newer build) and its even worse than mine, the only way you can use it without it locking up is with a huge desktop fan sitting right next to it. I cant be sure about other leadtek cards (maybe they went with a dodgy design on the pro, despite the bloody huge hsf), however, i dont think ill trust leadtek when i upgrade to my gf4 4200.
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10:41pm 07/05/02 Permalink
Can't you guys read
I cannot afford $600+ on a video card. F*****g hell, I didn't ask what brands, I asked if I'd see a noticable difference between my current card and the listed card. I'm not about to go fork out half of what my PC is worth on one piece of hardware. God damn. |
11:34pm 07/05/02 Permalink
How long do you reckon you'll want to keep your video card for? If it's 12 months or less then who cares if it's a Leadtek. If it fails it's still under warranty - sure it's a pain in the arse getting a warranty claim through but it should be honoured. If you want to keep it for a couple years then you should start thinking a more "renowned" brand. But personally I've have no problems with the cheaper brands.
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12:12am 08/05/02 Permalink
I'll be holding onto it from anywhere from 6 to 24 months. So even with a 12 month warranty, I can always go back to a GeForce2 or something, its not a big deal!
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12:23am 08/05/02 Permalink
Heck in twelve months time the GF4MX should be cheap as the GF2MX is now. If it was me I'd buy the Leadtek - with your 1.1gig Athlon a GF3 Ti200 should kick considerable ass :) You might have a problem sourcing one though. A lot of the stores don't list them anymore.
The only thing is you'll do like most of us - increase the resolution you play at or turn on anti-aliasing so you won't see huge framerate increases. But at least your games will look a shedload better ;) |
12:33am 08/05/02 Permalink
I would definately reccomend you go Winfast/Leadtek, i have a Winfast GF2 Ti, works great never one problem at all and it performs nicely.
you buy hercules/asus you are paying for the name and a few other little bits of crap you wont use like TV in/out most probably I also have owned 2 Asus GF2mx's a 400 and a 200, the 400 was a lot of trouble. So yeah id definately go for the cheaper alternative, nothing wrong with Winfast its a little cain0r in my system :) |
08:43am 08/05/02 Permalink
my winfast geforce 4mx works fine, i did have a few problems with a winfast tnt2 a few years back (but hey thats a tnt2 for ya) winfast is a well known brand and they are cheap, why wouldnt you go with them.
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09:28am 08/05/02 Permalink
Would I notice a major difference between a Asus V7100 GeForce 2MX 32MB and a LeadTek Winfast GeForce3 TI200 ?? I had a hercules geforce2 mx, and i used to get 99fps @ 800x600, (counterstrike) but with lots of people or lots of s*** happening ie, smoke, it would dip under 50's. When I brought my Ledtek Geforce3 ti200, i was pretty happy with it, easy install, not a problem to the least. Thing is, most GF3's all have about the samish performance. I have not tweaked or over clocked my card, and i play cs 1280x960. But yer, it will make a huge difference. |
10:35am 08/05/02 Permalink
I know of a place that is running 20 Leadtek GF3 Ti200's and they don't seem to have a problem and it runs pretty fast for all games.
Even AVP2. I also think those cards come with TV out. But sif you wouldn't get a ATi Radeon 8500 for an extra fiddy bucks. |
10:56am 08/05/02 Permalink
