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Lukas W
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 08:49
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hey,

we have a computer at work that we are probably going to toss.
so i was thinking maybe i could snap some usefull hardware from it

currently my brother have a Geforce4 MX420 and no soundcard.
the computer we are going to toss have a Geforce2 GTS and a 5.1 soundcard.

so i am quite sure about the soundcard part, but not so sure about the video card.

his computer support AGP8x and i guess the Geforce2 isn't more than AGP4x so that wont be a problem. the reason why i am unsure is this:

could it be worth upgrading/degrading to a Geforce2 card when it, (yeah slower i know, or is it?) support Pixel Shader, so he could play games with better graphics. but it will probably not run faster :/

his spec is this: AMD Sempron 2200+ with 256mb Ram.

so what would you guys do? i have allready searched google for an answer but it gives me two different tables with different information in each, like in one table it might say 'memory clock' while in the other it says 'memory bandwith' and the Geforce4 have 3k while the geforce2 have 6k :/ so im really not sure if i follow the tables right..

any advice?


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Van B
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 09:29
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GF2's pixel shader support leaves a lot to be desired.

I think that you should upgrade anyway, the GF4 is quite dated too, even a budget card, like a FX5200 would be a lot better.


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Fallout
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 10:18 Edited at: 17th Jan 2006 10:18
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I don't know the geographical locations of your houses (obviously ), but you might just find the fuel cost to drive to work, get the graphics card, drive to your brothers house and drive back home is about 75% of the cost of a budget graphics card, that will p*ss all over both of those! Probably grossly over-estimated, but Van has a point really. You can get an FX5200 for £22, which is around 250 Kroner.

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Lukas W
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 10:44
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not that it have a point but i take the bus to work i dont have a car license

and yeah well i could just take the card test it and then toss it if it sucks, but ill tell him that a FX5200 would be a cool choise. i got a 6600gt myself and when i see his GF4 with no pixelshader i almost cry.

not really


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Lukas W
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 12:09
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i have found a cool website (tomshardware.com) where he's got reviews of almost all graphics card. why didn't anyone tell me. i see now that my judgings were wrong. but i found the FX5200 rather very much alike the GF4MX, exept the FX have direct X 9 support and MX420 have direct x 7 support. the geforce 2 on the other hands :/ i would rather keep my rage 128 pro, or maybe not. but it suck


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Codelike
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 14:16 Edited at: 17th Jan 2006 14:17
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Lukas W, an FX5500, if your brother's got the cash available. That GF2's ancient! I've got a 128mb 6600GT, too, after doing some research for a powerful, yet economically priced, card. I upgraded from a 256mb FX5500, which is also a fine card, (mine needed a GPU fan replacement after a year's run-in, though - it got noisy). I'm keeping it & getting a Zalman fan, soon, for my spare machine.

The FX5500 might be worth looking at, for your brother. It's about £40/ 60 euros now, I think.

Good luck.

I have an XP3000+, 1.5gb DDR333, a 6600GT and I'm programming 3k text-based exe's?!
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Wiggett
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 14:30
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if it wer eme i'd 'swindle' the whole computer, can't go wrong with more computers for lan action.

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Lukas W
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 15:06
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thanks codelike ill tell him that. and wiggett i have allready though about that but rumour has it i would not like to carry a whole computer out of work and onto the bus. that thing weights a ton and it would be hard to hide it. what?


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