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Post by Johnny »

I'm not too good with computers but I may be able to offer you some assistance. I heard(but Im not sure) that Radeon Video Cards are better than Nvidea Cards. And, it sounds like you may need a faster processor and some more RAM. I have Neverwinter nights and that game seems to un alright on my pc...probably due to the memory.
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yeah GTA is pretty annoying, it's to the point where moving around during times when lots is going on in the screen is so choppy it's damn hard just to do what you want
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I know that feeling. My pc is like that. :uh:
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I AM ME wrote:ok guys so i just got my computer boosted from a puny 20 G to a 40 G, mostly because my computer's hard drive crashed and i needed a new one anyways. Yeah that's right 7 G's of music and video GONE! :cry: :cry: But anyways, my computer runs kinda choppy when i play busy high graphic games. I'm guessing this is because of my video card and not my pentium lll, any suggestions on good video cards to get? i have a Nvidea Riva TNT2, with a pentium 3, 735 MHz, 256 Mb of RAM. So could anyone suggest a good video card for gaming or perhaps some other problem that may be causing the choppyness? Playing GTA 3 and Neverwinter Nights like this is driving me insane.


Go with ATI Radeon. :drool:
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bah, nvidia's digital vibrance rules all...specially in games like freelancer :drool: as for video cards on older systems...you need to make sure your motherboard will support it...most video cars and agp 4x or > making it hard for pentium III based motherboards to upgrade...as it is likely a 2x agp port. Check it out at the computer store
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I wish I had the $$$ to fix up mine
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Radeon has been catching up recently and many say that Radeon beat out Nvidia in the current card cycle. As far as performance goes, Radeons newest cards beat out Nvidia's newest hands down. However if you want a cheaper card that will allow you to play GTA i'd go for Nvidia's budget cards. (Gefore 4 MX ect.)
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The Johnathan wrote:I wish I had the $$$ to fix up mine

I know that feeling

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Once you're lost in twillights's blue
You don't find your way, the way finds you...

Tempt the fates, beware the smile
It hides all the teeth, my dear,
What's behind them...

So glad you could stay
Forever

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There's blood on the blade
Don't take his hand

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Shadows creep & dance the walls
He's creeping too..

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OMFG I am so HAPPY!@!@!@!# My boyfriend bought me Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 3-the original carts for SNES!!!! :love: I know what I'll be doing all summer.....
yeah this had nothing to do with anything but it is about video games.
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anyone know how much it costs to upgrade to a pentium 4?
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"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911

"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good

I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.

"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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from a what?
If you have to replace the motherboard...its only an extra few hundred to get a new system...which is well worth it
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:drool: final fantasy :drool: if you like final fantasy check out my website
www.geocities.com/midgarsector7slumsonline/

Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf

Once you're lost in twillights's blue
You don't find your way, the way finds you...

Tempt the fates, beware the smile
It hides all the teeth, my dear,
What's behind them...

So glad you could stay
Forever

He steps between the trees, a crooked man
There's blood on the blade
Don't take his hand

You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue
Shadows creep & dance the walls
He's creeping too..

So glad you could stay
Forever


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Post by Johnny »

I just completed RE:0

:drool:
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YaY. On to the original eh Johny???
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Post by Johnny »

Indeed! I tried it out earlier. Its so effing different and tough!
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Post by Canadian Coast Guard »

Anyone see the newest nvidia card: The Geforce 6800 Ultra. It laid a massive smackdown.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=2023
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Yeah its pretty intense. I'm guessing Radeons up and comming will be equally as powerful.
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It better be, competition drives the prices down.
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Post by joe_canadian »

I have decided that, based upon coolness factor alone, Onimusha 3 is the best console game ever.
Just because I am sexy, naked, a bassist, and sporting a top hat doesn't make me Duncan Coutts!
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What are you talking about? If we judge games on coolness factor alone, Bubble Bobble clearly wins.
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