Worth the Upgrade?

[Guest]

System: 1.1g Athlon, 256meg. ram, GTS, g-gorce 2 video card. Image quality is very good in my opinion, for this particular system.How much improvement can I expect by upgrading my video card to a G-Force4 Ti, 128? Is it worth the upgrade?

[1mikel151 71]

depends on what you are trying to achieve. You will get better graphics and some performance, but to take full advantage of the G4 you will probably need a better CPU, closer to 2 gig. I have an Athlon 1.4 Tbird and had a Radeon 64 MB DDR card and upgraded to a G4 Ti 4600, the picture quality was outstanding, but gained less performance than I expected, still happy with it though. Every setup will get different results, depending on the configuration. If you are looking to upgrade, wait till next year, lots of new processors and V card technology coming out, will be worth the wait, plus it will make the current stuff more affordable. Hope that helps.Michaelhttp://www.geocities.com/res052cd/cmhbanner.gif

[Guest]

You'll see in increase in image quality but that's it. If I were you I'd get another 256 meg stick of ram. ;) Otherwise, you have a nice system. :)Gary

[Guest ccgr]

I would definitely upgrade your video card. What kind of memory you running SDRAM or DDR? I too would recommend 512MB.

[Guest]

You will not see an increase in FPS, if this is what you're after. Need more CPU for more FPS, bottom line.

[Guest CharlesH]

Hi:Get a least a P4 2.4 that has a 533 bus. They have come down in price and will give you the performance you need.Charles