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[Matata]

Yep I always wanted to get a new one but it wasn´t necessary so I didin´t get one, plus I´m looking for a card with TV out to watch DivX in the TV.

 

[Matata]

Aww men I can´t decide if buy the card or not, are you guys completly sure this will fix my speed problem????

 

[Eagle]

I cant guaruntee it will fix your specific speed problem, but it is likely that it will. Furthermore it will overall improve your system with regards to gaming.

 

[Matata]

Well seems that the Video Card is gonna have to wait a little because I´m going to buy a Digital Camera first.

 

[sytaylor]

TNT2's were good 4 years ago, but now they're showing their age

 

[Matata]

Yeah but I think that insted of buying a new Video Card I´ll save more money and buy a whole new computer and make it myself (so I can save a few bucks).

 

[Matata]

I was thinking: Can I tweak my TNT2 with RivaTurner to make it better and see if my slowdown problem solves? I´m not sure about this because all the tutorial on the internet are for GeForce or better card (to make the card a Quadro 2 or better).
Is it dangerous to do this? Or my card is too old to tweak it?

 

[jollyrancher]

There's a program called TNTCLK http://thetechzone.com/downloads/tntclk12.zip that will overclock it.

 

[Matata]

what´s overcloking?

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

what´s overcloking?

Overclocking is setting the clock frequency above the factory default setting to get a speed increase.

 

[Matata]

But isn´t that goingi to broke it? Or overheat it?

 

[Matata]

Well, I made up my mind: I´m going to buy a GeForce but I´m not sure if I should buy a GeForce 2 or 4. Is there really a big difference?

 

[sytaylor]

Yes, the Geforce 4 is much faster and fully supports direct x 8 in hardware. (unless you get the geforce 4mx).. see if you can pick up a geforce ti4200, which is for me the entry level card right now

 

[Matata]

Ok I´ll see if I can get one. Thanks.

 

[Matata]

Well, it´s decided: I´m going to buy a XFX GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB DDR AGP8X w/TV-Out.
But I don´t know if it´s going to work with my motherboard. How can I know????

I have an AMD Duron 750 Mhz PCChips Systemboard M810 Series V3.0a

 

[Eagle]

Overclocking is setting the clock frequency above the factory default setting to get a speed increase.

Yes, Some TNT2 Cards were purely designed for overclocking (i.e. Diamond Multimedia's TNT2) , but if you set it to high you can crash your computer and maybe even damage your hardware so be carefull

 

[jollyrancher]

Well, it´s decided: I´m going to buy a XFX GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB DDR AGP8X w/TV-Out.

Mmmmm... I usually stay out of these video card debates, but I don't think you'll find many people in this forum who would reccomend that card for the value or performance. If you're going with a Geforce and you want something cheap (around $50-70), get the Ti4200. If you don't want to pay that much, get a Geforce3 (either model)... it's better than the Geforce4 MX and probably cheaper too.

 

[Matata]

Ti4200 are damn expensive and I can´t find any GeForce 3.

 

[Eagle]

Well, it´s decided: I´m going to buy a XFX GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB DDR AGP8X w/TV-Out.
But I don´t know if it´s going to work with my motherboard. How can I know????

I have an AMD Duron 750 Mhz PCChips Systemboard M810 Series V3.0a

Carefull there, while I have no experience with them, I have heard AGP 8X cards are not backwards compatible (meaning they will only work in an AGP 8X slot). If your motherboard as a 4X AGP slot you will definately want to get the 4X version. Granted I could be completely wrong and I'm just repeating idle rumor as well.

 

[Eagle]

Then again the specs say it will run on AGP 2.0 slots but mentions nothing about AGP 1.0. Sooo if your AGP slot supports 2X/4X/8X AGP then I guess your safe.

http://www.xfxgraphics.com/product_view.php?sku=PVT18KQT