I think the Ti 500 might actually be faster, biggest issue however is compatibility. GeForce3 will play much more nicely with Win9x if that's what you're considering.

That's why we benchmark. 😀 Have fun testing it, record lots of results with both cards, then you can make a better choice than any of us ever could. Best of all, you can share the bench #s here and we can all ogle them.

if your goal is to play Win9x or early Win2k/XP games, the GF3 is the better option , especially in terms of compatibility (Splinter Cell for instance will display its shadows correctly on a GF3 , but not on a GF6200).

later XP games are not going to be fun with either, so I guess the final answer is probably the GF3.

Any 64bit GPU, no matter how new it is, is going to be abysmal.
Keep the Ti installed. Great 98SE compatibility, and no driver/game problems.

MrMateczko wrote:

Any 64bit GPU, no matter how new it is, is going to be abysmal.

That doesn't make sense if we don't know what kind of RAM it is and the effective frequency of said RAM.

DDR 400mhz, so 3.2gb/s of bandwidth.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16814130233

MrMateczko wrote:

Any 64bit GPU, no matter how new it is, is going to be abysmal.
Keep the Ti installed. Great 98SE compatibility, and no driver/game problems.

Is any data about worse compatibility of GF4 TI compared to GF3 in 9x and DOS?

They're pretty similar and whatever a GF3 can do, a GF4 can too, only better. Though a GF3 Ti 500 is nearly the same performance wise as a Ti 4200, so there's not much point in changing it out.

BTW, the 64bit 6200 sucks hard, not as compatible for Win98 gaming plus it's much slower in DX7/8 compared with the GF3.

I'm just gonna leave my GF3 in the computer unless i come across an FX5950 Ultra

candle_86 wrote:

I'm just gonna leave my GF3 in the computer unless i come across an FX5950 Ultra

Also consider the FX5900 Ultra, it can use slightly older drivers and can often be overclocked to the FX5950 clocks.

candle_86 wrote:

I'm just gonna leave my GF3 in the computer unless i come across an FX5950 Ultra

To have FX as main card on something intended also for DOS needs additional checking befor buying.
FX cards may don't work with VBE refresh utilities in DOS like Unirefresh or VBEHz. It's problem in case you'll want to use SVGA games in DOS on CRT as you'll get 60 Hz only. Some cards work, others on same chip - don't. Sometimes it's possible to get bios from other FX card wich handles refresh ok, but there is no guarantee you'll find such or don't get other issues from alien bios.

Ti 500 is actually not that easy to find. It's a high end card, often they perform very well, even compared to much newer budget cards.

I'm in a similar situation. Machine I'm currently typing this from is running a Ti 500, yet would like to have an FX59xx too. Maybe even dual boot with a different setup for each card but sharing the rest of the machine ...

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

Ti 500 is actually not that easy to find. It's a high end card, often they perform very well, even compared to much newer budget cards.

oh I know its not easy to find, but there also isn't a big demand for them either, because the Geforce4 does the exact same stuff and has identical support but is faster.

I just ran 3DMark2001 on mine with an awkwardly low score; only 6300 marks. So I'll have to start over with my drivers setup and look into the CPU throttling because I noticed it's running strangely hot ...

AzzKickr wrote:

I just ran 3DMark2001 on mine with an awkwardly low score; only 6300 marks. So I'll have to start over with my drivers setup and look into the CPU throttling because I noticed it's running strangely hot ...

With a Nforce 2 system you should get more points but the K7 can not throttle as far as I know.

Here is my Universal AGP test system running a Geforce 3 ti200 @ close to ti500 clocks. Windows 98SE.

Here is my 3dmark01 run on a Ti 500 under Windows ME

XP 2800
512mb Ram
ABIT NF7-S2G

I already found the problem: card was dying. After that benchmark, I turned off the system. Card is now dead sadly 🙁

AzzKickr wrote:

I already found the problem: card was dying. After that benchmark, I turned off the system. Card is now dead sadly 🙁

Well I'd send you mine but I need a replacement first 🤣