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First post, by bigskymusiclover

Posted on 2013-05-23, 02:47

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I don't know enough about graphics cards to make a good choice here and need a little bit of help.

I have a Compaq P-III 850Mhz system with no AGP slot so it's running on the Intel 810 graphics chip set. I have the two cards to pick from.

1. GeForce 2 MX400 PCI, needs to have all it's caps replaced.
2. ATI Radeon Rage 6 SDR 32m, needs fan work I am sure

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Now on my modern windows 7 system, it is running on the Intel gma x4500 chip set graphics. I hvae three cards to pick from.

1. Geforce 9800GT
2. ATI Radeon X600 Pro 128 MB
3. ATI Radeon X300

Thanks for any and all help.

Reply 1 of 8, by d1stortion

Posted on 2013-05-23, 03:11

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9800 GT is the best of those.

Reply 2 of 8, by bigskymusiclover

Posted on 2013-05-23, 12:09

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Thanks, but what about the older Compaq PIII 850?

Reply 3 of 8, by Amigaboy

Posted on 2013-05-23, 12:42

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Geforce.

Reply 4 of 8, by bigskymusiclover

Posted on 2013-05-23, 15:03

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What's wrong with the ATI card? If it's only like 10% slower then the geforce then I won't worry about it. The reason I ask is the geforce card needs all 10 caps replaced 1000uf at 6.3v, something I just don't look forward to doing

Reply 5 of 8, by Aideka

Posted on 2013-05-23, 15:14

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The ATi card might not be as compatible with games as the GeForce, also the drivers on first generation Radeon cards (and later too, depending who you ask) might make you want to kill all kittens in the neighborhood.

Reply 6 of 8, by bigskymusiclover

Posted on 2013-05-23, 16:35

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Your right, I tired no less then a dozen diff drivers for that ATI card and not one worked. No more ATI cards for me. I will scrap all on first sight now.

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The ATi card might not be as compatible with games as the GeForce, also the drivers on first generation Radeon cards (and later too, depending who you ask) might make you want to kill all kittens in the neighborhood.

Reply 7 of 8, by swaaye

Posted on 2013-05-23, 19:01

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Well the speed of those PCI cards would be similar. The Radeon lacks support for things some D3D5 games do. But for D3D6/7 and Quake engines, the cards will be hard to tell apart.

I don't think I'd go through the effort and expenditure of recapping a GF2MX.

Reply 8 of 8, by Amigaboy

Posted on 2013-05-24, 10:41

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if you are good at soldering an have a SMD solder , shouldn`t be much of a hassle.

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