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First post, by buckeye

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Currently running this with a P3 850 512mb Win98se which I know it's bottle necking big time. In Q2 it's getting 75FPS average at 1024x768.
So that being said what would be better suited? I was thinking along the lines of a P4 2ghz or an Athlon XP/64, the P4 would be cheaper.

Asus P5N-E Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33ghz. 4GB DDR2 Geforce 470 1GB SB X-Fi Titanium 650W XP SP3
Intel SE440BX P3 450 256MB 80GB SSD Asus V7700 GF2 64mb SB 32pnp 350W 98SE
MSI x570 Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen 3700x 32GB DDR4 Zotac RTX 3070 8GB WD Black 1TB 850W

Reply 1 of 2, by lost77

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I use that exact card with a Pentium 3-S 1.4Ghz. That is about equivalent to a Pentium 4 1.8-2Ghz which is plenty if you like to play at a high resolution and/or with anti-alias. I play games up to about 98-99 on that system. A faster system than that wont get much more out of that card unless you play at low resolutions.

Reply 2 of 2, by buckeye

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lost77 wrote:

I use that exact card with a Pentium 3-S 1.4Ghz. That is about equivalent to a Pentium 4 1.8-2Ghz which is plenty if you like to play at a high resolution and/or with anti-alias. I play games up to about 98-99 on that system. A faster system than that wont get much more out of that card unless you play at low resolutions.

Aye, I was thinking of that range regarding the P4's too. Tualatin setups too steep right now for me, and the P4 cpu's/mobo's aren't as pricey.

Asus P5N-E Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33ghz. 4GB DDR2 Geforce 470 1GB SB X-Fi Titanium 650W XP SP3
Intel SE440BX P3 450 256MB 80GB SSD Asus V7700 GF2 64mb SB 32pnp 350W 98SE
MSI x570 Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen 3700x 32GB DDR4 Zotac RTX 3070 8GB WD Black 1TB 850W