I just saw your messages guys. i have to sleep soon. I already patch Need III with the high resolution patch but thanks to Bloodem. Tomorrow i will install Phil vsync tweak. But i just made several tests, im doing differents benchmark for fun but i still want a P3 system that i like. I will try tomorrow some of your suggestions.
BUT the 38fps was because adapter was set at optimal refresh rate (75hz). Now i got 30 fps with FX 5200. So i remove the PCI fx 5200 64 bit because i know now its a bad card for my system, maybe PCI one is not good.
And i try the gf4 mx440SE with the P3 933mhz and HURRAY! i got 60 fps very much stable in NFSIII, only a few hiccup , 3 or 4 times in total during first race at 4 laps. Hiccup was at 50-55 fps for 3-5 seconds, it happens when i see smoke fog or A LOT of cars at same place, very rare. its much better now, but im not perfect satisfied because In Porsche unleashed its not perfect.
In NFS Porsche At 1024x768x32bits highest setting , at least its very playable , but far from perfect: 35 to 45 fps with cars and 55 fps with no cars. I would have prefer near 60 fps.
Now for need for speed hot pursuit2 its only playable at lowest graphics setting in 640x480 for 35-55fps but it looks like garbage 🤣! Even with all setting at 2/4 settings like at Low settings instead of lowest its not really playable im just at 640x480. i got 17-20fps with a lot of cars and 25 with a few cars. 30-40 no cars at all. i tried at medium graphics and 640 x 480 its horrible like 8 to 14fps. So i believe its a gpu bottleneck. and for
For Porsche unleashed i think its gpu bottleneck too if i want to get 60fps in 1024x768. But i dont care much of Hot Pursuit 2 , but i will take it too more playable if possible. and just for fun i will try NFS Underground 2, i have minimum requirement but i think it will play like garbage even at lowest settings.
Dont forget the Geforce 4 mx440SE is only 64bit and i think its similar to normal Geforce 2 mx . I dont think its enough for me. I know Bloodem you think its enough, but i want more performance at 1024x768 in NFS Porsche and HotPursuit2 if its possible. And i want more fps in porsche unleashed like near 60 fps, even if its not perfect stable thats fine, i will live with it. And i want Hot Pursuit ii to be more playable at medium graphics. i dont hope for perfect 60fps at 1024 x 768 because im not sure its realism with my P3 933mhz. But who knows? But i want to keep my P3 933mhz, i want to keep it. maybe i will upgrade to a better P3 Cpu but only in some months, all P3 cpu more than 1ghz are expensive.
So What is the best AGP videocards i can buy ?
( with my voodoo 3 pci already in the system soon)
I want more gpu performance than gf4 mx440SE and gf2 mx200( that last card suck at 64bit)
Thanks for suggestions.
( i received a geforce 256 DDR it runs pretty well, probably better than mx440SE but it has a important defect, my father try to repair it earlier today. we changed caps, make soldering, clean the card... The glitchs are strange i cant find any one with that problem. i will try to explain. It happens only with Black and grey colors. its look like black smearing banding. anything black or grey have a left and right trail of black or grey smearing. yeah its strange. i played 1h of NFS games with the card, it works great except for the black smearing banding. Any ideas?
Anyway, any suggestions guys and Bloodem ?
I understand that i need a Geforce card that a P3 933mhz can run without too much overhead driver and that wont cause too much CPU bottleneck. But i will play most of my win98 games in 1024x768, if the game permit it 😀
Thanks in advance.
( Note1: These are my favorites cards of the past, you can pick one in my favorites one too:
Geforce 256 DDR, GF2 GTS, Geforce 3 Ti200, Geforce 4 Ti4200, Gf4 Mx440 128bit, Geforce 6600, Geforce 6800, Geforce 6800 GT)
( But Honestly Some of them are too much expensive) 😉
(Note2: gf2 gts is enough expensive and im not sure its enough for my need ? Maybe i should get gf4 mx 440 at 128bit ? But is it enough ? And i have a friend deal right now, i can get a Geforce 3 Ti200 for 20$ But is it strong enough ? 6.4gb memory bandwidth still better than 2.38 of my mx440 SE. )
Thanks guys for your agp Geforce videocards suggestions. I want to keep my P3 at 933mhz and install my voodoo3 in pci.
AND i will play only win98 games and some dos games, NO WINXP. ( but i mostly use my p233mmx for dos games) Maybe i will try overclocking the P3 because i think i have a great board for that. Ok thanks in advance. Im going to sleep ZZZzzz 😀