[Cube] Influence of faster (or slower) graphics card>gaming?

[Allan Hise]

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Stefan wrote:

> Hello friends of cube,
>
> some time ago I upgraded to a 1.5 GHz GigaDesign 7457-Card and also a
> GeForce 4MX.
>
> Encouraged, I tried to play some games, which were not playable
> before upgrading.
> Really good was - for example - Ghost Recon.
>
> But when I tested some other games I had to realize, that 1.5 GHz
> aren't enough.
> Frame Rate is yet too low to play comfortable even in low resolution
> (1024x768 instead of 1280x1024)
>
> My QUESTIONs are:
>
> 1) Which enfluence has a faster graphics card (faster than GeForce 4
> MX!) on gaming with my system
> (OS-X 10.3.7 and 1.5 GB RAM, fast HD)?
>
> 2) Which (gaming) card can you recommend after own experiences?
>
> Thanks for answers and tips in advance

My guess is that the cube's slow AGP port (2x if I remember right) and
slow-ish bus (100 MHz?) are coming into play here. The fastest CPU & GPU
won't make any difference if the data can't move very fast.