Will a newer video card help?
John Erdman
jperdman at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 29 04:39:48 PDT 2003
My G4/400 Sawtooth still has the original ATI Rage 128 video card in
the video slot. In some games such as "Medal Of Honor" , certain of the
fast graphics intensive sequences, are very "draggy". For the most part
the rest of the game plays fine even with the graphics options "turned
up to max". Even when I make adjustments on the video options screen
to reduce the load on the card the system drags in the fast sequences.
Now I know that the Aspyr recommends the G4/450 as the minimum
required configuration, but so far my old soldier has been quite
adequate for it.
Two questions:
My question is: would installing an ATI 8500 make any improvement over
the the stock card for gaming, or am I being limited by the main CPU
processor clock? How can I determine which is limiting?
If I choose to upgrade to a GeForce4Titanium will it operate in my 2X
AGP slot. The tech spec are a little above my heat but I've an idea
thaat the 2X card may not have enough power feed for the card. Is that
right?
Thanks,
John
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