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help, graphics card !
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:09 pm
by RooKie
i have just bought quake 4 and quake 3 worked fine on my computer. quake 4 doesnt tho
when i play it is all patchy and slow, i think it is something to do with a 3d hardware accelerator. i dont have a very good one, im looking for a cheep, good begginers piece of hardware and i live in england, any of you know any good websites ?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:36 pm
by Don Carlos
How much you willing to spend my man?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:51 pm
by RooKie
0 to 50 pounds my very active fellow.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:55 pm
by Foo
What Graphics card do you have in the PC currently?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:01 pm
by Don Carlos
Well you aint gonna get much for that...
You really need be spending about 100 of your finest beans to get summat that can play Quake 4 tidy
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:02 pm
by shiznit
I suggest you post all your computer specs, if you have a bad cpu then a graphics card won't help much.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:03 pm
by RooKie
im pretty shure its an ati radeon x200, pretty lame im certain ?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:06 pm
by shiznit
Just to be sure right click on your desktop, go to properties. Click the Settings tab, click Advanced button. Click Adapter tab, tell us what you see.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:07 pm
by RooKie
http://www.udiggit.com/udiggit/productD ... _MjM0Nw==/ 
is that any good ? here are my compuer specs :
AMD Athlon 3400 + Processor
19" TFT Flat Panel Monitor
2.2GHz, 1GHz FSB, 0.5Mb Cache
1024Mb DDR RAM
200Gb Hard Disk Drive
M-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer Drive
128Mb ATI Radeon X200 Express Graphics
6 USB Ports
Microsoft Works 7.0 Software
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
19" TFT Flat Panel Monitor
^thats them^
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:11 pm
by RooKie
http://www.udiggit.com/udiggit/productD ... _MzQ1Ng==/ or that ? im not really into my computers enough lately
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:12 pm
by Rogue
I thik u will want to get a PCI-Express gfx card, not AGP.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:12 pm
by shiznit
That computer is pretty decent, however the FX5500 is not a very good card and it won't run quake4 all that well.
I suggest you look into a 6600 GT.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:14 pm
by RooKie
will quake 4 support it ?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:15 pm
by shiznit
This is an old benchmark but take a look how bad it is, even a 9600 destroys it and a 9600 is technically not supported by Quake4.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:16 pm
by shiznit
RooKie wrote:will quake 4 support it ?
Can you pls tell me which video card you currently have, do this to check.
"Just to be sure right click on your desktop, go to properties. Click the Settings tab, click Advanced button. Click Adapter tab, tell us what you see."
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:19 pm
by RooKie
ati radeon xpress 200 series
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:21 pm
by RooKie
sorry for the double posting but would you tell me where i could purchase this 6600 gt?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:26 pm
by shiznit
I'm not in the UK, so I wouldn't know. Perhaps someone knows a good online store for the UK.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:29 pm
by Foo
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:35 pm
by d3fin3d
A good way to easily check what you have is to go to:
Start.../run.../type dxdiag (this is Direct X diagnostic) and look at the details that pop up. If you want graphic card specific info, then click display.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:36 pm
by RooKie
thankyou for your help
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:57 pm
by shiznit
Np, see you around.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:06 pm
by RooKie
u 2, maybe on Q4 when i get it sorted
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:29 am
by Don Carlos
I have the 6600 GT and its a very good card
If you get one gimmie a shout and i'll help u clock it up a bit
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:11 am
by RooKie
thankyou for your help
i will try on my own first