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Carlos

04-03-2003, 03:29 AM

Hi there guys,

I need an economic video card that can handle a huge amount of polygons. I don't mind about the shade mode or textured mode on the viewports, I just need that it handles raw vertexs and polygons.

My budget is low, way too low :thumbsdow:(under $100). Please advise the closest card that can help even if it goes over budget, you never now when you are going to get some extra bucks.

If needed, I am using 3dMax4 and lower on an Atlhon 999Mhz with 1.25MB of RAM(I thought this amount of ram would help but when I do a view change on the project the it takes for ever anyways)

Thank you guys!:thumbsup:

elvis

04-03-2003, 05:20 AM

$100? sorry chief, but for that you won't get much more than a cheap gaming card.

you gets what you pays for. shell out some cash and get a decent card, or live with the speed you have.

Your athlon 1GHz probably doesn't help either. I assume you mean 1.25GB of ram (1.25MB would really suck these days), which is a good amount, but remember that ram is just temporary storage space. once you get to a certain point, it won't "speed up" your system any more, as the graphics card (partially for viewports) and cpu power (mostly for rendering) become your bottleneck.

GregHess

04-03-2003, 04:19 PM

1) I agree with elvis.

2) You can't get high performance from a go-cart.

Here's some advice....

Save some money till the 100 bucks turns into 500-1000. Then post again. Could get a decent Athlon system (2400+ XP) with a Geforce4 Ti 4200 around that price.

Ckerr812

04-03-2003, 04:34 PM

I agree with Greg and Elvis, but,

You can grab a Geforce 2 card, get soft Quadro driver for it, and you have a pretty good card, I still have a geforce 2 with soft drivers in one of my machines at home, works great, and is only a slighty slower then some of the so called "high end" cards.

But as always, you get what you pay for.

GregHess

04-03-2003, 04:37 PM

If you do go Kerr's route, try and get a geforce2 ti. They've got better electronics then the standard geforce2's. (Better RFI filters and the like).

Carlos

04-04-2003, 03:37 PM

Thank you guys,

I appreciate your time. Anfortunately I can't afford an expensive card right now.

I will post again when I have more money

By the way, I meant 1.25GB.

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