video card

[Logan2002]

Hi am just starting out in building my own system. And believe me it is exciting. Today I just installed the processor, Ram, and the Cooler (on the processor) tonight I will finish the job.

I was just wondering is the ntvida (32Mb) is ok for playing games.
And if not what can I expect. Up until now I have played dozens of games on my notebook Compaq 1900 192MB 500 celeron (dvd 6x) with a system HDD of 6gig, and an external hdd of 13gig. I have been able to play games for over 2 years.

Now the video card is a ATi rage 8mb of vram BUT i played loads of games with no problem. Now I am wondering should I ubgrade the vid card right away? or can I wait and upgrade something else like hdd or or something else.

Thanks.

:t

[Strawbs]

Any 32Mb nVidia card should be able to handle all but the very latest games, although if you benchmark a lot, you will be disappointed. A 64Mb DDR card would probably last a couple of years before it starts to struggle and some of them can be had quite cheaply now, so If I were you I would upgrade it, but I understand all budgets are different. :t

[tricktx]

it depends on what games you play on. Theres no point buying a 64MB DDR Geforce3 if your gaming demands arnt high. Graphics cad prices wont ever increase so if you do decide to leave it until you get a game you cant play, the same graphics card will be £50 cheaper and the next GPU wil be out for the same price that you can pay now.

[flyingV]

Yeah, get the GeForce4 Ti4400, since it is not that expensive and still pretty powerful for games. You've be amazed to see the graphics.

[Rugor]

I'd go with 64MB as a base memory configuration on a new card right now.

Gf3 Ti200 or Gf4 Ti4200 are the best price/performance options in NVidia cards.

[couch potato]

if you cant get the GF4 ti 4600 or 4400, i heared the 4200 was just released. :cool: