Hmmmmmmm

[CompGeek01]

So.... I was at the store yesterday when I saw a GF4 Ti4200 on sale for $79.00, I said what the hell and I bought it, never having bought a nvidia product in my life.

I take it home and install properly (remove old vid driver, set los res, install, install drivers, etc.) like I have in the past and it works like a charm. One problem..

My old video card was a Radeon 7000, and I was woundering how much of an increase I should see....if any. I've heard great things from the Ti series but when I played Everquest or Neverwinter Nights, the increase just isn't as much as I thought. Could OCing it help or am I just hoping for too much...lol.

It's the 64MB version, PNY (yeah, not the best, but for that price..hey, I had to)...

Upgraded lastest drivers too.

System specs:

AMB Athlon TB 950 Mhz <---- could that be slowing it down?
Abit KT7A v1.3 mobo
512 pc 133 RAM
GF4 Ti4200 64MB
assorted other goodies...

-B

[NDD]

Going to GF4Ti4200 from Radeon 7000 should do pretty noticeable difference.
There's something you didn't do right. CPU isn't THAT big bottleneck here.
What OS is it ?

[BipolarBill]

If you enable all details, increase resolution and enable Quincunx anti-aliasing in the GeForce Properties, you will notice a faster frame rate than you have now and a much prettier picture. :)

[CompGeek01]

OK, so i got it running a little faster, but when I run one of my most graphics intensive program, Everquest, my computer randomly restarts and/or crashes to desktop. Think this is a P/S problem? I've tried 4 different drivers, so i'm ruling that out. I have all PCI slots filled except for the one under the Ti4200, and my mobo does have a bas design as the AGP card blocks acess to 2 RAM slots. I'm thinking either the card is overheating, shorting, both, or the memory is being effected somehow....

250 watt Deer PS

-B

[Peter M]

That power supply is very far on the wimpy side. Replace with something much bigger. For Athlon boards, the important thing to look at is the combined output wattage on the 5V/3.3V rails, not the total wattage.

[AllGamer]

HEAT BUILT UP and or PSU not enough :t

[CompGeek01]

ok, i'm going out to get a PS today then... and does the GF4 generate THAT much more heat than the Radeon 7000 I had? I've been running the GF4 with case cover off and it's still doing it.. I'll pick up a card slot fan if those things really work...

-B

[$1500-P4 gamer]

I'd blaim PSU not the heat. That is a very week psu by nature. Deer psu's arent that great. So its weak even for a 250watter.:eek:

[AllGamer]

yes it does really gives out that much heat

even my 8500 can make an egg out of it

the AMD can make a full well done steak

:D

[CompGeek01]

heh, this is what I get for getting my first Nvidia product ever...next thing you know i'll be buying Intel... wait, no, that'll never happen..

-B

**edit**

Just woundering..any chance that the power supply could affect my original problem?

**/edit :p **

[causticVapor]

Get an Antec 400W Smartpower PSU. Very, very high quality and will alleviate your difficulties....

[AllGamer]

i'll Also suggest strongly to get a GPU FAN in case that GeForce does not yet have one :t

[CompGeek01]

could only afford a Antec 350 watt...going to try it out now, and my GF4 has a GPU fan already

-B

[Optimus Prime]

im running this PC on a cheapo 300 watt PSU, with Athlon XP 1600 and Geforce 4 Ti4200.. no BSODs. no random crashes.. ive not had a crash/BSOD ever since ive had this PC.

[CompGeek01]

well....it worked for about 1.5 hours and then restarted, i'm gonna bet it's a heating problem now, so i'll install the fan i got and see if that works..

-B

[causticVapor]

DEFINITELY still a PSU prob... unless your CPU is running over 55deg C most of the time... go get a 550 when you have the cash..

overclocked?