help, graphics card !

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:09 pm

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 ?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:36 pm

How much you willing to spend my man?

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:51 pm

0 to 50 pounds my very active fellow.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:55 pm

What Graphics card do you have in the PC currently?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:01 pm

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

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:02 pm

I suggest you post all your computer specs, if you have a bad cpu then a graphics card won't help much.

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:03 pm

im pretty shure its an ati radeon x200, pretty lame im certain ?

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:06 pm

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.

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:07 pm

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^

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:11 pm

http://www.udiggit.com/udiggit/productD ... _MzQ1Ng==/ or that ? im not really into my computers enough lately

Post by **Rogue** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:12 pm

I thik u will want to get a PCI-Express gfx card, not AGP.

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:12 pm

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.

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:14 pm

will quake 4 support it ?

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:15 pm

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.

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:16 pm

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."

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:19 pm

ati radeon xpress 200 series

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:21 pm

sorry for the double posting but would you tell me where i could purchase this 6600 gt?

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:26 pm

I'm not in the UK, so I wouldn't know. Perhaps someone knows a good online store for the UK.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:29 pm

The best online UK stores (in my book) are:
http://www.scan.co.uk
http://www.overclock.co.uk
http://www.overclockers.co.uk

In that order.

Post by **d3fin3d** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:35 pm

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.

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:36 pm

thankyou for your help

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:57 pm

Np, see you around.

Post by **RooKie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:06 pm

u 2, maybe on Q4 when i get it sorted

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:29 am

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

Post by **RooKie** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:11 am

thankyou for your help

i will try on my own first