Graphic card update

dtheman · 04-04-2005, 11:46 PM

I recently got an Ati Radeon 9600 XT from a friend and I bought hlife 2. I can only play it with most of the settings on low so it won't slow down. My question is there a better card in the price range of 125-175$ or is there any safe tweaking or can I safely overclock(wich I've never done) the 9600 xt so I can get better performance until I can afford a highend card. Any links or tips to overclocking or tweaking cards would be appreciated.

Pentium 4 3.4 ghz
ECS 848p-a mobo
ATI Radeon 9600xt
1gb Crucial pc3200
80 gig Hard Drive

ninja fetus · 04-04-2005, 10:53 PM

6600GT or the 6600 series would be best suited for you. though AGP is going out of style

Exfoliate · 04-04-2005, 11:57 PM

Ninja's right, the 6600 series is a very good value, though the 6600GT agp version won't be in that price range. Overclocking won't get you anymore than about 10% higher fps in HL2, you can still try it with powerstrip if you want, just move the sliders up a few notches, restart to test for stability, than edge it up a few more notches and repeat. Don't push it too hard, 100MHz is probably as far as I'd recommend for the core and memory but this isn't my field.

04-04-2005, 11:46 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
dtheman Geek Trainee Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 21 Status: Offline My Computer	Graphic card update I recently got an Ati Radeon 9600 XT from a friend and I bought hlife 2. I can only play it with most of the settings on low so it won't slow down. My question is there a better card in the price range of 125-175$ or is there any safe tweaking or can I safely overclock(wich I've never done) the 9600 xt so I can get better performance until I can afford a highend card. Any links or tips to overclocking or tweaking cards would be appreciated. Pentium 4 3.4 ghz ECS 848p-a mobo ATI Radeon 9600xt 1gb Crucial pc3200 80 gig Hard Drive

04-04-2005, 11:57 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	Ninja's right, the 6600 series is a very good value, though the 6600GT agp version won't be in that price range. Overclocking won't get you anymore than about 10% higher fps in HL2, you can still try it with powerstrip if you want, just move the sliders up a few notches, restart to test for stability, than edge it up a few more notches and repeat. Don't push it too hard, 100MHz is probably as far as I'd recommend for the core and memory but this isn't my field. __________________

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04-04-2005, 10:53 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	6600GT or the 6600 series would be best suited for you. though AGP is going out of style

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