Video Card Upgrade
herefortheparty:
Hi, I'm a lurker who just joined. I thought I would jump in and ask if I just screwed up with the new video card I ordered. Its a GeForce FX5200 256m. I currently have the FX5500 128mb card. My system has 2g ram and my cpu is AMD Athalon 64 3200+ and I have a 550w PSU (Custom build, not box pc's for me!). Since installing Seasons, I've had to use the useshaders cheat to see the fish in the ponds, always had to for the tanks. But I get tons of lag on my larger lots when it rains or snows. I was hoping more memory on the card would solve that problem. I sure hope I didn't just waste $80~
Any advice?
KatEnigma:
Why in the heck would you DOWNGRADE your card? More memory on the card won't do any good, and the older/slower card will just make the game lag worse. Can you cancel the order? Where did you order it from? You have to call Newegg, but they'll cancel for you, as long as it hasn't already shipped.
herefortheparty:
I didn't realize I was downgrading. I thought, apparently erroneously, that more ram on the card was an upgrade. I bought it from TigerDirect. And I know its been shipped already. Bought it last night, shipped it early this morning. I'll have to check what their exchange policy is. TigerDirect is where I buy most of the pc components I purchase from but I've never had to exchange anything. What would you recommend for a PCI slot? (Just PCI, not PCI-e
KatEnigma:
First of all, you're probably better off switching to an ATI card, as far as TS2 is concerned. I found an x1300 Newegg has it for $5 less outright, plus their shipping is less, on top of that.
Pythia:
Quote from: herefortheparty on 2007 March 06, 22:04:19
I didn't realize I was downgrading. I thought, apparently erroneously, that more ram on the card was an upgrade. I bought it from TigerDirect. And I know its been shipped already. Bought it last night, shipped it early this morning. I'll have to check what their exchange policy is. TigerDirect is where I buy most of the pc components I purchase from but I've never had to exchange anything. What would you recommend for a PCI slot? (Just PCI, not PCI-e
I'm stuck with only a PCI slot too. Choices are pretty limited I'm afraid. I asked around and I think it was Cwykes who recommended an ATI Radeon 9250 with 256 mb for PCI. I upgraded last summer so hopefully they are still around. I have had no issues with the card at all and can put most settings on high. I upped my ram to 2gb as well which probably helps. I get a little lag on very large lots and snow and rain do slow it down very slightly.
If anyone can recommend a better card for our antiquated PCI slot machines I'd be interested to hear about it too.
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