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ex-lionsfan

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I run an Nforce 2 chipset. I was curious if there are any compatibility issues if I decided to run an ATI card with this nVidia chipset? :confused: Any comments would be greatly appreciated. :D
 
topdragon147 said:
not that i know of. back a few years ago, everyone was running a NF7-S and a 9800 pro
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Thanks, I'm not ready to make the switch to PCIexpress yet. The ATI cards I hear will perform better than the top AGP nVidia. But the salesman at the time told me there was a glitch when using an ATI on nForce2. I'm looking for real world answers from the [H]. :cool:
 
Thanks guys. Does anyone think I would get a significant jump in performance with my current specs? For like... Q4? Considering my CPU? :confused: Yes I know I need more RAM.
 
You could stick a x850pro agp card in there it should run pretty nice add another 512 stick better yet get a gig of 3200 and it'll pump out the frames on quake 4. What is the fsb of your CPU is it a 2800xp barton with a 400mhz fsb?
 
Or save your money and pickup Q4MAX (www.q4max.com) which recently enabled r_vertexlight and r_skipbump commands to remove un-needed specular worldlights... you're little 5200 would get 63fps stable even in firefights (granted at 640x480).
 
Lsv said:
Or save your money and pickup Q4MAX (www.q4max.com) which recently enabled r_vertexlight and r_skipbump commands to remove un-needed specular worldlights... you're little 5200 would get 63fps stable even in firefights (granted at 640x480).
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hehe :D My little 5200. :p
 
If I were you, I'd get a 6600GT and stick with that. Anything more powerful, and you'll likely be CPU limited. And, even though you pointed it out, get more RAM :p You won't have any issues if you want to use an ATI videocard in your NV chipset.

 
ex-lionsfan said:
They have a 400fsb 2800? Mine is a 333mhz. I think the 3200+ & 3000+ are 400mhz. ;)
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I didn't know if they made a 2800xp 400fsb or not I thought maybe the 2800xp may have one. I know the 2700xp and below have 333fsb but not real sure bought 2800xp. So ya a x850pro would be to much. Get that 6600gt and another 2700 512 stick and run your memory in 1:1 xp chips like 1:1.
 
I disagree. I don't think a XT or 6800 GT would be too much card for that CPU. It depends on the game, and you can always enable AA to even out the video card & CPU. Also, that CPU probably has some decent overclocking headroom in it.
 
I hope it does have some good OC'ing room. I did a little OC'ing around 5 yrs. ago with my 700 coppermine. But I got out of computers for a few years after my divorce to, err.."Taste the Town", ;) ;) . Well I'm settled down with a new lady, and I got the computer hardware itch again.I can't oc this cpu yet, its still fairly new to me yet. Don't want to fry it. Besides The GPU is my major shortcoming. :(
 
ex-lionsfan said:
I hope it does have some good OC'ing room. I did a little OC'ing around 5 yrs. ago with my 700 coppermine. But I got out of computers for a few years after my divorce to, err.."Taste the Town", ;) ;) . Well I'm settled down with a new lady, and I got the computer hardware itch again.I can't oc this cpu yet, its still fairly new to me yet. Don't want to fry it. Besides The GPU is my major shortcoming. :(
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Go ahead and give the cpu some juice. Barton's weren't voltage hungry, so try bumping your FSB a few mhz at a time and I bet you'd be surprised how high it can get. You won't fry it this way.
 
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