Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 09:45:33 12/22/04
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On December 22, 2004 at 08:29:36, Joachim Rang wrote: >On December 22, 2004 at 07:11:39, Tony Nichols wrote: > >>On December 22, 2004 at 06:56:40, Eran Karu wrote: >> >>>I will use AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 939 for playing or analyzing chess games under >>>Fritz8 interface (Sometimes I watch 3 dimensions games from fritz server,) >>>surfing the Internet with nice multimedia and watch DVD movies. I do not use >>>heavy graphic work such art or photo. >>> >>>So, what is the right maximum level of NVIDIA Geforce series for a new display >>>card? >>> >>>From GeForce 256 (lowest end) through GeForce 6 series (highest end.) >>> >>>For example, I consider GeForce 5 series such 5200, 5700 or 5800. >>> >>>Also, what is size of memory that is enough for it, 500MB or 1GB? >>> >>>Is 80GB hard disk space more than enough? >>> >>>I do not want to waste money on unnecesssary high-end display card, expensive >>>memory chips and hard drive. Please help me. >>> >>>Many thanks, >>>Eran Karu >>Hello Eran >>I would recomend a good video card. If you use a cheap card your system will be >>held back. 512 mb of ram is plenty for most people. I currently have 256 on my >>AMD xp 2600 running windows xp. The only time I get low is when I'm >>multi-tasking. I also have a 80 gig hard drive. I have plenty of software and >>still have 55 gig left. Right now I'm running a very cheap 64mb geforce. It >>definitely sucks. I think 128 is probably good enough. 256 is even better! >>Good Luck >>Tony > > >when does you graphic card suck? High-end 3D graphic cards are needed for one >sole purpose: Egoshooter. If you play them buy a high-end graphic card if you >don't play them, a ATI Radeon 9200 or a Geforce 4 with 128 MB RAM will do fine >for all other stuff (both are below 50 bucks). I have a Geforce 2 with 64 MB and >it does not hold back my system in no cases - except for 3DMark (a benchmark to >test your graphic performance). For surfing, watching DVD and playing chess >graphic cards are totally insignificant. > >I would spent my money to buy 1 GB RAM instead of 512 MB. For long chess >analysis and doing different things on the machine in the same time more RAM is >really helpful. > >Since harddisk cost almost the same whether you buy 80 GB or 160 I would go for >160 GB. All brands are okay, I'm happy with IBM Deskstar. > >regards Joachim Hello Joachim, If I try using the 3d board in Fritz 8 my video card can't keep up. It makes it almost impossible to play on. Maybe you have a solution. Regards Tony
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