Picked up a new card

**ArcticFox** · October 10th, 2005, 11:09 PM

I've stuck with my venerable MSI 9800 Pro 128MB for some time, even after changing CPU's from an XP to a P4. It worked well, not the fastest around, but I went to Fry's with my new credit card (more on that later) mainly to poke around. Long story short I ended up with a new 256MB X800 XL when I got home.

It's AGP, I'm not ready to upgrade my PSU/CPU/mobo yet. I like it so far, gotta get Steam updated so I can test out HL2 but World of Warcraft runs really good, so does UT2004 with everything maxed, 1280x1024. I can throw 4x AA on and only get a FPS dip in rare occasions.

It was an investment, but I think I'm happy with it.

**EXreaction** · October 10th, 2005, 11:15 PM

Nice...I just hope your psu can handle it...

**ArcticFox** · October 10th, 2005, 11:19 PM

It's a 480w Thermaltake PFC, powers an OC'd P4, four hard drives, two PCI cards, two RAM sticks, and two CD drives. Hasn't choked since I put the card in, and I don't expect it to.

**ArcticFox** · October 11th, 2005, 01:45 AM

Ok...I loaded Hl2, set it to 1280x1024 and maxed everything including HDR - w00t! nice FPS! 60 in most areas, dropped some in crowded places like in the beginning courtyard.