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Originally Posted by gamefreak94
I find that hard to believe, I got 15 fps on Bully with my old P4, it was only a:
Compaq Evo D510C with:
2.53 GHz Northwood P4
512 MB RAM
Inno3D GeForce FX 5500 (256 MB) @ stock
I never tried playing FFX, but I think I would have got 20 fps or more with it. Speaking of games, check your game against the compatibility list on the website, if its rated as 'Intro' or 'menus', then no PC in the world can help with that! Also, check your configuration and make sure it is correct.
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I'd say that's doubtful. After my old PC died and I got my current one, I got a replacement motherboard and CPU for the old one, and it was a Pentium 4 2.8GHz (HT, and 800MHz FSB versus the 533 of yours, and with the Pentium 4, the FSB mattered quite a bit), and a 6800GS AGP modified as an Ultra. With Final Fantasy X, it got 15-20FPS. Yours would probably get 10-15FPS.
Anyhow, on topic, I'm going to say ATi this time around. However, I'm still satisfied with my 8800GT, and the jump wouldn't be big enough, so I'll pass this round. There's another reason too. Noise and temperatures are something I look more at rather than just performance and price. The specific 8800GT I have has an aftermarket cooler by default, so it runs both cool
and quiet (as in, silent idle or load and never above ~60C), and I've sort of become addicted in looking for both in video cards now. The ATI cards seem good and cheap, but run loud and/or hot, or so I hear. My old 8600GTS has a fan that runs full speed all the time (also an aftermarket one by default from MSI), and it's unbearably loud.
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