What video card are you running? - Fury-Tech Forums

**Tekime** · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-2003, 12:19 PM

Okay, poll time, just wondering what video card everybody is using! I just put chip manufacturer in the poll, please elaborate in your post

Sorry if you guys have old Intel/Orchid/etc. cards just tell me if you'r not on the list and I'll add ya.

Yayhon · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2003, 04:03 PM

Its a GeForce3 ti200. I got it for like 100 bucks maybe six months or so ago. trying to reach that perfect economical point a couple steps behind cutting edge. It works great, runs everything I want it to so far. But.... Damn you John Carmack :?

#3 (**permalink**) 02-09-2003, 08:08 PM

It's a Mobility Radeon 7500

Rukkus · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2003, 04:32 PM

um i dunno you tell me Tek......? :?:

**Tekime** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2003, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rukkus

um i dunno you tell me Tek......? :?:

Gainward GF4 Ti4200

Which BTW should OC like a bizatch

MoBlood · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2003, 05:04 PM

same as rukkus and i'm gonna(OC) as soon as i get a better HS/fan and maybe one for my cpu too :wink:

**Tekime** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-10-2003, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoBlood

same as rukkus and i'm gonna(OC) as soon as i get a better HS/fan and maybe one for my cpu too :wink:

You should be able to take that thing up quite a bit with stock cooling. A lot of people have gotten their 4200's up to 4600 speeds, at which point you are pretty much running a 4600

(But substantially cheaper of course)

**Technophile** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-22-2003, 11:50 AM

I just got a cheapo pci ATI Radeon 7000, cause my agp slot is broken. And an ANCIENT pci Tseng Labs et6000 (which I'm only using because it's all that will work with my 20" fixed sync, sync on green monitor). I was using a Voodoo3 2k for a 3rd monitor, but I'm giving that to someone else. I've got an agp Asus geforce2 card with video i/o sitting around waiting for me to get a new motherboard with a working agp slot. Then I can have 3 monitors again. I probably won't buy a new video card for 6-12 months but I'd like to get something with DVI output and get a digital flat panel monitor. I'll have to see how much those come down in price between now and then though. It'd be sweet not to have to lug a bulky ass CRT to Nerdathon though!

(mo)(vice) · #9 (**permalink**) 03-22-2003, 02:31 PM

what does OC mean?

and which catagory do the geforce cards go under? you will have to excuse me, i am bit illiterate. sorry guys.

you guys are too good for me. i quit the forums. see ya later boys.
what a sad day......j/k your stuck with me

**Tekime** · #10 (**permalink**) 03-22-2003, 03:06 PM

hahaha, noooo we're losin another one! BASTEEERD!!

*ahem*

Anyway, your card's an NVidia. NVidia makes the GeForce line of GPU's. GPU is the graphics processing unit, which is the big square chip on the card which says NVidia:

The card itself is usually manufactured by another company, using the GPU from NVidia, and RAM, PCB, etc. from various other companies. The card you have was made by Gainward I believe.

OC means overclock. Overclocking means running your hardware faster than it was intended to be run. The GPU has clock cycles, meaning it can move data a certain number of times per second - this is what the MHz/GHz ratings refer to. For example, my GF4 runs at 300MHz core clock, meaning the GPU cycles 300 million times per second. You can overclock the frequency to make the card run faster -- my GF4 has hit about 333MHz before it craps out, but that's 333 million cycles per second, or a 10% speed increase.

OC'ing takes some time and patience to be done correctly, and you have to take better cooling measures to keep the chip running smooth, but it can pay off in the end.