Dale wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a
GeForce 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig.
My system is something like this:
Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0
CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking
Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz.
Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024
I think my memory is fine, it never uses all of it, or even half of
it, except for caching stuff. I may try to get a 3000+ or 3200+ CPU
if I can run up on a good deal. I'm thinking of doing the video card
first because it is cheaper. I have also noticed that playing movies
on here is getting a bit slow if I go full screen or close to full
screen. I'm bad to download from youtube and then play them locally
full screen or as close as it will allow.
I do use the nvidia drivers. Currently:
nvidia-drivers-173.14.25
I'm on that one because I think I need to upgrade my kernel to use the
latest one that was recently put in the tree. I'm looking at this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133328
What kind of improvement can I expect from this video card upgrade?
While I am at it, the CPU upgrade won't make that much difference
right? Maybe 20% or so faster or something like that?
Thoughts? Opinions?
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
OK. I been thinking on this. I decided to run glxgears to see what
sort of frame rates I get. I used to get about 30 or so. I know this
isn't the best test in the world but I should get something to compare
to at least. This is what I get:
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.148 FPS
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.165 FPS
15 frames in 5.3 seconds = 2.811 FPS
16 frames in 5.2 seconds = 3.075 FPS
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.130 FPS
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.159 FPS
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.167 FPS
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.154 FPS
So, same card as a year or so ago and same everything else but now I get
only about 1/10th the frame rate. What gives? Is this a driver issue?
I'm going to take the side off and blow out the case in a bit and test
again. I'm open to ideas in the meantime tho. I may not need a
upgrade, I may just need to fix what I got.
Dale
:-) :-)
