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daleslad
October 21st, 2005, 07:30 PM
Hi I just bought a new video card but it doesn't seem any better than the one I've got. I got it to see if I could get better frame rates playing games Is there a way I can compare them to see how much different they are.
Thanks
Jim
HateEternal
October 21st, 2005, 07:42 PM
You could turn on the FPS display in your games to see how fast it is going.

What is your computer specs and the different cards. While a fast graphics card is important, a fast CPU and RAM can also be the limiting factor, it may be possible that your CPU can't keep up with the video card.
daleslad
October 22nd, 2005, 11:42 PM
Hi I have a 1.25 ghz cpu and 2 gigs of ram
My new card is the ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 4x/8x AGP 256MB Dual DVI Video Card.
My old one was a NVDA,GeForce4Ti 4600 128mb.
I've been watching my fps during the game and I didn't see too much difference between the two cards. I was expecting to see a big change judging from all of the reviews about the new card.
nixgeek
October 23rd, 2005, 08:16 AM
HAve you tried checking ATI's site to see if they have updated drivers? I did that and it seemed to help 3D performance some (I have an iMac G5 which has the built-in ATI RADEON 9600).
daleslad
October 23rd, 2005, 08:39 PM
Thanks NixGeek for the suggestion I have checked it out and at first when I would click on the Drivers link it would give me a choice of systems which in turn would take me to OS X downloads. Unfortunately there was nothing there so I tried to send a ticket for help in finding why there was nothing available. I found that I couldn't even do that with Safari some of the links wouldn't work so I tried IE which I rarely use and was able to go to the Drivers link and this time there was a download available. It was ATI Displays 4.5.6 so I dl'd that and loaded it on. I don't know yet if it has made a difference but thanks for heads up anyway.
Stridder44
October 29th, 2005, 03:22 PM
1.25 ghz G4 or G5?
a2daj
October 30th, 2005, 02:30 AM
The 9600 Pro is a more powerful card than the GF4Ti, but I think it's your CPU that's holding things back. Your games are probably CPU limited.
daleslad
October 30th, 2005, 04:19 PM
Yes I think you are probably right I will just have to wait for the G6 coming out with the Intel processor and see how that does.
Thanks for the reply a2daj.
theDan
November 8th, 2005, 12:33 AM
the G4 is the only Mac chip that runs at 1.25