Graphics card

[Nick]

I just bought Flight Sim 2004 and would like to know what
graphics card will run the graphics the best in the $150-
$200 range. My system consists of a P4 2.0 ghz processor,
256 mb ram, 40 gig hard drive, integrated graphics and
running Windows XP currently. I also have a AGP slot for
the graphics card. It ran FS 2002 ok with graphics set at
around 50-60%. FS 2004 is not running as well even with
the graphics set lower. Any help would be much
appreciated.

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well go to www.ati.com or www.nvidia.com and check out
those cards. It's hard to say which will be better because each
person will have their opinion some would say ATI cards and
some will say Nvidia cards. So to some degree ATI is the number
1 card according to some reviews but you make the call after
looking at both sites ok.


Alvin


Nick wrote:

> I just bought Flight Sim 2004 and would like to know what
> graphics card will run the graphics the best in the $150-
> $200 range. My system consists of a P4 2.0 ghz processor,
> 256 mb ram, 40 gig hard drive, integrated graphics and
> running Windows XP currently. I also have a AGP slot for
> the graphics card. It ran FS 2002 ok with graphics set at
> around 50-60%. FS 2004 is not running as well even with
> the graphics set lower. Any help would be much
> appreciated.

[Lawrence]

Also, Nick.....
Never underestimate the power of Checkdisk, followed by a good Defrag.

Seriously.... it can dramatically improve performance of graphically
intensive software.... Even though you just installed it, it could still be
fragmented all over your drive, because there were pockets here and there
that were available during the install.

I always try to do a defrag before I install a cool new program that's going
to demand quick file access.

I'd try that first. It's free, and you may be pleasantly surprised.
(Although you still probably do want a new card.) :o)


Good luck,
-Lawrence in Seattle


"Nick" > wrote in message
...
> I just bought Flight Sim 2004 and would like to know what
> graphics card will run the graphics the best in the $150-
> $200 range. My system consists of a P4 2.0 ghz processor,
> 256 mb ram, 40 gig hard drive, integrated graphics and
> running Windows XP currently. I also have a AGP slot for
> the graphics card. It ran FS 2002 ok with graphics set at
> around 50-60%. FS 2004 is not running as well even with
> the graphics set lower. Any help would be much
> appreciated.