voodoo47 on 11/3/2007 at 17:31

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depends.I have seen a guy that has played t3 on a p3 800/geforce3 and it was good enough for him (but for me,lets just say I would rather put a bullet in my head).I would go for a new pc,but thats me,not you.the choice is yours..and choice is always a problem ;)

a new mainstream pc will cost you up to 500$ (monitor not included),you shouldnt really go any lower than that if you dont want to end up with a piece of scrap again..so I would say,if you have 500$ to spare,go for a new pc..

RavynousHunter on 16/3/2007 at 03:03

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One way or another, you almost always get gipped when you get a pre-built machine. My suggestion is, if you've got a CompUSA nearby, go there and find out if theyre having a sale on Mobo+CPU bundles, if so, then you can grab one there, theyre usually pretty cheap and pretty good. (my AMD Athalon64 2.5GHz was part of a bundle, cheap as crap, too) I always go with Nvidia (mostly cuz they bought out Voodoo, which i loved), I've never had a bad experience with one to date, which is more than I can say for some of the ATIs ive had in the past (one or two fried on me within 2 months). If you dont have a nearby CompUSA, try (http://www.newegg.com) NewEgg, you can usually find cheap good hardware there (my friend bought almost an entire new computer there about a year ago, and hasnt had a problem YET).

Hope that helps, my fellow taffer! May the Builder guide the toward the path of technological supremacy! :thumb:

sephiroth111 on 16/3/2007 at 04:52

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Depending on situations, i've kinda hacked T1 into working on my GF 7900GS by breaking the game's cam.cfg.

the better your card the better T3 will play. Your choice. NV's drivers are kinda flaky at best when it comes to supporting old games, even though i personally swear by nvidia, i still have an FX5300LE in my lowend box specifically designed for older games (using the forceware 33.71 drivers that Shock2 requires, though i'm going to try later to break shock2 into working also)

imperialreign on 16/3/2007 at 21:39

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I agree here . . . it's a shame too, 3DFX was a superb company, especially with their 'crusade' for OpenGL; I think it kind of funny that this old VooDoo3 I've got laying around is still on-par with current low-end cards.

Anyways, I've never ran into any problems with ATi, and I don't personally know anyone who has either. All around, their cards are good, but entirelly driver dependent; the only work around is to stay current on the newest drivers (which one should do anyways :D ).

Some of their cards are known for having problems displaying fog and other atmospheric effects, but this seems to be more dependent on certain programs compared to others. I've yet to see an issue with mine, and I'm running an X700 Pro (not top of the line by any means), and even the on-board X200 Plus chipset displayed well, but was a bit lacking for my taste.

You'll defi need decent RAM, and decent speed RAM, too; minimum RAM nowadays is 512MB, with 1GB being preferred.