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    Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

    *cough*
    Yes, I currently own a Nvidia MX 4000 graphic card, an obviously dated card which is making me mad with FFXI. I have 512 mb of ram, and I use a 2800+ AMD Sempron processor (Windows XP Professional)
    I have an (Impossible to gauge) lag when I am near crags or very crowded areas, and even in not-so-populated areas I can't go over the 20 fps. Not to talk of bard songs, that bring me to 3-4 fps when they are casted.
    I heard that like a month ago a new forceware (169.17) was released, but it is not compatible with geforce 4 cards, so I got owned once more.
    My question is, is there anything that I can do to better this situation? (no)
    So, which graphic card would you suggest for me? I am willing to upgrade my RAM as well, but I am not sure if it'd be better to up it to 1 GB or 2 GB.
    Thanks for help and forgive me if my english sucks x_x (but my PC sucks more, www)
    Tags: 4000, geforce4, mx, problem
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    Re: Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

    a - find the correct driver, POL does list which version is supposed to work best. (Somewhere anyway)
    b - get a new card
    c - ram won't help this

    What card should you get? One you can afford.
    I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are.

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      Re: Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

      So you are telling me that ram isn't going to help? Hmm...
      About the new card, I am not an expert and I am not sure about what to buy x_x Btw, buying an expensive card isn't a problem cuz I must change the whole PC anyway, so it's better to buy a pro one to keep it for some time. Any ideas? What about Geforce 8800 GT?
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        Re: Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

        Any new card will far more then FFXI needs. Look at whatever you use your system for to figure out what you need.

        FFXI uses a couple hundred MB of system ram. 512MB on XP is fine if you just use it for FFXI.

        In short, don't use FFXI to figure out what to buy in a new computer or for upgrades unless FFXI is the only thing you use the machine for.
        I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are.

        HTTP Error 418 - I'm A Teapot - The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

        loose
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          Re: Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

          Yeah, I know, thanks for your help :D I guess I'll buy the 8800 GT, people talk about it very well.
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            Re: Geforce4 MX 4000 problem

            the 8800 GT doesn't have an agp version that i'm aware of, and quite frankly, is overkill in a system like yours. i would recommend an ati radeon 9550. it's cheap and more than capable of running ffxi

            Thanks Yyg!
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