|
|||||||
| AMD Graphics Cards Discuss AMD/ATI Radeon Graphics Cards from the current 6000 Series, upcoming 7000? series right back to the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and earlier! |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
Nov 2, 2007, 07:27 AM
|
#1 |
|
HardwareHeaven Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 36
Rep Power: 0  |
Getting the best performance on this old ATI RADEON 9200...
Hello... I have a really old and curdy PC using an ATI RADEON 9200 AGP card... Since this card is really old, I don't play any of those super graphical games. But I do play PC games a lot on this thing...
What I wanna do is try to maximize graphic performance for this card because for some games I play, it has some lagging issues when large amount of special effects are on screen. I'm already using Omega Drivers v3.8.252 (I can't use anything higher then this version because ATI doesn't suppose 9200 cards anymore) |
|
|
|
Nov 2, 2007, 07:56 AM
|
#2 | |||
|
HH Old Fuddy Duddy
|
Quote:
CPU? RAM? OS? HDD? PSU? SOUND?
__________________
Quote:
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
Nov 2, 2007, 07:10 PM
|
Thread Starter
#3
|
|
HardwareHeaven Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 36
Rep Power: 0 |
CPU: Pentium 3 800MHZ
RAM: 512MB SDRAM OS: Windows XP Pro w/ Service Pack 2 HDD: 38GB (Not sure what kind of HDD)... PSU: (Not sure about this, either.) SOUND: Intel On-board Audio |
|
|
|
|
Nov 2, 2007, 08:59 PM
|
#4 | ||
|
HH Old Fuddy Duddy
|
One of the first things I'd do is at least double the amount of RAM. 512 is choking the system whenever a lot of activity is going on.
Beyond that, yes, I agree you've got a very, very old system.  Make sure you keep the HDD Defragged, no non-essential Start Up Programs running, maybe increase the PageFile. Check out the NGO Optimized Drivers for ATI cards. Don't expect to use the newer ones. Look around for older sets that still support your card: NGOHQ.com Good luck!
__________________
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
