New Vid Card Needed?

PaulHasher · 04-15-2009, 03:19 PM

I think I need a new video card. Here's the situation. I have a several year old PC that runs fine for what I want it to do except that recently a couple of my games have started to have video problems. The games are Halo and Unreal Tournament 2004. Everything else that I do (web surfing, e-mail, office programs, etc...) run fine. I took the side cover off, cleaned out the inside of the PC and discovered that the fan on my vid card is no longer working. After leaving the PC off for several hours I started it up and immediately started UT2004. It played perfect for 1 round and then the video problems came back.

My current system is a P4-2.4GHz, 768MB, GeForce4 Ti4400. I'm going to need a 8x AGP card that's capable of playing the games listed above. I have no real interest in shelling out the money for a whole new PC at this time.

Do you agree with my assessment that I need a new video card? If so, what would be a good one to get that meets my needs?

Thanks much,

**twajetmech** · 04-15-2009, 03:42 PM

You could get a new vid card or replace your vid fan with an aftermarket cooler for the one you have....Zalman or artic cooling should have one that works

**emosun** · 04-16-2009, 02:27 PM

It's might actually be cheaper to just buy a whole new card

You can probably just find the exact geforce 4 on ebay for a few bucks.

04-15-2009, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
PaulHasher Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 1 OS: xp	New Vid Card Needed? I think I need a new video card. Here's the situation. I have a several year old PC that runs fine for what I want it to do except that recently a couple of my games have started to have video problems. The games are Halo and Unreal Tournament 2004. Everything else that I do (web surfing, e-mail, office programs, etc...) run fine. I took the side cover off, cleaned out the inside of the PC and discovered that the fan on my vid card is no longer working. After leaving the PC off for several hours I started it up and immediately started UT2004. It played perfect for 1 round and then the video problems came back. My current system is a P4-2.4GHz, 768MB, GeForce4 Ti4400. I'm going to need a 8x AGP card that's capable of playing the games listed above. I have no real interest in shelling out the money for a whole new PC at this time. Do you agree with my assessment that I need a new video card? If so, what would be a good one to get that meets my needs? Thanks much,

04-15-2009, 03:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
twajetmech I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LGA, NYC Posts: 2,388 OS: XP-Pro Sp2 & XP-Pro Sp2 Tablet Edition, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: New Vid Card Needed? You could get a new vid card or replace your vid fan with an aftermarket cooler for the one you have....Zalman or artic cooling should have one that works __________________ PSU Selection/Info // Bench test // Thermal Paste // Memory Selection // Bios Beep Codes // CPU-Z// Posting System Specs

04-16-2009, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,088 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: New Vid Card Needed? It's might actually be cheaper to just buy a whole new card You can probably just find the exact geforce 4 on ebay for a few bucks. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list