Heh, I remember paying over £300 for my GeForce 3 ninja-turbo-ultra :) I think it sold for £50 when I upgraded.
Anything of GeForce 4 class or above will show minimal performance degradation unless you go really overboard with the effects. It's VRAM bandwidth which takes the biggest hit if multiple render passes are required to generate a scene. Lowering screen-res speeds things up greatly (if needed).
Anything of GeForce 4 class or above will show minimal performance degradation unless you go really overboard with the effects. It's VRAM bandwidth which takes the biggest hit if multiple render passes are required to generate a scene. Lowering screen-res speeds things up greatly (if needed).