How demanding is Pirates! graphically?

PeriscopeDepth · 11-28-05, 10:59 PM

I used to play the old Pirates Gold, and wandered into this forum and discovered that there had been a Pirates remake. I want to go run out and buy it, but I wonder if my 64mb onboard video card can handle it? How scaleable are the graphics options? I don't have a problem with cranking graphics settings to the lowest point, BTW.

Running a PIV 2.2 Ghz
1 gig of RAM
and the dreaded Intel Graphics Controller...

Thanks,
PD

PeriscopeDepth · 11-29-05, 12:10 AM

Just did a little research and it seems like a no go as my card doesn't support TnL. Ah well.

PD

tycho102 · 12-03-05, 10:35 AM

The open ocean is pretty easy on the card. It's the dancing, sword-fighting, and land battles that really pull the frame rate down.

Check this out.

You can buy a 9800se for $77, do the driver/bios mod to enable the extra pipelines and bump the voltage up. Take the heatsink off, put some Arctic Silver 5 on there, put some small BGA ram heatsinks on the memory ($5), and run the game really well. The mechanical mods are very easy to do, and as long as you keep yourself grounded, it's difficult to damage the card. The software mods are very easy, depending on what you want to do. Enabling the extra pipelines involves downloading the right drivers, which are all available at Guru3D.

PeriscopeDepth · 12-08-05, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tycho102

The open ocean is pretty easy on the card. It's the dancing, sword-fighting, and land battles that really pull the frame rate down.

Check this out.

You can buy a 9800se for $77, do the driver/bios mod to enable the extra pipelines and bump the voltage up. Take the heatsink off, put some Arctic Silver 5 on there, put some small BGA ram heatsinks on the memory ($5), and run the game really well. The mechanical mods are very easy to do, and as long as you keep yourself grounded, it's difficult to damage the card. The software mods are very easy, depending on what you want to do. Enabling the extra pipelines involves downloading the right drivers, which are all available at Guru3D.

I wish. Didn't mention that it's a laptop.

PD

squigian · 05-22-06, 01:29 PM

Intel Graphics Controller? *tuts and sucks in air* :hmm:

Might as well get a new laptop when you're faced with those kinds of obstacles. You should be able to get something cheaply; pirates isn't demanding, it justs need your regular 64MB Radeon or Nvidia card.

11-28-05, 10:59 PM	#1
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	How demanding is Pirates! graphically? I used to play the old Pirates Gold, and wandered into this forum and discovered that there had been a Pirates remake. I want to go run out and buy it, but I wonder if my 64mb onboard video card can handle it? How scaleable are the graphics options? I don't have a problem with cranking graphics settings to the lowest point, BTW. Running a PIV 2.2 Ghz 1 gig of RAM and the dreaded Intel Graphics Controller... Thanks, PD

11-29-05, 12:10 AM	#2
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Just did a little research and it seems like a no go as my card doesn't support TnL. Ah well. PD

12-03-05, 10:35 AM	#3
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The open ocean is pretty easy on the card. It's the dancing, sword-fighting, and land battles that really pull the frame rate down. Check this out. You can buy a 9800se for $77, do the driver/bios mod to enable the extra pipelines and bump the voltage up. Take the heatsink off, put some Arctic Silver 5 on there, put some small BGA ram heatsinks on the memory ($5), and run the game really well. The mechanical mods are very easy to do, and as long as you keep yourself grounded, it's difficult to damage the card. The software mods are very easy, depending on what you want to do. Enabling the extra pipelines involves downloading the right drivers, which are all available at Guru3D.

05-22-06, 01:29 PM	#5
squigian Helmsman Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 107 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Intel Graphics Controller? tuts and sucks in air :hmm: Might as well get a new laptop when you're faced with those kinds of obstacles. You should be able to get something cheaply; pirates isn't demanding, it justs need your regular 64MB Radeon or Nvidia card.