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fullmetaledges

02-14-07 03:50 AM

guy i know all you can do is speculate but i would like to know if I need to start saving. I can live with everything not on it's higest setting, but do I need to start saving for a new card for this game.

radeon x1300 512mb

Boris

02-14-07 04:27 AM

Start saving, and if you're not satisfied buy a new card when you've seen it run. Otherwise keep your money. :D

And why do you get to have 512 mb ram? I bought an x1950xt and it only came in 256 :stare:

tener

02-14-07 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by immortal44

I think you should wait and see how the game plays with your current setup before you think about upgrading.

good point m8,i,ll get it first and see wot happens.:cool:any one know if there,s going to be a demo??

TDK1044

02-14-07 07:41 AM

A demo is highly unlikely in my view. One more DEV Diary is on the way though. :D

Konovalov

02-14-07 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

I have an NVidia GeForce 7800GTX. It was top-line when I bought it but technology has continued to progress. Which graphics effects in SH IV will I not be able to enjoy with my current card, and what's your ideas on the best bang-for-the-buck card today?

Thanks!

That is still a very good card today and it's DX9 features will be able to run all the graphics candy and effects in SHIV. You will probably not need to compromise much if at all unless you run at really big resolutions with full AA and AF.

Seeadler

02-14-07 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

And why do you get to have 512 mb ram? I bought an x1950xt and it only came in 256 :stare:

From current graphic cards are often two versions available, one with 256 and one with 512MB. Generally a card which supports the Shader 2.0 Model is required for SHIV. If in addition this card has 512MB that is perfect but 256 is enough.

e.g.
Nvidia GeForce 6xxx/7xxxx supports Shader Model 1.0 - 3.0 and DirectX 9
Nvidia GeForce 8xxx supports Shader Model 1.0 - 4.0 and DirectX 10

If one has a card in that range, it is not necessarily to buy a new one for SHIV until it becomes patched to Vista and DX10

I am not ATI guy therefore I cannot say how it looks like with these cards;)

Morts

02-14-07 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NEON DEON

Quote:

Originally Posted by immortal44

I think you should wait and see how the game plays with your current setup before you think about upgrading.

Sounds like a plan! :up:

how can it sound like a plan when there is no sound
its a bunch of letters put together to make sense
and there is no sound file included saying what stands there...sooo
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:-j

Bill Nichols

02-14-07 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Seeadler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

And why do you get to have 512 mb ram? I bought an x1950xt and it only came in 256 :stare:

Thanks, Seeadler - that helps a lot. I was worried about all these different 'shader' things and such.

:ping:

Linavitch

02-14-07 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by immortal44

I think you should wait and see how the game plays with your current setup before you think about upgrading.

It's not really the time to be upgrading. With the recent release of Vista and DX10 there's gonna be a whole new range of new cards, which is gonna mean there will be bargains galore for DX9 cards.

If you can manage as you are I would recommend that course of action. A couple of months after release you'll have all the feedback you need to make an informed decision and them lovely bargain prices i mentioned.

Conversely, you may get tempted with some uber DX10 rig and blow your kids inheritance, but there is a war on after all.

Boris

02-14-07 10:31 AM

I don't think DX10 cards will necessarily blow peoples budgets. Theres bound to be low and mid range models at affordable prices.

StandingCow

02-14-07 10:45 AM

There is a new DX10 card with 328 megs of ram that is around 200 bucks I think...

I have a geforce 7950 GT KO 512 Megs of ram, so I should be good. :D

AVGWarhawk

02-14-07 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

I don't think DX10 cards will necessarily blow peoples budgets. Theres bound to be low and mid range models at affordable prices.

I'm with Boris on this. There will be economy cards up to outrageous cards.

I'm waiting for the game and try it then. I'm thinking 2 gig of ram will help more than a superduper card. Thats just me though. Heck, I was running SH3 on a P3 GeForce 5500 card without issue. This P3 was slow but it worked and ran just find with particle in options on 100%. Mind you this was not the GWX install but I suspect with some particle reduction it would have been fine.

Linavitch

02-14-07 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

I don't think DX10 cards will necessarily blow peoples budgets. Theres bound to be low and mid range models at affordable prices.

But think how cheap your gonna get them DX9 cards in a few months. I don't think I can justify a DX10 upgrade just yet cos i would need a new mobo too but I'm thinking of upgrading my card. I got an X850 XT atm. I got my eye on a couple on ebuyer.com in the Uk.

StandingCow

02-14-07 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Linavitch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

I don't think DX10 cards will necessarily blow peoples budgets. Theres bound to be low and mid range models at affordable prices.

New Mobo and windows vista, as XP cannot support DX10...

thefretmaster

02-14-07 01:33 PM

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...nov-88gts3&P=1
is this the dx10 card you mean? also im not good at graphic card specs, can someone help me out, what am i looking for? also this card says it supports xp or vista so i guess it dx10 works on xp, unless it just runs dx9. would it be better to get a dx9 card? cheers

Boris

02-14-07 01:35 PM

DX10 won't run on XP, they made it vista exclusive to force people to buy the new OS.
Of course the card will run in XP, just not with DX10 features.

Yes, it is a good card, and better than most of the other cards on the market, and a good price too. It's about the same price I bought my 256mb x1950xt 3 or 4 months back, so it's a pretty damn good deal.

flintlock

02-14-07 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StandingCow

There is a new DX10 card with 328 megs of ram that is around 200 bucks I think...

NVIDIA's new version of the 8800 GTS has 320MB. Retails for around $299.00 US. The only problem is the current state of NVIDIA's driver mess and Vista.

Boris

02-14-07 01:43 PM

are there even any other DX10 cards out... and this one doesn't work in vista?

flintlock

02-14-07 01:55 PM

8800 series are all at the moment, DX10 wise. Technically the cards work, the current drivers for Vista are horrible though (all sorts of problems). It may take a while to get things right. I'm curious to see what ATI bring to the table with their upcoming R600.

bookworm_020

02-14-07 06:39 PM

My Geforce 6200 256MB card will have to do untill I get a new computer. By then Vista should have had the bugs worked out of it, and graphics cards will come down in price (they always do!).:up:

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