From 7600 and up you will be fine, I`m guessing, but not maxed out.

Remember, the graphics are much better in SHIV, and the devs are not magicians, they are devs.
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I agree with that statement. The 7600 series and above will run the game at the highest graphical settings, assuming a good processor and plenty of RAM. Anything lower than the 7600 will need to run the game at reduced graphical settings.

...and I just make the cut w/ a 7600 GT 256MB PCI card. I have 2 Gigs of RAM and that should help too!

:D

Barkhorn.

You have the same set up as me. You'll be fine I'm sure.

True mate, but for optimal performance (on steroids) , i recommend GF 8800 GTX.;) (Im sorry if i didnt express myself clear enough, matey ..:oops:)

Cope= 6600/6800
Do fine= 7600/7900/7950 (Similar?)
WOW! MY EYES!! = 8800 GTS / GTX

Just my 2 cents..:yep:

:rock::rock::rock::up:

True mate, but for optimal performance (on steroids) , i recommend GF 8800 GTX.;) (Im sorry if i didnt express myself clear enough, matey ..:oops:)

Cope= 6600/6800
Do fine= 7600/7900/7950 (Similar?)
WOW! MY EYES!! = 8800 GTS / GTX

Just my 2 cents..:yep:

I would say you are 100 percent correct!

will i be ok?
 

I have 2 really fast cards running in original "scan line interleave",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Voodoo 2 X2, man it should be ok for SHIV right? I am hoping it will cope, these cards are so big they should cope with everything yeah?

:lol:

lol, 3dfx Voodoo... my first 3d card ever was a Voodoo Banshee

Should be fine. :D

I was joking btw, although I do still have the 2 voodoo cards! they havent been used for many years,,,,,, ahhh the days of quake!

Anyway, I also feel 2 gig of system memory will help most people overall, certainly regarding smoothness and load times.

as a few other says "7600 upwards should be fine" i agree also, you just about have the horsepower and get all the extra candy, until the dx10 patch is out that is.
By then maybe a GF 8600 will be around, along with a reduced AGP version? who knows.

Yeah. I looked up the specs. Haven't seen Voodoo in quite a while. :D

I really doubt we will see DX10 on AGP.:hmm:

2 cents.

6600gt will be minimum spec to run game with reasonable settings.
7900gt or x1900xt will be just right

1 gbyte ram would be minimum and more possibility of hd swapping mem data
2 gbyte ram will be just right

1 ide hd will give you longer load times
2 sata hd in raid 0 config will be just right

Onboard sound card will suck as always
Audigy cards will be almost good enough
X-Fi will be just right

CPU will affect performance especially if you have a good card with a single core older CPU... expect bottlenecking.. is bottlenecking a word? It is now.

I agree with everything you say here, but you can add the 7600GT to the 7900Gt and X1900XT.

I really doubt we will see DX10 on AGP.:hmm:

Thats what they said about the high end 7 series.............

simple economics mean, with lots of people with AGP who want to run vista nicely! some indy manufactures will have a go...........
Maybe it wont be a high end card as AGP bus cant do it, but I think a good chance you will see a 8 series "half cut" on AGP actualy. if you wait a bit after the early adopters are fleeced a bit first.:yep:

I feel pretty comfortable saying, it is not going to happen. AGP is dieing out fast.

The only reason you get the few sporadic new offerings for AGP today is that there is still a large installed user base. I don't think I've seen a major motherboard manufacturer offer a new AGP based mainboard for a very long time. I highly doubt the industry will see a DX10 AGP offering. Chances are, most systems using the antiquated AGP bus would likely be less than ideal candidates for Vista anyway.

Don't forget the next version of PCI Express is around the corner too.

so will everyone send me a £1 each when the 8550 is released on AGP?

I stand to make a fair bit of money here :lol:

ok guys break it down for me barney style please

replacing this
http://www.bizrate.com/graphicscards...-pid432696467/
with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

good deal, bad deal, your an idiot or wasting my money?
I really don't know anything about computer guts but ask me about ww2 and I do alright.

ATI Radeon 1950 PRO (256mb version). Rest of computer is monstrous. At 1024x768 with no AA, everything in SH3 runs monstrous except the harbours in GWX - they noticably take away from the silky feeling. Out in the ocean however, pumping up any AA etc seems to do nothing to budge the mega FPS.

Good card, good deal, it´s a thousand times better than you current card, but if you can afford it you should get this card, it´s quite a bit faster:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102067

What´s your CPU and RAM?