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CCIP · 03-22-07, 06:59 PM

Right, this was my original plan, unfortunately my finances for the next year aren't looking good enough for a new system.

Also, I don't quite mind since the GeForce 6800 would make a great birthday present to my brother who still has an old Radeon 9800. :p

But is it really not that far a step up?

Just wondering. The memory amount difference at least looks quite striking, but that's why I'm asking - don't know how it'd translate into framerate, and what it'd look like with SHIV.

I'm also not really planning to play anything newer than SHIV (except possibly the simultaneously-released STALKER) in the foreseeable future.

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Oh, and my system otherwise is a 3.06GHz P4 with 2 gigs of the older vanilla DDR.
SHIV at moderate to mid-high settings runs no more than 20fps average on the current card.

03-22-07, 06:59 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Right, this was my original plan, unfortunately my finances for the next year aren't looking good enough for a new system. Also, I don't quite mind since the GeForce 6800 would make a great birthday present to my brother who still has an old Radeon 9800. :p But is it really not that far a step up? Just wondering. The memory amount difference at least looks quite striking, but that's why I'm asking - don't know how it'd translate into framerate, and what it'd look like with SHIV. I'm also not really planning to play anything newer than SHIV (except possibly the simultaneously-released STALKER) in the foreseeable future. [edit] Oh, and my system otherwise is a 3.06GHz P4 with 2 gigs of the older vanilla DDR. SHIV at moderate to mid-high settings runs no more than 20fps average on the current card. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)