Will SH3 work with an ATI 9250 video card?

TheSatyr · 09-11-05, 11:56 AM

I'm considering replacing my on-board Geforce 4 MX card with an ATI 9250 256 mb agp card and was wondering if that card is good enough to run SH3 on?

BobV_07 · 09-11-05, 12:05 PM

You should try and get a better card then that! Maybe the ATI 9800.

Gizzmoe · 09-11-05, 12:10 PM

The 9250 is a lousy card. If you are willing to spend 60$ buy an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro with 128 MB, itÂ´s much, much faster.

jasonb885 · 09-11-05, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSatyr

I'm considering replacing my on-board Geforce 4 MX card with an ATI 9250 256 mb agp card and was wondering if that card is good enough to run SH3 on?

Please don't buy such an old card with 256MB of RAM. That can't doesn't have any settings or capabilities that will use that much RAM. It's a gimmick.

Please don't buy that one.

Another poster suggested the 9600 Pro, which would be a much better buy if you don't want a 9800 Pro or something newer.

benetofski · 09-11-05, 01:00 PM

The Radeon 9250 (AGP, 128MB) works just fine with SH3.

Make sure you get the OMEGA Drivers (optimized for us gamers) rather than the stock ATI Drivers - which are crap!

(you can actually see the difference when you run the display tests under dxdiag)...

I am running version 2.6.12 which was quite stable with the 9250 card, but the latest drivers are I believe 2.6.53.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

....go get em!

gdogghenrikson · 09-11-05, 01:06 PM

ATI 9550 is a good choice

Malc · 09-11-05, 05:20 PM

My PC has an ATI 9250 SE 128 MB and its fine for SHIII. I also run Reflex XTR model flight simulator that features photoreal backgrounds and detailed models

And this runs at 90 - 100 fps on my Athlon 2800+ running at 2.2ghz with 1gb of DDR PC3200 ram.

The problem is that with a lot of cheaper graphics cards they sync the display to the refresh rate of the monitor to reduce the loading on the CPU, this is why more expensive cards work better as the video processor takes more of the load as they don't use V-sync so much.[/i]

none · 09-12-05, 06:56 AM

Hi

Im using a 9550 too. No probs so far. Beside this other games are running well too (Halflife2 for example with high settings, AA set to off of course)

A good card for low money. Positive: Its passive cooled, so really silent

Greetings.

FAdmiral · 09-12-05, 10:02 AM

The older 9200 ATI series does not take advantage of the new
DX9 features like the newer 9550 & 9600+ cards do....

JIM

PS. Choose 256 over 128

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09-11-05, 01:00 PM	#5
benetofski Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Port Perry, Canada Posts: 106 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Radeon 9250 (AGP, 128MB) works just fine with SH3. Make sure you get the OMEGA Drivers (optimized for us gamers) rather than the stock ATI Drivers - which are crap! (you can actually see the difference when you run the display tests under dxdiag)... I am running version 2.6.12 which was quite stable with the 9250 card, but the latest drivers are I believe 2.6.53. http://www.omegadrivers.net/ ....go get em! __________________ OLt.z.S.Benetschik (Benetofski) [IMG][/IMG] \"U-bootwaffe - eine Gemeinschaft zusammengebracht durch Schicksal\"

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gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	ATI 9550 is a good choice __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

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FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The older 9200 ATI series does not take advantage of the new DX9 features like the newer 9550 & 9600+ cards do.... JIM PS. Choose 256 over 128 __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-11-05, 12:10 PM	#3
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The 9250 is a lousy card. If you are willing to spend 60$ buy an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro with 128 MB, itÂ´s much, much faster.

09-11-05, 05:20 PM	#7
Malc Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hertfordshire UK Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My PC has an ATI 9250 SE 128 MB and its fine for SHIII. I also run Reflex XTR model flight simulator that features photoreal backgrounds and detailed models And this runs at 90 - 100 fps on my Athlon 2800+ running at 2.2ghz with 1gb of DDR PC3200 ram. The problem is that with a lot of cheaper graphics cards they sync the display to the refresh rate of the monitor to reduce the loading on the CPU, this is why more expensive cards work better as the video processor takes more of the load as they don't use V-sync so much.[/i]

09-12-05, 06:56 AM	#8
none Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi Im using a 9550 too. No probs so far. Beside this other games are running well too (Halflife2 for example with high settings, AA set to off of course) A good card for low money. Positive: Its passive cooled, so really silent Greetings.