graphics card question

[U-84]

hey all...just wondering would a 512 mb NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS be able to run SH4 graphics pretty well or no just wonderin...thanks

Originally Posted by U-84

hey all...just wondering would a 512 mb NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS be able to run SH4 graphics pretty well or no just wonderin...thanks

Should, no problem is it AGP or PCI-E??

And remember this is a sim and your CPU can make more of a difference then anything.

[Te Kaha]

This is the gfc I have, built into a HP Pavillion laptop.

I've checked every option except volumetric fog and windowed mode and it runs very well.

Originally Posted by Te Kaha

This is the gfc I have, built into a HP Pavillion laptop.

I've checked every option except volumetric fog and windowed mode and it runs very well.

You should get better performance out of the card, as all laptop cards use RAm as there GRAM.

[CollateralDamage]

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

You should get better performance out of the card, as all laptop cards use RAm as there GRAM.

I have the same GF 8600M GS on my laptop and I also run SH4 with the afore mentioned setup.
All laptop cards use RAM as their graphics memory? That's weird because according to the manufacturer my GFX Card has it's own memory + it can use up to 1280MB of RAM if needed (TurboCache).

Originally Posted by CollateralDamage

I have the same GF 8600M GS on my laptop and I also run SH4 with the afore mentioned setup.
All laptop cards use RAM as their graphics memory? That's weird because according to the manufacturer my GFX Card has it's own memory + it can use up to 1280MB of RAM if needed (TurboCache).

Maybe I said that wrong, most modern laptops may use a card with it's own set of memory, but that memory is GENERALLY left in an open RAM spot and then allocated to the card by use of a specialized driver or directly through the B.I.O.S., which can cause memory allocation errors and frequently dosen't allow the full release of the ram when an application is closed. Thats what Turbo Cache is for(glorified name for Virtual Memory), whenever the memory is deemed "insufficient" by the operating system, it will begin to turbo cache into the systems allotted RAM, which I'd say would cause undesirable performance.

Have you tried to run any DX10 apps, or 3d mark advantage??

[LeeVanSpliff]

Originally Posted by U-84

hey all...just wondering would a 512 mb NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GS be able to run SH4 graphics pretty well or no just wonderin...thanks

I've got a GeForce 7600GT OC with 256MB RAM and the game runs well for me.