SH5 System Req's?

[Arrakis]

I'm a bit lost among all these Nvidia graphic cards...

I have on my laptop a Nvidia 9600GT 512 Mo.
Maerean, in his post, is positive that a nVidia 8800GT 512 will be fine to run the game with all options checked.
But, is a 8800GT better than my 9600GT? Will I be able to play the game properly with that one?
Do you think you'll change your graphic card to play SH5?

Originally Posted by Arrakis

I'm a bit lost among all these Nvidia graphic cards...

I have on my laptop a Nvidia 9600GT 512 Mo.
Maerean, in his post, is positive that a nVidia 8800GT 512 will be fine to run the game with all options checked.
But, is a 8800GT better than my 9600GT? Will I be able to play the game properly with that one?
Do you think you'll change your graphic card to play SH5?

the 8800gt is no longer sold, i have one and its great but its hard to say what it is equal to in the newer 9000 series cards. the newest cards are the 200 series but they are also the most expensive too.

my guess (and its only a guess) is a 9500gt or 9600gt would be about the same as the older 8800gt were.

i have found its very hard to get unbiased opinions on video cards so keep this in mind when people give you recommendations. pay more attention to the specs like ram and series number of the cards then do your own shopping for the best value you can find. (newegg.com is my choice)

i will make some people gasp for saying this but there often isnt that much difference in the cards that you will be able to see if they share simular specs so the difference in a 9400 from a 9500 or a 9600 are different on paper but in what you can see and tell on your computer you probably wont notice much difference unless your comparing bench tests. dont get me wrong, there will be a drop off from one card to the next but the lesser card will do the job in most cases so you just have to decide if you want to spend a little more for a little better performance from your card.

now if you are a serious hard core gamer looking for the most fps you can get then the tiny difference between cards may be worth it but not for most average gamers.

when you figure out what you want, look for a brand name that you have heard of before and preferably one with a lifetime warranty and get that. also pay attention to the cooler on the card so its not too loud and noisy or not too quiet so as to let the card run hot on you. reading the customer reviews are your best way to find this info.

ps- if you have a micro computer or something with a small compact case you really need to take care to be sure it fits in your box. some cards have coolers that need a lot of room or they wont fit so again, read the reviews carefully and see if anyone mentions clearance issues.

this is a link for a website where you can get what i consider good advice and info about building and fixing computers and about buying computer components and hardware. http://forums.techpowerup.com/index.php

[maerean_m]

Originally Posted by Arrakis

I'm a bit lost among all these Nvidia graphic cards...

I have on my laptop a Nvidia 9600GT 512 Mo.
Maerean, in his post, is positive that a nVidia 8800GT 512 will be fine to run the game with all options checked.
But, is a 8800GT better than my 9600GT? Will I be able to play the game properly with that one?
Do you think you'll change your graphic card to play SH5?

9600GT is the same as the 8800GT.
You'll be just fine as long as you don't exagerate with the resolution (keep it at 1440*900 or below)

[THE_MASK]

For those of us that are going to upgrade to say 4 gigs of ram , 1 gig ati video card and 3 gig dual core cpu just for this game . Will i be stunned at the level of graphics on full res .

Originally Posted by sober

For those of us that are going to upgrade to say 4 gigs of ram , 1 gig ati video card and 3 gig dual core cpu just for this game . Will i be stunned at the level of graphics on full res .

some may disagree with me on this but i think the difference you'll see is like comparing the grafics in stock sh3 with sh4 + real environments

[The Bandit]

Originally Posted by Arrakis

I'm a bit lost among all these Nvidia graphic cards...

I have on my laptop a Nvidia 9600GT 512 Mo.
Maerean, in his post, is positive that a nVidia 8800GT 512 will be fine to run the game with all options checked.
But, is a 8800GT better than my 9600GT? Will I be able to play the game properly with that one?
Do you think you'll change your graphic card to play SH5?

This is the main reason why Nvidia changed its naming scheme (its not that hard to get confused with it). The first digit (as in 9xxx) is the GENERATION of the card (they really only started doing this with the 5000 series) the second digit (as in x6xx) is the Performance of the card so the x3xx is slower than the x4xx and so on. Both Nvidia and to a lesser extend ATI are bad for re-branding cards (the Nvidia 9800GT and 9800GTS were little more than renamed 8800 cards, same with the GTS 240 and GTS 250 which are again essentially 8800s as well).

Another very important thing to mention is that you should probably go download a program called GPUz and check what kind of memory your GPU uses. DDR2 is not very good in graphics cards, GDDR3 is about the norm now, and GDDR4 and GDDR5 are best (ATI and IIRC Nvidia too now uses GDDR5 in their best stuff. Also I don't mean to rain on your parade but an Nvidia 9600GT in a laptop and one in a desk top are two VERY different animals. The graphics in your laptop have much more in common with the 8600mgs than they do with the desktop 9600. Deceptive marketing on Nvidias part but ATI is just as bad (4650 in a laptop is a way different chip than a 4650 desktop card) still chances are you SHOULD be able to RUN (as in playable maybe with some of the graphics settings turned down a little) it unless Ubi have gone off their rocker.

[THE_MASK]

Its 2009 , i think its time for up to date graphics run on up to date hardware .