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Originally Posted by Arclight

Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB / Radeon HD 4850

That's weird... I thought a HD 4850 was quite a lot better than a 8800 GTS?
How does my GTX 260 (192 core) compare to those cards?

[Arclight]

8800/9800GT > 8800 GTS 512 > 9800GTX/GTS250 > GTS260

Technically the 8800GTX goes between 8800GTS 512 and 9800GTX, but difference from 8800GTS 512 is negligable; performs better on high resolutions thanks to wider memory bus, but GTS is as fast or faster under "normal" conditions.

HD 4850 falls between 9600GT and 9800GT, as far as I can tell.
* no that's not right. Probably more compareable to 9800GTX.

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Originally Posted by Arclight

8800/9800GT > 8800 GTS 512> 9800GTX/GTS250 > GTS260

Technically the 8800GTX goes between 8800GTS 512 and 9800GTX, but difference from 8800GTS 512 is negligable; performs better on high resolutions thanks to wider memory bus, but GTS is as fast or faster under "normal" conditions.

Umm... there is no GTS 260 AFAIK...
If you mean the GTX 260 then I'm pretty sure it's faster (>>) than a GTS 250?

[Arclight]

Yeah, sorry.

GTS250 (rebranded 9800GTX+), then GTX 260 core 216

* ehr, I think core 216 competes with HD 4870, so I think that puts the core 192 between HD 4850 and HD 4870.

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Originally Posted by Arclight

Yeah, sorry.

GTS250 (rebranded 9800GTX+), then GTX 260 core 216

* ehr, I think core 216 competes with HD 4870, so I think that puts the core 192 between HD 4850 and HD 4870.

So I beat the recommended graphics card spec by a nose?

[Arclight]

By a fair margin, shouldn't have any trouble with medium/"normal" settings, I suspect medium-high is possible.

It's impossible to say for sure, but... well, I just can't imagine the game would need more to run decently. No point in giving it "Crysis-syndrome", right? (ie. ridiculous requirements, limiting it to only high-end rigs)

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Originally Posted by Arclight

By a fair margin, shouldn't have any trouble with medium/"normal" settings, I suspect medium-high is possible.

It's impossible to say for sure, but... well, I just can't imagine the game would need more to run decently. No point in giving it "Crysis-syndrome", right? (ie. ridiculous requirements, limiting it to only high-end rigs)

Yeah, that's what I thought, but a GTX 260 to play on "medium" sounds like Crysis syndrome to me. And the game doesn't even look that much better than SH3! I mean don't get me wrong, it looks great, but, well you know what I mean. Maybe those recommended specs will actually run the game on "high" or "very high", that would make more sense to me. I guess we'll see!