FSAA... uhh how to ?

SirJAG · 04-17-07, 09:00 PM

anyone have a 7900GS? what settings do you use?

and do you guys consider it a "Good" card?

Skipbo · 04-17-07, 09:59 PM

I have a 7900GS and am getting very good results with it. Bought it for $140 a few weeks ago along with an extra Gig of RAM, a sound card, and a new PS to get ready for SHIIV. Have had the slider settings maxed out and all boxes checked on the graffics options and getting 20+ FPS on remote camera viewing the Battle of Midway which is pretty intensive stuff. Have AA at 4x and AF at 8x currently. Really no problems with stuttering or ships that don't run smoothly. Am upgraded to 1.2 as of this morning. I am planning on experimenting with light shafts, caustic effect, volumetric fog, the developer settings in main.cfg, etc. and seeing if I get any appreciable FPS increase by shutting some of them down, but really wouldn't have to do so.

Here's a chart from a video card website that does benchmarking (I certainly am not an expert on them) and it show the 7900GS as about 6x as fast on several benchmarks (not SHIV of course) as the ATI600Pro that I replaced. From my FPS rates, I think that's about right for the increases I got.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=571&chart=198

By the way, I'm enjoying this forum a lot. I'm an old SHI guy who worked with Jim Atkins some on the old SilentHunter.com website and SubGuy on his SH website content and am very thankful that the Pacific Theater is back. The developers and modders are doing a remarkable job - really impressive to me since I sat out SHII and SHIII.

IsaanRanger · 04-17-07, 11:55 PM

I have a 7950GT and I am getting 60FPS locked and sometimes 30FPS locked with all settings on and sliders at max with 4x FSAA and 8X Anistropic. I run at 1024x768 (sorry its a habit with online play latency) 60Hz (LCD as well)

I am so glad the FSAA is up now

I have only environmental effects off (want solid crew) but even with it checked, it still was 60FPS and no monoliths

MONOLITH · 04-18-07, 06:09 AM

No Monoliths?

Look around, I'm out here somewhere.

:rotfl:

04-17-07, 09:59 PM	#2
Skipbo Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 46 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	7900GS I have a 7900GS and am getting very good results with it. Bought it for $140 a few weeks ago along with an extra Gig of RAM, a sound card, and a new PS to get ready for SHIIV. Have had the slider settings maxed out and all boxes checked on the graffics options and getting 20+ FPS on remote camera viewing the Battle of Midway which is pretty intensive stuff. Have AA at 4x and AF at 8x currently. Really no problems with stuttering or ships that don't run smoothly. Am upgraded to 1.2 as of this morning. I am planning on experimenting with light shafts, caustic effect, volumetric fog, the developer settings in main.cfg, etc. and seeing if I get any appreciable FPS increase by shutting some of them down, but really wouldn't have to do so. Here's a chart from a video card website that does benchmarking (I certainly am not an expert on them) and it show the 7900GS as about 6x as fast on several benchmarks (not SHIV of course) as the ATI600Pro that I replaced. From my FPS rates, I think that's about right for the increases I got. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=571&chart=198 By the way, I'm enjoying this forum a lot. I'm an old SHI guy who worked with Jim Atkins some on the old SilentHunter.com website and SubGuy on his SH website content and am very thankful that the Pacific Theater is back. The developers and modders are doing a remarkable job - really impressive to me since I sat out SHII and SHIII. Last edited by Skipbo; 04-17-07 at 10:17 PM.

04-17-07, 11:55 PM	#3
IsaanRanger Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	7950GT I have a 7950GT and I am getting 60FPS locked and sometimes 30FPS locked with all settings on and sliders at max with 4x FSAA and 8X Anistropic. I run at 1024x768 (sorry its a habit with online play latency) 60Hz (LCD as well) I am so glad the FSAA is up now I have only environmental effects off (want solid crew) but even with it checked, it still was 60FPS and no monoliths

04-18-07, 06:09 AM	#4
MONOLITH Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 997 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No Monoliths? Look around, I'm out here somewhere. :rotfl: __________________

04-17-07, 09:00 PM	#1
SirJAG Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	anyone have a 7900GS? what settings do you use? and do you guys consider it a "Good" card?