What sort of framerates can i expect?

IFRT-WHUFC · 05-26-09, 10:45 AM

From an Ati Radeon HD 4650 1GB card? while running SH3 on Vista?

My Geforce's fan seized and burnt the chip out! Now need a decent cheap upgrade quickly!

thanks
Rick

onelifecrisis · 05-26-09, 10:52 AM

I should think an HD 4650 would run SH3 at about a billion frames per second.

IFRT-WHUFC · 05-26-09, 10:56 AM

thanks OLC! found one at play.com for £59.99

Rick

ReallyDedPoet · 05-26-09, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

I should think an HD 4650 would run SH3 at about a billion frames per second.

Paul Riley · 05-26-09, 01:18 PM

Dont forget some of the older cards can still pull their weight,and will also come with a cheaper price tag too.I use an ATI X800 PRO (256MB) card,and it still gets good comments even to this day.Brand new I bought it for about £200,that was about 4 or 5 years ago,today?,I reckon you could get one for well under £50.

Your new graphics card will probably be that fast you will need to be careful you dont actually create a bottleneck.If your card is trying to pull away like a racehorse and your CPU and memory is not up to scratch you may actually experience degraded system performance.Dont forget cooling solutions inside your case too,as no doubt this card will generate as much heat as the planet mercury

Enjoy the game!

d@rk51d3 · 05-28-09, 03:05 AM

Just ran a test on my 9800GT-1 GIG, and get 60fps in harbour, and about 200-300FPS out to sea in good weather.
400FPS (@1024TC)-1000FPS (paused) on the nav map.

Bad weather convoy attack 100-200FPS.

Paul Riley · 05-28-09, 03:40 AM

Yesterday I had poor frame rates 1 mile off Calais.Opened fire on a moored tanker when the whole harbour opened up on me

This was only done as a test,and after reloaded my game back up before I attacked.
Out to sea I get good fps.

nikbear · 05-28-09, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Just ran a test on my 9800GT-1 GIG, and get 60fps in harbour, and about 200-300FPS out to sea in good weather.
400FPS (@1024TC)-1000FPS (paused) on the nav map.

Bad weather convoy attack 100-200FPS.

I'm running a ATi Radeon 1950Pro,with 2 gigs of RAM and P4 3.06 chip and in bad weather sometimes if I run into a large convoy it can get so lagged that it CTD's

God knows what the FPS must drop to

05-26-09, 10:45 AM	#1
IFRT-WHUFC Engineer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: By the Nordsee Posts: 200 Downloads: 374 Uploads: 0	What sort of framerates can i expect? From an Ati Radeon HD 4650 1GB card? while running SH3 on Vista? My Geforce's fan seized and burnt the chip out! Now need a decent cheap upgrade quickly! thanks Rick

05-26-09, 10:52 AM	#2
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	I should think an HD 4650 would run SH3 at about a billion frames per second. __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

05-26-09, 01:18 PM	#5
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Dont forget some of the older cards can still pull their weight,and will also come with a cheaper price tag too.I use an ATI X800 PRO (256MB) card,and it still gets good comments even to this day.Brand new I bought it for about £200,that was about 4 or 5 years ago,today?,I reckon you could get one for well under £50. Your new graphics card will probably be that fast you will need to be careful you dont actually create a bottleneck.If your card is trying to pull away like a racehorse and your CPU and memory is not up to scratch you may actually experience degraded system performance.Dont forget cooling solutions inside your case too,as no doubt this card will generate as much heat as the planet mercury Enjoy the game! __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

05-28-09, 03:05 AM	#6
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Just ran a test on my 9800GT-1 GIG, and get 60fps in harbour, and about 200-300FPS out to sea in good weather. 400FPS (@1024TC)-1000FPS (paused) on the nav map. Bad weather convoy attack 100-200FPS. Last edited by d@rk51d3; 05-28-09 at 04:41 AM.

05-28-09, 03:40 AM	#7
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Yesterday I had poor frame rates 1 mile off Calais.Opened fire on a moored tanker when the whole harbour opened up on me This was only done as a test,and after reloaded my game back up before I attacked. Out to sea I get good fps. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes Last edited by Paul Riley; 05-28-09 at 03:54 AM.

05-26-09, 10:56 AM	#3
IFRT-WHUFC Engineer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: By the Nordsee Posts: 200 Downloads: 374 Uploads: 0	thanks OLC! found one at play.com for £59.99 Rick