Gogf
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Zelig said:
The graphics card you mentioned will be able to run Civ4 to the fullest extent, without any problems?
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The graphics card you mentioned will be able to run Civ4 to the fullest extent, without any problems?
Gogf said:
I hesitate to say that it will run to its "fullest extent", since one could always pile on antialiasing and aniso filtering at high resolutions to slow it down to unacceptable speeds...
I can almost guarantee that it will run civ4 at 1280x1024 at reasonably high settings though. It will acceptably run all games currently released at (nearly indistinguishable from) max settings at that resolution without any AA/AF.
You could always wait to buy... there's always going to be something faster in the future for the same price.
What processor do you have?
You're thinking of pixel shading. I believe hardware T&L has been featured since the GeForce 256.KaeptnOvi said:
The higher you set the resolution, the more work the video card has to do. The MX440 just cannot cope with the latest games at high resolutions.Gogf said:
I would agree with Zelig's recommendation. The 6600GT is second only to the Radeon X800XL on a price/performance scale, though the X800XL does cost close to $300.Gogf said:
You would probably need 2 GF7800 GTX cards in SLI to run the latest games to the fullest extent.Gogf said:
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Zakharov said:
The GF7800 are surprisingly good price/performance wise too, even though they just came out. I wouldn't be surprised if the 6800 ultras became quite a good deal in the next few months too though.
Gogf: The 6600gt should be a good match for the processor. The video card will still be a rather small bottleneck in a majority of new games rather than the cpu. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, I rarely use Intel systems for gaming anymore)
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Zelig said:
you won't be able to buy them at all. They are difficult to manufacture and not many are sold...
mid range cards such as 6800NU/GT will be still selling and good deal
Zelig said:
ah, ok. I guess I had those terms mixed up then
zjl56 said:
ATI is recommended for playing Pirates! (aka the Gamebryo Graphics Engine).
Civ IV will be using the same engine, so I really doubt there will be any problems with Civ IV (if that's Gogf's focus
).As for other games, I have not heard any major problems with the cards. If the card is new, it will probably play well.
That may have been true a few years ago, but ATI have really got their act together recently. Current ATI cards compare very well to their nvidia equivalents and even outperform them in games written in DirectX (eg. Half Life 2).zjl56 said:
Zakharov said:
Not true since the 7800 GTX came out anymore... NVidia really messed up the Gerforce 5x00 line, I doubt ATI will be able to take as much advantage as they did with the Radeon 9x00 line any time in the near future.
However, what you say is true, there's no reason to avoid Radeon cards because of any problems with games.
cierdan said:
It will work nicely, I think, but don't expect it to run the graphics at max settings.
That may be true but I have had some trouble with games like KOTOR and KOTOR 2 which wouldn't run on a $150 radeon card I bought a few months back. So if you want to go radeon I would suggest get something a little more advanced than I got.Zakharov said:
MarineCorps
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How good of a card is the Radeon X300SE? As it was the cheapest card I could find but know I'm startin tog et hindsight.....
erformance ratio than somewhat more expensive cards.Until the R520 is released there is no ATI equivalent of the 7800 GTX, so there is nothing to compare its performance with in that price range.Zelig said:
That's not really ATI's fault. Those games are classic examples of unfinished and/or poorly tested work. I'm sure that once patches were released then a lot of problems would have been solved.zjl56 said:
Not great. It's barely a step up from integrated video, though that may be all you want from it.MarineCorps said:
Zakharov said:
Exactly, ATI has nothing to compete against the 7800gtx... while top of the line cards aren't important in actual sales, they have a huge influence on what the casual gamer buys.
NVidia isn't about to sit on their hands while ATI finishes the R520 either, they'll most likely have a comparable 32 pipeline card released around the same time as ATI releases the R520.
NVidia has better Linux and 64-bit Windows drivers than ATI as well... I'm hoping that will change though, so I can put my 9800 pro rig to better use.
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Zakharov said:
Well thats what I get for buying the cheapest card.
Anyone want to recommend a good PCI-e card for civ4 and Unreal 2004
It depends on your budget. If money is no object then the GF7800 GTX (or even 2 of them in SLI) is the best available card. However, if like most of us you need to limit your spending, the GF6600 GT offers excellent performance for the price (~ $150).MarineCorps said:
