Expected performance...

[Bergkamp]

Ok, like almost everyone else here I am in awe of the new graphics but am quite disappointed now about how my system seems to handle it. After playing the second demo I thought I would have seen a drastic improvement in FPS over the first demo but even with setting all below what I would have hoped to set them to at best I get 15-20 FPS during quiet moments in battle and dropping to around 8-15 at other times.

This is my system

P4 3.6Ghz HT
1GB DDR2
ATI X600 256MB Hypermemory with Catalyst 6.9
SB X-Fi

Anybody have any suggestions on potential tweaks or why this would be struggling? It's just that I felt this would have been more than capable to run the game pretty decently.

Cheers

[Lusted]

Turn shadows off, really boost performance.

[Spart]

It's not that bad for your system. Your graphics card just can't keep up. Turn of shadows, lower units detail and disable bloom etc..

[Bergkamp]

The thing is, I already do have most things turned down low and have shadows off, but it still doesn't want to run smoothly. Surely the X600 isn't that weak.

[nightwar]

The thing is, I already do have most things turned down low and have shadows off, but it still doesn't want to run smoothly. Surely the X600 isn't that weak.

Oh yes x600 is a low standard video card. just google x600 reviews.

[Frost, colonel]

The thing is, I already do have most things turned down low and have shadows off, but it still doesn't want to run smoothly. Surely the X600 isn't that weak.

It's weak and them some, infact for a game like MTW2 it's dire, shame as the rest of your system is good.
It's Christmas soon, so bin the old graphics card and treat yourself(or get someone to treat you!)

[Bergkamp]

Hmmmm, interesting. I had been told by people before that it was ok. Does anybody have any suggestions about what might work well and rough prices?

Also, tell me if this is being daft, but now with this whole AMD and ATI coming together does this mean in future I should stay clear of ATI cards as surely they will be designed to work best with AMD processors?

[big bad badger]

Can someone give me a guess?

Geforce 7600 256MB OR 512MB
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.06Ghz
512MB RAM DDR

[Spart]

Can someone give me a guess?

Geforce 7600 256MB OR 512MB
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.06Ghz
512MB RAM DDR

It'll handle the game nicely, especially if that 7600 is GT. Could get more RAM, it might lag quite annoyingly with just 512 MB.

[WinterIsComing]

If u really want the game to run smoothly with bloom, lowest shadows, high textures and nice vegetation, i would recommend to take at least a nVidia 7800 video card. There is a significant gap of performance between 7600 and 7800~7950 series.

[Perikles]

To the Basement with you...

[Kaweh]

I have this specs:

AMD Athlon 2800+ XP
nVidia 6600 GT
512 MB RAM

A bit outdated indeed, I plan on buying more RAM and upgrading the CPU, anyway it runs smooth on higher-middle (is that a word?) settings (I use shader version 1, though, does look just as good as v2 to me...), so you should be able to play it on quite high settings without serious lag (I would advise to upgrade your RAM to 1 GB, though, you'll notice a huge improvement) I played the demo for the first time today, damn, I'm so hyped.

I'd advise:

- use shader version 1, helps alot, and doesn't realy look worse than v2
- keep this setting on low/medium: shadows

Then it should run without any problems....

K.K

[big bad badger]

What if its a GS? I don't want lag! I'll shop around for cheap RAM.

[Shaun]

Yes, a GS wil lag on high settings.

[Bergkamp]

Ok, been reading a few reviews about the new X1950Pro... Anybody have any opinions or advice about this card? Seems to be getting some good reviews and I can't argue with that price.

Also, would there be much of a jump in power consumption between the X600 and this card?

[Shaun]

the X1950Pro is overpriced at £200, it ain't any better than the X1900GT (£150).

[Bergkamp]

I've seen the the 1950 Pro on the net for £140 including shipping.

Here it is

[big bad badger]

If I turn shadows off? Surely I will get great performance without shadows.

[Shaun]

Try it and see, but with a GS dont expect 1600x1200 @ max settings like what I get.

[big bad badger]

I don't want resolution. Just graphical effects will do.