How wil a X1900gt play m2tw

**spam99** · October 31, 2006, 02:33 AM

how will a x1900gt play medieval 2 total war, or is a 7900gt a better option? :hmmm: :hmmm:

**Freddie** · October 31, 2006, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by spam99

how will a x1900gt play medieval 2 total war, or is a 7900gt a better option? :hmmm: :hmmm:

The 7900gt might have a slight speed advantage but the 1900gt has better quality in terms of anti-aliasing, trilinear filtering and better high-quality anisotropic (which was the reverse a few years ago) and it can run anti-aliasing and HDR at the same time (but that doesn't concern M2TW due to the lack of HDR support).

So when it comes down to it its a classic case of quality or quantity. The 7900gt's performance advantage won't be enough for you to run a game on say large and huge settings nor the 1900gt's image quality equally different. Both are good card but if I had to pick one I would get the 7900GT (if they are the same price of course).

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**Arakorn** · October 31, 2006, 04:57 AM

The 7900GT will play better, since at NVidia the GT is a good card. But I think both should be fine

**Spart** · October 31, 2006, 05:05 AM

Just googled some tests and both cards beat each other in different games. Sometimes with quite large margin. For example:
1900GT: http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=36&page=4
7900GT: http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=36&page=6

Both are good cards, but since 1900GT seems to be cheaper and can use HDR and AA at the same time, I would by it.

**Shaun** · October 31, 2006, 10:21 AM

Go with the X1900GT, it can run AA and HDR at the same time, although MTW2 doesn't have HDR, shooters do.

**Arakorn** · October 31, 2006, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Shaun

Go with the X1900GT, it can run AA and HDR at the same time, although MTW2 doesn't have HDR, shooters do.

So then he should get a 7900 right, because M2 doesn't support it? :wink:

Read the title...

Besides, the 7900 is more effective, right?

**Freddie** · October 31, 2006, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Arakorn-eir

So then he should get a 7900 right, because M2 doesn't support it? :wink:

Read the title...

Besides, the 7900 is more effective, right?

So he should base his whole purchase on this one game?

I would have got the 7900 GT anyway ceterius paribus.

**Germanicus75** · October 31, 2006, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Freddie

So he should base his whole purchase on this one game?

I would have got the 7900 GT anyway ceterius paribus.

I just bought a new card 90% only for the TW games ;-) (cost about: 250 Euros)
(And I've got a Conroe system on order largely for the same reason - I caved in to the hype :-)

**Freddie** · October 31, 2006, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Germanicus91

I just bought a new card 90% only for the TW games ;-) (cost about: 250 Euros)
(And I've got a Conroe system on order largely for the same reason - I caved in to the hype :-)

I love total war as well (god bless you LT1956 for bringing us SPQR) but I play a lot of other games as well. Well every man to his own I guess. As for the Conrow system I have one (well an Allendale not Conroe Core 2) and you won't be disapointed.

**Arakorn** · October 31, 2006, 02:41 PM

Well, I 'd say no, but the thread title and his initial question is how well the cards run M2TW :wink:

**Freddie** · October 31, 2006, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Arakorn-eir

Well, I 'd say no, but the thread title and his initial question is how well the cards run M2TW :wink:

That's why I said ceterius paribus as it's clear that drivers are optimised for performance at the sake of image quality for some games. I don't think M2TW is (only played the demo) but what we need is here is cost/benefit analysis. If I can drag myself to do it I'll compare the average performance increase to the difference in price. That should give us an indication to value for money.