looking for someone to build me a gaming computer.....

[Slate]

With only 1GB of video RAM, even Aces High will be starved for resources with everything set to max.

Most "Source engine" based games would be hard pressed to run at max settings as well.

   The actual card I have is NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 1GB DDR3. When I loaded game and checked advanced graphics options all boxes were checked for me already. Does that mean the game assumes the computer can run everything?
  I only have been online AH for 4 hours so far so not fully tested I guess but no problems thus far.

  Going from a 10 year old computer to this one I guess It seems awesome to the computer novice. 

[Skuzzy]

If you push anti-aliasing in conjunction with a large shadow texture setting and environmental mapping, you can easily flood 1GB of video RAM.

[Bizman]

Having every box checked doesn't mean everything would be at max settings. There's a few sliders and drop down menus. The resolution of your monitor will also have a significant affect: The less pixels your video card has to draw, the faster it works. A 19" screen running 1440x900 is much easier for a video card than a 27" at 2560x1600. And don't let the inches fool you, a HD-ready 32" television with its 1280x720 pixels would be the lightest of these three. Size doesn't matter in this case.

[Slate]

Having every box checked doesn't mean everything would be at max settings. There's a few sliders and drop down menus. The resolution of your monitor will also have a significant affect: The less pixels your video card has to draw, the faster it works. A 19" screen running 1440x900 is much easier for a video card than a 27" at 2560x1600. And don't let the inches fool you, a HD-ready 32" television with its 1280x720 pixels would be the lightest of these three. Size doesn't matter in this case.

   I guess I should have said 10x what I had before. You are right I am probably not at max. I still have a lot to learn and thanks for the info guys. I didn't feel up to the task of building my own so what I have is adequate and I can upgrade parts in the future. 

[save]

just a note, the older optical Drive's, and Harddisk are normally IDE, many new motherboards does not support IDE drives any more, but you have to replace these with SATA Hard disks and CD/DVD/BLUERAY.

[guncrasher]

   I guess I should have said 10x what I had before. You are right I am probably not at max. I still have a lot to learn and thanks for the info guys. I didn't feel up to the task of building my own so what I have is adequate and I can upgrade parts in the future. 

max is what you are happy with.  dont ever forget that.



semp

[Pudgie]

If you push anti-aliasing in conjunction with a large shadow texture setting and environmental mapping, you can easily flood 1GB of video RAM.

I have hit just under 1.25Gb vid mem being used ingame using all graphical settings as Skuzzy has posted maxed out (measured using PrecisionX).

Can't wait for the new graphics engine to come out.........................