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Title: I think it's too slow
Post by: Kuhn on November 11, 2009, 02:18:04 PM: Gforce 8600GTS (MSI)

Bout time to upgrade. Yall agree?
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Skuzzy on November 11, 2009, 02:37:18 PM: The 7600GT I have is a faster card than the 8600GTS, and I cannot run with "Detailed Terrain" turned on without suffering severe stutters when the arena gets crowded. Turning of "Detailed Terrain" makes everything perform much better.

If you want to run with "Detailed Terrain" enabled and all the other little goodies, then an upgrade would be the correct answer for you.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Kuhn on November 11, 2009, 02:44:08 PM: You hit the nail on the head Skuzzy. I'm in MW most of the time and my overclocked card HATES more than a few cons. Never mind Ground mode. Now I have to figure out how much my power supply can handle and get the best card for that.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Skuzzy on November 11, 2009, 04:14:27 PM: I really thinkg an x800GT (7,8,9 series) NVidia card, or better is needed to run smoothly with all the bells and whistles turned on. Or an ATI 4850, or better.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: ink on November 11, 2009, 04:35:34 PM: I got the 1gig 4830 ATI, thing works like a charm. and was pretty cheep.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Skuzzy on November 11, 2009, 05:08:35 PM: There are slower cards that work fine ink. I am talking about when 60+ players get in your field of view/influence and you are near water with a CV battle going on. That would bring most cards to stutters and lower frame rates pretty quickly.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Getback on November 11, 2009, 11:43:21 PM: I use an ATI 3850. It seems to do well although I have been waiting on a great deal for a 4850. No luck yet.

I'm not sure of my settings. I use 1024 though.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: OOZ662 on November 12, 2009, 01:23:23 AM: Still loving my nVidia 6800. Only thing it chokes on is Furball Island, and she'll handle it in Short Vis mode. 3/4 sliders with detailed ground and water enabled. No shadow options, though.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: bustr on November 16, 2009, 05:28:53 AM: Quote from: Skuzzy on November 11, 2009, 04:14:27 PM
I really thinkg an x800GT (7,8,9 series) NVidia card, or better is needed to run smoothly with all the bells and whistles turned on. Or an ATI 4850, or better.

Mrs. bustr just bought me an NVIDA Geforce GTX275 OC. Skuzzy is correct. I now have everything turned up max and HiTech's EyECandy looks like a real world. At 10k over water you see the curve of the earth with horizons that look like real world horizons that dissapere into ground haze. The Sun's reflection from water looks like a real reflection. I now have the depth perception to pull up near water or use the size of a planes shadow on the water to know how close it is to the surface. I watched a bomber fall into the ocean from 5k away. The splash column of water from the impact looked like an object of that weight and velocity hit water. The higth of the water splash and time for it to subside down looked real. In the past, and with my 9800GT recently, bombers would hit the water and there would be a momentary representation of a splash or the bomber would just dissapere.

I had a 9800gt before and it did not have the bandwidth to process everything in the game. I had to turn off water and shadows. The GTX275 has about 3 times the bandwidth that the 9800GT does. The ATI HD 4890 is about equal to the GTX275 in reviews and costs a bit less. Best Buy sells the 4890 for $199 vs. $223 for the GTX275.

The factor of Aces High2 that makes it a superior product to other on-line games is the fact that you can successfully play it on so many grades of PC. EyECandy has never been cheap.

XP Pro sp3
ASUS P5Q Pro
Intel Cor Duo E8500 OC @ 3.89Ghz
4Gb Gskill RAM
Geforce GTX275 Factory OC
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: Kuhn on November 16, 2009, 08:40:14 AM: Thanks guys. I have some shopping to do.
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: kilz on November 17, 2009, 03:09:53 PM: kuhn what is your power supply? i can tell you that the GTS250 Nvidia did make a world of difference for me and it only requires 480 watt power supply
Title: Re: I think it's too slow
Post by: TheZohan on November 17, 2009, 06:32:53 PM: my ATI 4670 works really nice but i miss my ATI 4850