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Bagasakos
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Upgrade experience....
   

Hi guys...
This game reminds me Ultima series that used to make me upgrade my PC in order to enjoy them. Anyway i had a PIII 733, 256 ram, Gforce2 MX 400 and the game was NOT enjoyable (playable tho).
I got an Athlon 1800 and a new MB (Gforce 4200 is not available here yet).
I also kept my 256 sdram dims for now (the MB is a SIS 735 which support
sdram and ddr).
The game now is running ok outdoors with full distance at 1024 (no shadows, 15% AI, no pixel shading) 10 to 25 FPS, and smoothly indoors 30 to 50 FPS. Maybe i wont buy the VGA after all.....
BTW is Pixel shading worth it?
Post Mon May 20, 2002 9:39 pm
 
Danicek
The Old One
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Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic
Re: Upgrade experience....
   

quote:
Originally posted by Bagasakos
BTW is Pixel shading worth it?


I think that it is very useful and visual quality improving technology that is supported in many games and will be supported in nearly all new titles.
Post Mon May 20, 2002 9:44 pm
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Delmonte
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Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 24
   

I upgraded for the game too. Personally I was really amazed by the pixel shading and considered that the best bit of the upgrade.
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Post Mon May 20, 2002 9:45 pm
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Squeetard
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Joined: 05 May 2002
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Sadly, You are not gonna gain much framerate wise with a GF4. I'd sell the sdram off with your old mobo, proc. and get ddr though. Thats a 20-50% increase that directly affects your playability.
And get the 4200 also, just because.

I wish this game was more like the others, where framerate ruled, and I was the king.
Post Mon May 20, 2002 9:46 pm
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Bagasakos
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Thanks for the feedback guys!
Hey Squeetard, the ram upgrade is gonna make any sence for other games too?
Post Mon May 20, 2002 9:58 pm
 
Danicek
The Old One
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Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic
   

Yes, all games that need strong PC will run smoother with DDR than with SDRAM. And everything will be quicker, not only gaming. RAM is very important part of your PC.
Post Mon May 20, 2002 10:32 pm
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Bagasakos
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Update continues.....
I replaced my 256MB sdram with 512 MB ddr 233. There was not any increase in FPS (or it was less than 10%). The loading times are sorter tho and winXP run faster..
I'l let you know the results of my Gforce2MX400 upgrade to Gforce4200 in a couple of days
Cheers!
Post Wed May 22, 2002 9:33 pm
 



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