Just curious..

"Roger" wrote in message
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"Darkfalz" wrote in message
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"Roger" wrote in message
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What speed increase could I expect by switching from a GF1 with 32MB DDR
RAM to a "plain" FX5700 with 128?

That depends on whether you have a CPU of the same era as your GF1, if
that
is the case then don't expect much better performance at all. The only
difference is you'll be able to run at higher res with FSAA and things
like
that on, but your CPU will be a fat bottleneck.

How will a PIII / 1,2GHZ handle it? Or do I need something closer to the
double of that.

Dude, a P3 1.2 GHz is not NEARLY enough for that card. A FX 5200 would max
that piece of ****.

But like I said, if you got the FX 5700 then you would be able to run all
your games with 4xFSAA and 8 tap ansio at the same framerates you're getting
now.

"xyzzy" wrote in message
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"Roger" wrote:

performance of cards? I am mainly interested in the basic OpenGL
performance of gaming cards. That is, I don't care about latest eye
candy, AA and AF info would be nice but I still need an apples to
apples comparison at same resolution (which, btw, I am limited to
1280x1024 by the monitor anyway). I guess what I really need to know
is the plain/textured tri count per card per resolution per aa
setting.. etc that yield acceptable (say 20fps) performance. Any such
sites? At the moment, it's very difficult to assess price/performance
ratios and the GPU manufacturer specs (ie fillrates and such) are
pretty unreliable.

For the most part, nvidia cards are best for OpenGL and ATI seems to have
the edge with DX9.

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:28:34 +0100, "Roger"
wrote:


"Darkfalz" wrote in message ...
"Roger" wrote in message
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What speed increase could I expect by switching from a GF1 with 32MB DDR
RAM to a "plain" FX5700 with 128?

That depends on whether you have a CPU of the same era as your GF1, if that
is the case then don't expect much better performance at all. The only
difference is you'll be able to run at higher res with FSAA and things like
that on, but your CPU will be a fat bottleneck.

How will a PIII / 1,2GHZ handle it? Or do I need something closer to the
double of that.

If youre not planning on upgrading your CPU anytime soon... a Ti4200
for $75 will perform the same on your computer.

Your CPU is on the slow end, but a video card upgrade can get you a
bit higher in game quality...

But games like UT2004 / Half Life2 and Doom3 will require a bit more
CPU horse power.


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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 03:21:21 +0100, "Roger" wrote:

I thought I'd get an answer like this. But what I mean is like.. What speed increase
can I realisticly expect in games? How many times the frame rate if you will..

Your milage may vary...

But his answer was correct - in your case- with the info you have so far provided, the
answer is entirely subjective...

The first thing you will notice are all the really nice textures and colors you have
never seen before! Then you will be amazed at the incredible framerate and smoothness of
everything. The fog actually looks wispy and foggy, the lighting is subdued and looks
strangely more real.... Your spine will tingle in scenes that you had before started
yawning in... Your games will all suddenly become NEW again...

Then you will notice that your aiming sucks, and for awhile, you will play like a newbie
because all your skills have to be relearned to cope with all the new information and the
faster framerate. You will actually get lost on levels you know well... Because
everything looks different, better, and you won't have the same visual cues you had
before....


Like he said, going from a go-cart to a formula 1 racer... You may know how to drive,
and you may be a great driver in a go-cart, but driving a F1 is not the same thing!

Relish the experience... It's a neat thing... A real live thrill ride when you first
upgrade.. Then the new wears off... 6 months later - you start thinking of upgrading
again...

It's kind of like crack...

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