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Started by Descentman
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:19
D3 Video / Framerate Question
Author: Descentman
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:19
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:19
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Hey gang! Dunno if anyone lurks round here anymore or not. I got a new system with onboard video (GF 6100) I did the whole driver update thing etc etc. It's a XP Pro SP2 system with a Biostar MB with 1 Gig of ram It has an Athlon 64 x2 Dual core processor 4200+ I have been forced to use Open GL since D3D framerated fall well down into the teens OGL will at least stay in the 20's to 30's (most of the time) Some levels will get choppy. A player mentioned memory sharing in passing, but I'm not sure about that. My question is: Would it behoove <sp> me to just bite the bullet and buy a PCI-e (it's an express slot) video card and disable the OBV in the bios? If so, should I stick to Biostar / Geforce video cards only? and should I get a 128M or go for the gold with a 512M that has a fan and all the bells and whistles? Any help would be great. Thanks Descentman (Oh and sorry for the long Sig. - but it's important) ~~~~~~~ "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Re: D3 Video / Framerate Question
Author: Lueder Hoppe
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:36
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:36
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"Descentman" <private@comcast.net> schrieb ... > Would it behoove <sp> me to just bite the bullet and buy a PCI-e (it's an > express slot) video card and disable the OBV > in the bios? Yes. > If so, should I stick to Biostar / Geforce video cards only? and should I > get a 128M or go for the gold with a 512M > that has a fan and all the bells and whistles? GeForce is OK, Radeon is OK. Nearly any PCI-E card with 3D Enviroment should do the job. I ran D3 with a GeForce2MX with 60FPS+ in common levels. Actually some of the new levels are extraodinary hard to render. Using a more powerful videocard would avoid any trouble with them. Lueder
Re: D3 Video / Framerate Question
Author: Descentman
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:23
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:23
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"Lueder Hoppe" <info@buero-hoppe.de> wrote in message news:fcasqm$a2$1@news1.ewetel.de... > > "Descentman" <private@comcast.net> schrieb ... >> Would it behoove <sp> me to just bite the bullet and buy a PCI-e (it's >> an >> express slot) video card and disable the OBV >> in the bios? > > Yes. > >> If so, should I stick to Biostar / Geforce video cards only? and should I >> get a 128M or go for the gold with a 512M >> that has a fan and all the bells and whistles? > > GeForce is OK, Radeon is OK. > Nearly any PCI-E card with 3D Enviroment should do the job. > I ran D3 with a GeForce2MX with 60FPS+ in common levels. > Actually some of the new levels are extraodinary hard to render. > Using a more powerful videocard would avoid any trouble with them. > > Lueder > > Thanks so much! Everyone please send your $$$$ video card fund donations to............ Descentman @ Subway Dancer hehehheh Descentman :-) 's D3 !!!!!
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