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February 2, 2007 7:59:31 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I recently purchased a Nvida 8800GTS video card, oh about 10 minutes ago and now i'm pacing and drooling waiting for the UPS man to show in 2 days,
i have to say this is the most i have ever shelled out for a video card, for all that are wondering i made my purchase at newegg.com and paid $399, apparently $364 after a $35 mail in rebate, but i won't hold my breath for that. i am however very curious to see this card in action upgrading from a Nvida 6100 which runs GC2 like butta, however it will slow later in gigantic maps rarely crashes... so what i'm looking for is a game that will really test my new purchase can anyone give me a game that no one has yet to tame?
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Reply #1 February 2, 2007 9:12:36 PM
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F.E.A.R. with all graphics options on is much more brutal on my system than GC2. Can't think of any others offhand.
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Reply #2 February 2, 2007 9:37:26 PM
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TES4: Oblivion. Although that game benefits far more from a RAM upgrade than a video card upgrade (as I discovered when I replaced my 6600GT with a 7950GT).
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Reply #3 February 2, 2007 9:53:01 PM
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Neverwinter Nights 2 requires a tremendous amount of graphics power, though I'm not sure if the return is worth it. I'd wait until later in the month and pick up Supreme Commander.

A few days ago I bought a 7900 GS from newegg and its REALLY hard waiting for it to arrive. The faster shipping should help preserve your sanity
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Reply #4 February 2, 2007 10:20:35 PM
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Neverwinter Nights 2 requires a tremendous amount of graphics power, though I'm not sure if the return is worth it. I'd wait until later in the month and pick up Supreme Commander.

A few days ago I bought a 7900 GS from newegg and its REALLY hard waiting for it to arrive. The faster shipping should help preserve your sanity


I've seen some preview of supreme commander, and i agree it looks hot!
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Reply #5 February 2, 2007 10:40:25 PM
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however it will slow later in gigantic maps rarely crashes...


That could also be a memory condition. If you are running low on RAM and end up using the swap file more, you system will start to slow down.

On a gigantic map you would probably want a minimum of 2GB, and 3GB would be better.
Memory usage on my machine gets to around 2.5GB with a gigantic map, and I do not have much set at 'abundant'.
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Reply #6 February 2, 2007 11:45:46 PM
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That could also be a memory condition. If you are running low on RAM and end up using the swap file more, you system will start to slow down.


most likely not the case, i had 2gb a week ago and now i have 4gb and it really made no differance.
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Reply #7 February 3, 2007 8:12:09 AM
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Hmm... no difference between 4 gb and 2 gb RAM ?

this is only an idea of me,
maybe you have to set the /3GB switch into your windows boot.ini, please look
therefore here:

Memory Limits for Windows Releases

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx

and

4 GT RAM Tuning

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366521.aspx



but if I remember right, this 3 GB switch needs WinXP Prof at least.

Without this tunning 32-bit Win XP gives always only 2 GB to applications and the rest to the hardware. With the 4 GT RAM Tuning you get up to 3 GB RAM for applications.

As I have read that, I gave up the idea to buy more than max. 3 GB for my 4 GB - Mainboard, I also have read that 4 GB make only sence if you have a server plattform.

I am no IT specialist, I read about this memory limits only, I am sure here are much more qualified people to write about this subject. Good luck.
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Reply #8 February 3, 2007 10:34:39 AM
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hmm... interesting this may be happening, but my computer seems to reconize all 4gb, mostly the ram upgrade was for vista which i will be getting in about a month.
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Reply #9 February 3, 2007 11:44:02 AM
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Oblivion and Fear are the games to test your graphics card at the moment.
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