Suggestions on Upgrading.

Hello all, Currently I am running on a XPS 410 with a Radeon X1300/1550 series graphics card. I was considering updating to a higher end card, but I have no ideas..I'm hoping something that can run CoH without the nasty Jagged edges effect ATI cards seem to cause with Coh..And something that can run the game at max(Or near max) with 1650x1050 resolution...and keep a stable frame rate...I'm hardware retarded here, so...Help me out please?

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Hello all, Currently I am running on a XPS 410 with a Radeon X1300/1550 series graphics card. I was considering updating to a higher end card, but I have no ideas..I'm hoping something that can run CoH without the nasty Jagged edges effect ATI cards seem to cause with Coh..And something that can run the game at max(Or near max) with 1650x1050 resolution...and keep a stable frame rate...I'm hardware retarded here, so...Help me out please?

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Yeah, you're due for a graphics card update. Post a DirectX diagnostic report (instructions in a sticky in this forum) and we can go from there.

This is what CoH Helper passes me..is this all?
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---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at May 9, 2009 01:42 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXP061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 1.0.3
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB
.Net Memory Report: 41MB out of 1021MB available
Page File: 1101MB (2006MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3250824AS) 130877MB out of 233381MB (56%) free
D Drive: (SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615S) zero-size drive
E Drive: (TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H553A) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x7183)
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6783
Driver Date: 3/29/2008 12:04:32 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: SB X-Fi Audio [CCE0]
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1144
Driver Date: 11/8/2005 7:15:38 AM

Sound Device Description: Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated)
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0WG855
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 1.0.3
BIOS Version: DELL - 14
BIOS Release: 20060814000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1680x1050
3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 11124
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 2.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (no world bumpmaps)

World Texture Level: Medium
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 0.305
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: No

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: Yes
FX Sound Volume: 0.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 697944 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.2T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes



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That'll do.

If you just want to play City of Heroes, I would recommend looking at the 9600 GT. That should be plenty of hoursepower for the settings you're running at, I think.

Further question:..Hypothetically, how smooth do you think this card would run with the setting pumped up to Max?..And the Nvidia cards dont have much of a problem with the jagged edges.Correct?..Or is that universal? o.o

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Further question:..Hypothetically, how smooth do you think this card would run with the setting pumped up to Max?..And the Nvidia cards dont have much of a problem with the jagged edges.Correct?..Or is that universal? o.o

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A 9600GT should run City of Heroes/Villains full blast without issue. The "jagged edges" issue has to do with the ATI drivers sucking at OpenGL support - something you won't have to worry about with an NVIDIA card.

Awesome, I'll look into it!

Thanks!