"Ultra Mode" Hardware Reqs Known by Xmas?
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AAQUI,
Posted on: 2009-11-09 14:05 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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It'll work, but it's a midgrade card so don't expect much from it. For the record, it's not even listed over at Tom's Hardware on the VGA charts. The 9600GT is listed, and it's down toward the bottom of the chart. You may get ultra mode to look pretty, but your FPS will probably be shot to hell. That's my guess.|
Originally Posted by AAQUI
so i have a 9500gt (new to gaming) will I be O.k.? and does my card suck? it seems to work fine but from what i've read maybe mine...is crap?
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here's the link
Be well, people of CoH.
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So what would you suggest? far as card goes?
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
It'll work, but it's a midgrade card so don't expect much from it. For the record, it's not even listed over at Tom's Hardware on the VGA charts. The 9600GT is listed, and it's down toward the bottom of the chart. You may get ultra mode to look pretty, but your FPS will probably be shot to hell. That's my guess.
here's the link |
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I don't know yet.
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Originally Posted by AAQUI
So what would you suggest? far as card goes?
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Be well, people of CoH.
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ok, but thank you for your response |
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I don't know yet.
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So would a GeForce GT 220 be a good target card to upgrade to? I've been using a Radeon X800 Pro for...since I built my machine. It has served me well but I think it's about time to retire it.
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
Thanks for the Tom's Hardware link, Bill, I was looking for that before posting this question and couldn't find it, was looking in the wrong place.
As widescreen laptops start to go on sale, it looks like everybody and his dog is using Nvidia 250's. Anybody care to speculate on whether or not that'd be enough to get, say, 30 FPS in a crowded raid with Ultra Mode on?
In early spring, I'll fall into the 'buying Dell' camp...but for a reason. I"m getting a birthday/xmas gift certificate to Dell...which means I'm going to go Alienware. Looking at current system configurations I think I'd be good to go were I to buy now. But as I"m buying in March (when I actually get the gift) I figure the possibilities will be slightly better.
Just wondering, any thoughts on Alienware from people who've run CoX on the machines?
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Yeah, I hear the Cosmos is great to work in. The other one, though, has two things going for it - no door (pulled the door off my Sonata II, as well, after a while,) and the slide-out MB tray. |
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Anyhoo, MB, I've got the cooler master cosmos. I love it a lot. Whatever rig I build next will go in that case and I'll buy something smaller to move the current gamer rig guts into.
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Of course, I've liked the look and reputation of the cosmos pretty much since it came out.
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Depends on what resolution you want to run it at.
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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
Thanks for the Tom's Hardware link, Bill, I was looking for that before posting this question and couldn't find it, was looking in the wrong place.
As widescreen laptops start to go on sale, it looks like everybody and his dog is using Nvidia 250's. Anybody care to speculate on whether or not that'd be enough to get, say, 30 FPS in a crowded raid with Ultra Mode on? |
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so i have a 9500gt (new to gaming) will I be O.k.? and does my card suck? it seems to work fine but from what i've read maybe mine...is crap?