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This isn't a modern card. In fact, it's several generations old, and it's in the "upper middle" of its series, powerwise. (First number is generation/series, second number is power....higher is better.)|
Originally Posted by MT_Head
GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
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Even the most recent cards can't run everything at total max with smooth FPS at all times.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Yeah, when I built the machine (2008 I think) I built it to be a recording PC/media server for the house.|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
This isn't a modern card. In fact, it's several generations old, and it's in the "upper middle" of its series, powerwise. (First number is generation/series, second number is power....higher is better.)
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So the one thing I skimped on (since all of my gaming is mostly on my 360) was the video card, having abandoned PC gaming, largely after Tribes 2 dies down, only coming back to it for CoH off and on.
What do you suggest for a decent video card nowadays? On a side note, I find it odd/strange/funny/sad that the further entrenched I get in the IT industry, the LESS I know about the latest hardware. Probably because client machines are all in one, mobo powered everything POS's.
It depends entirely on how much you're willing to spend. Just because the link was handy, if you're wanting to spend about $200, this thread might be useful. je_saist usually recommends ATI at most every price point, so that thread stood out to me
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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For comparison, I used to run the NVidia 9600gt before my upgrade. Before Ultra Mode, it could run everything at max settings at over 50fps, sometimes dipping into the 30s in certain "busy" areas.
With Ultra Mode, I was able to turn on Ultra Water and Environment reflections without much drop in performance, but it was the new shadows and occlusion that would really start to make performance drop. If you can handle a drop of about 30fps, try running the new shadowmap setting on low, and occlusion on performance. If the visual aspect of those isn't what you want, simply turn them off to increase your performance again. I strongly recommend at least keeping the reflection effects on though.
I have since upgraded to the Radeon 5770, and I still can't run things at max settings. To get about the same performance I did with the 9600gt, I keep Occlusion on performance. Everything else is on the highest except FSAA that I have to keep off because it doesn't work well with occlusion on my card. I also keep DoF off because I never really liked that effect. I can actually enjoy the stars at night with it off. haha.
Thanks for the info, guys! 
I cranked the graphics all the way up on my game, first time playing it on my new(er) PC. It staggered quite a bit and was largely unplayable. I had to turn everything back down.
Maybe I have it set up wrong, because for my specs I think it should run better. I have 4 gigs of RAM, an ASUS GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz dual core CPU.
Any suggestions or is my stuff just lame?