ATI 6870 $175
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo
It really is a great card if you have a PCI-E slot.
I can run almost everything at high except Anti-aliasing (I run at 4x) and Occulsion (I turn off) running at 1280x1024.
I also turn off bloom and depth of field (I just don't like how they look).
Side note: Some people have issues with ATI's current (11.8) drivers, but the 11.4 drivers seem pretty stable.
I think in order to ensure the best card for you, I think it would be good if we knew your operating system, how much memory you currently have and what type Motherboard and cpu you have.
The reason I say this is because the suggested video card might be great - for that system but may not fit on your board. Or, it may fit, but with Windows 7 and 2gigs of RAM, that's not going to be very much RAM for Win 7 and CoH to share.
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A lot of this actually depends on your underlying system.|
Originally Posted by Naelyan
What is a good and not too expensive graphics card that runs City well, and without lag during a mothership raid?
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If you're running an i7 2600K with 16GB of RAM, you'd get one answer.
If you're running an early Core2Duo with 2GB of RAM, you'd get another.
If you're running a P4 2.8Ghz with 1GB of RAM, we'd tell you to upgrade your base system first.
Hit the "HELP ME!" link in my sig and run CoH Helper as directed there. Paste it back in here.
If your system's a pre-built from a major manufacturer, give us the manufacturer and the model number.
Additionally what kind of budget are you running on (real dollar amounts please). This also helps would-be assistants in homing in on the best bang for the buck for you.
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here are the stats from COH Helper:|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
A lot of this actually depends on your underlying system.
If you're running an i7 2600K with 16GB of RAM, you'd get one answer. If you're running an early Core2Duo with 2GB of RAM, you'd get another. If you're running a P4 2.8Ghz with 1GB of RAM, we'd tell you to upgrade your base system first. Hit the "HELP ME!" link in my sig and run CoH Helper as directed there. Paste it back in here. If your system's a pre-built from a major manufacturer, give us the manufacturer and the model number. Additionally what kind of budget are you running on (real dollar amounts please). This also helps would-be assistants in homing in on the best bang for the buck for you. |
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at September 7, 2011 17:01 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: XPS 8300
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/15/11 09:36:59 Ver: 04.06.04
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 5811MB out of 8174MB available
Page File: 13333MB (3013MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD10EALX-759BA1) 875971MB out of 940261MB (93%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CH20N) zero-size drive
D Drive: (PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ABS) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6738)
Video Memory: 743 MB
Driver Version: 8.850.0.0
Driver Date: 4/19/2011 6:07:48 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6141
Driver Date: 6/22/2010 7:03:10 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6141
Driver Date: 6/22/2010 7:03:10 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0Y2MRG
Motherboard Version: A00
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/15/11 09:36:59 Ver: 04.06.04
BIOS Version: DELL - 20100118
BIOS Release: 20110215000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Low quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: High performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.610
Music Sound Volume: 0.436
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.750
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201006301958.0
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 38 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
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Are you really running a HD 6800 series card?|
Originally Posted by Naelyan
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank) Video Device Name: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6738) Video Memory: 743 MB Driver Version: 8.850.0.0 Driver Date: 4/19/2011 6:07:48 PM Driver Language: English |
If so, there aren't a lot of cards out there that are better.
Source
That chart is a bit outdated, but it shows that depending on which card you are actually running (6850/6870) you probably won't really notice an upgrade unless you go super high end.
disabling "depth of field" and "ambient occlusion" will improve your frame rate noticably.
Mothership Raids will always get a bit choppy at *some point* or another, just due to the stupid number of effects that go off, and having both of those enabled isnt going to help the situation much.
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The thing that weirds me out is the amount of memory. Most of the 6800 series are 1GB or higher.|
Originally Posted by Morgan Reed
Are you really running a HD 6800 series card?
If so, there aren't a lot of cards out there that are better. Source That chart is a bit outdated, but it shows that depending on which card you are actually running (6850/6870) you probably won't really notice an upgrade unless you go super high end. |
So why's he showing 743MB?
Something ain't right there.
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Agree. GPU-Z might help here.
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
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sounds like its integrated graphics or a laptop spec card which would be reliant on system memory as opposed to that on the card itself
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
The thing that weirds me out is the amount of memory. Most of the 6800 series are 1GB or higher.
So why's he showing 743MB? Something ain't right there. |
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This is morelikely due a fault in DXdiag/COH Helper. I gues COH Helper gets the info from the DX Diag option, where the memory is displayed that is set available to DirectX/D3D/DX and cant really handle cards with greater then 1GB memory.|
Originally Posted by Gaia
sounds like its integrated graphics or a laptop spec card which would be reliant on system memory as opposed to that on the card itself
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GPU-Z should give the proper (installed) memory.
See also:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2026022
(if you have a 2GB version, such as the 4870 or 5870 Vapors, it even shows only 1GB from dxdiag).
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What is a good and not too expensive graphics card that runs City well, and without lag during a mothership raid?