Graphics Questions...

[Scottler]

BM, I've got the GeForce FX5200 128mb card on my DELL, and I've got no problems with it.

[congo]

bm_727,

The problem with PCI cards, isn't the card itself, it's the narrow bandwidth of the PCI bus itself. (the architecture of the PCI standard on the mainboard.)

The AGP bus uses a technology with a much higher bandwidth, ie., it can transfer much larger amounts of data in a given time than the PCI bus can.

[bm_727]

Yay! Someone else is in the same situation! lol

I just looked at the card and your right, it looks pretty good.

About the settings; I'm not concerned with the detail of the ground and I have the water settings on their highest...  Also, my chipset doesn't support anti-aliasing or other advanced options in FS, so those aren't eating my frames either...

The real thing I'm worried about is just getting rid of those nasty jagged edges and improving the overall quality of the graphics.  So, if a PCI card can do that for me, then I'll be happy

I think that I might just go with the 5200 if it will make a difference...

[congo]

[quote]Also, my chipset doesn't support anti-aliasing or other advanced options in FS, so those aren't eating my frames either...

The real thing I'm worried about is just getting rid of those nasty jagged edges and improving the overall quality of the graphics.

[bm_727]

I don't know if Intel's Integrated Graphics are all the same, but I have Intel's 845GV chipset which uses them.  This system supports anti-aliasing, but on OpenGL only...

The links:

Intel Integrated graphics
845GV


P.S.- Hyperion, if someone posts a shot of Mike Stone's 727 on here, I will duplicate it to show the difference...

[Scottler]