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Graphics Card

PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:57 pm
by G-EORGE
Readin various threads on how clouds affect fps, i see that the graphics card is pretty important in determining performance.  My current card (that came with the computer) is listed as a SiS 651C.  Now I know b*gger all about graphics cards, so can anyone tell me how good or bad this is.  If the latter,  how much should a good card cost  (im in the U.K.)


Thanks.

Re: Graphics Card

PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:26 pm
by Alphajet_Enthusiast
Sis is a very weak, little performant GPU, its that simple.
On my last computer I had an onboard chipset, and I replaced it with a Sis graphics controller but found that the Intel chipset was way better..  ;D

However, yes indeed a graphics card will make a difference in perfomance and I definately saw a huge rise in frames and graphics perfomance on my new system.

If you want to have a look at price ranges:

Geforce 7800 GPU's (newest and most powerful), mine cost me about 450Euros.

Geforce 6800 still extremely good, you're probably looking at around 300Euros.

Geforce 6600 is more affordable, probably in the 150Euro range

Geforce 6200 and below (Fx5200 etc) are now pretty cheap, I would say you could definately find one for a 100Euros, but nowehere near as powerful as the bigger GPUs above.

Heres my chart again! ;D

Relative 3D Graphics Perfomance
Geforce 7800 GPU's: 41X
Geforce 6800 GPU's: 24X
Geforce 6600 GPU's: 16X
Geforce 6200 GPU's: 5X

Of course you can also looks at the rough equivalents of Ati Radeons, in terms of performance I think the order is something like:

1)X850
2)X800
2)Radeon 9800
3)the lower numbers
I may be horribly wrong though because I know little about ATI GPU's.

However, its not only the GPU or Graphics card thats important. You need to look at everything, I bought a whole new system altogether with components that are performant and work well together. For example, my mobo is built specially for my GPU, the Geforce 7800GT. You may want to consider that, older mobos may not have any PCI-E slots anyways to fit a newer GPU.

Hope it helps  :)
Alpha

Re: Graphics Card

PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:29 pm
by Hussein Patwa
A very Happy New Year to you.

Just my 2p's worth.
I have an Asus V9520 FX5200 Card with 128MB memory.  It runs fine with 28fps frame rate, clouds percentage at 100, and the majority of the display settings at 'High' with extended scenery, autogen scenery etc enabled.  No problems.

I have the standard card installation config, haven't added the extra Asus control software which came with the card, don't know what that wold add if I did install it, might give it a look over tomorrow or sometime during the hols.

Just as a comparison.

Hussein.

Re: Graphics Card

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:28 am
by gryshnak
I also started with a SiS because that's what came with the PC.  When I got into flight sims, I went to eBay and picked up a Radeon 9800Pro for

Re: Graphics Card

PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:50 pm
by Demo
i have a Geforce 5500 OC but graphics still arnt as good as they should be jstu wondering if i have it set up wrong and how to check and fix that?

Re: Graphics Card

PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:05 am
by ctjoyce
nope its that your card cant handle it. Sorry mate

Cheers
Cameron