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Age of Conan GPU questions :p

Dark_Angel

Dark_Angel

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Ok, my friend is really in to age of conan, and I am building him a system soon based on:

E2180
4GB of ram
8800 GT 512MB

Will the GT @ 1440x900 run the game with everything maxed at a high FPS? I am running at 1920x1200 on my 8800 GTS 320MB and need to tone a few things down because of how demanding the game is.

I want to get a new GPU too, but am going to buy the new cards... people have any experiences with the game at that res + card ?

(ideal settings would be AF at max, 2xAA, all other settings to max).
 
At 1440x900 if the 8800GT doesn't do it then the only other option would be the 9800GX2 (a big price jump) none of the other cards is going to be dramatically faster...
 
go for a GTS 512. Not that much more expensive, but the better OCing and cooling, and the greater horsepower should help get a better FPS, especially at that res
 
Well, remember my friend is only running 1440x900, and the card is for him...

The 1920x1200 is my monitor, and the 320MB obviously struggles at that, but am waiting for the new cards to come out /taps foot because they are taking an age.
 
a GT performs far better than a GTS 320

i'd wait before you buy though, prices may well drop when new cards are out.
 
Ben M said:
a GT performs far better than a GTS 320

i'd wait before you buy though, prices may well drop when new cards are out.
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I know a gt performs better... maybe I am not making myself clear ?

My friend currently has an old system, which he is running AOC on (bady) and wants to upgrade. I am building him a C2D 4GB of ram system, and he wanted a 100 or so pounds GPU.

I am running a 8800 GTS 320 at 1920x1200, and have to turn a few settings down to below max (mostly shadows) but just wanted to check that an 8800 GT at 1440x900 could max everything out, including shadows, and have a high FPS, in other words very smooth.

I run a Q6600, 4GB of ram currently with my 8800 GTS 320 MB, and want to upgrade it to the next gen cards (the GT 2x0 series or the AT 4xxx series) so am waiting.

My mistake, I think I was explaining poorly because I was needing to go out when I made the original post.
 
Is AoC running badly due to the large maps and lots of people? Or is it just badly optomized, sounds like it is like EQ2 than brings any hardware to its knees on max.
 
Pretty sure it is due to the graphics and enviroment size... it is basically around as good looking as oblivion, but with a lot more random little graphical touches.

EIther way, I am not just upgrading for 1 game so :P
 
Here is a good article from the AOC forums.

3. Graphics processing unit (GPU)

Critical impact!! This game uses pretty advanced graphics that are a bit ahead of it's time. This allows for a visually stunning game under ideal circumstances with future hardware. I have been able to run at 1900*1200 at high graphic settings in a quite smooth way using 8800GT cards. A retest with 2 of those in SLI showed that SLI does work. does not make any difference in the current game client. It's absolutelty critical to have a latest gen of graph card for smooth play (nvidia 8800series or ati 3XXX series and up) The graphics card therefore is well worth your money for this game, more than buying the latest processor in any case. Upon measuring videocardmemory usage I noticed that outdoors 512MB is saturated all the time on resolutions 1600*1200 and up. Get 768 or more memory on the card if you can.

To test performance of the current client I used the following settings: resolution = 1920*1200, no bloom, no AA, everything else maxxed out including all distance sliders. Then I zone from Khemi to Old tarantia and let go of my keyboard and mouse. Here's what I measure with ctrl+alt+f in-game:

1 8800GT card on nvidia "let my application decide" : 21-22 fps
1 8800GT card on nvidia "Age of conan advance profile" : 24-27 fps
2*8800GT SLI on nvidia "let my application decide" : 31-32 fps
2*8800GT SLI on nvidia "Age of conan advance profile" : 33-35 fps

This was measured with non-OC cards with 512MB, vista 64-bit SP1 with ALL possible settings maxxed except those mentioned. That means with shadows from all etc with distance view range 3500meter etc...I'm totally stunned by this good performance. I never expected to get 30+ frames at all times on max settings in a heavy graphical zone like Old tarantia. Superb job from the devs. For better overal performance however I recommend setting shadow textures to medium or low since they tax the system enormously while not making the game look that much better. That's just a personal oppinion though.

note: naturally the above fps listed is a torture test!! You will not play like this mostly but instead turn the video options somewhat down and see your fps about double this. Anyway for the quality of the graphics this kind of fps is superb imho !! See tips and tricks for configuration. This part about hardware.

note: all 8800 series are rocksolid choices for this game as long as they have 512MB ram on them as an absolute minimum. Don't use a card with less memory !! All latest gen ATI cards such as 29XX and 3XXX series appear to be doing well as well. Note that x2 cards such as 9800x2 only use 512MB memory in reality since they have 2 chips with each 512MB and only one can be used by it's internal SLI. ATI is known to currently give less fps in general than the nvidia cards. I don't know why but when comparing fps from different people I came to this conclusion.

note: dx10 is not implemented yet even though it's listed in-game. It will be truly implemented around sept/oct. Still the game looks awesome on DX9 as it is imho
 
After playing on my 9800 esque clocked 8800GTS @ 1920 on high it ran @ 30fps. so no youre looking at more of a medium graphics @ 60fps style perf with the 8800GT
 
Don't forget that in a truly baffling piece of marketing, while the 8800GTS 320mb is the slowest of the three, and the 8800GT 512 is faster than that, the 8800GTS 512 is the fastest of all. Don't ask me why, I was as confused as you first time I saw the benchmarks...
 
spicypixel said:
After playing on my 9800 esque clocked 8800GTS @ 1920 on high it ran @ 30fps. so no youre looking at more of a medium graphics @ 60fps style perf with the 8800GT
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But my *FRIEND* is the one going to be buying /using the 8800 GT, and he games at 1440x900.

I am not even buying another 8800 card from my current 8800 GTS 320MB, I am waiting for the new cards :confused:
 
Makhaira said:
Don't forget that in a truly baffling piece of marketing, while the 8800GTS 320mb is the slowest of the three, and the 8800GT 512 is faster than that, the 8800GTS 512 is the fastest of all. Don't ask me why, I was as confused as you first time I saw the benchmarks...
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It's easy if you've been keeping up with them as they came out :p
 
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