Oh noes not another should I upgrade my gfx for bioshock thread

[Majestic62]

Hey all
I got a msi 7900gto and I game at 1680x1050 and bioshock is just too jumpy even when I lower it to 1280x720 now I know I can lower the details some but damn this game just looks to nice so I am wondering if its worth getting a X1950 Pro to tie me over too the G92 in november or should I just wait?
Cheers for any advice

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
GeIL 2GB PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2
both running at stock

 

[truebluecfc]

well for the prices of a X1950 Pro, i don't think you can go far wrong.

I would buy one just to tide me over to the next set of graphic cards which is what you said.

 

[Ewanb75]

x1950 pro will play it well..

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/ewanb75/Bioshock2007-08-2613-14-45-14.jpg

 

[decto]

Hey all
I got a msi 7900gto and I game at 1680x1050 and bioshock is just too jumpy even when I lower it to 1280x720 now I know I can lower the details some but damn this game just looks to nice so I am wondering if its worth getting a X1950 Pro to tie me over too the G92 in november or should I just wait?
Cheers for any advice

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
GeIL 2GB PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2
both running at stock

Hi,

Have you tried the nvidia 163.44 drivers?

With a 7800gtx 256mb 430/1200 I can play at 1200 x 1024 and it's reasonably fluid. 20-30fps and occasional dips to 15 if I look at some static smoke of fire. The 7800 is about 60% of the 7900GTO so you should get reasonable results. with 2 in SLI, I'm now getting 30-40 fps with up to 60 in the tighter areas. That's with all settings on high and all options enabled except 'windowed mode' and 'Force Global Lighting'
E4300 @ 3.2Ghz, 7800gtx 256 SLI 480/1300

The 163.44 driver is specifically to address jitter.

As for the x1950PRO, good card but the GTO should be a fair bit quicker, nearly as quick as a x1900XT. Afterall, the GTO is the 7900GTX with slightly slower memory.

I think you'd be wasting your £££ with the ATI.

upgrades would be ATI 2900 or nvidia 8800 GTS

Regards

AD

 

[easyrider]

Get a 8800 GTS buying a x1950 pro from a 7900 is a waste of money imo.

You still have to fork out 70.

Get a 8800 GTS 320 MBor 640 MB and play it like it should be played.

 

[ergonomics]

yeah agreed, the 7900gto > x1950 pro really isnt worth the jump at all. try to fork out that little bit more, and you will not be let down

 

[Cyber-Mav]

7900gto is probably quicker than the x1950pro anyways. not really worth it.

 

[easyrider]

running your 6300 at stock isnt helping matters either.

Clock that chip to 3 ghz clock you GTO and watch your FPS increase dramatically

 

[Majestic62]

hi
Thanks for all the feedback
the drivers have helped out a fair bit cheers for that decto but I am a fussy git and what with Medal of Honor - Airborne and World in Conflict out this month looks like its time to go and tell (beg) the better half that I need a new 8800 GTS 640mb
who knows I might even grow a pair and overclock my cpu
Cheers

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Im suprised the 7900 GTO can't play it well, wasn't it just an underclocked GTX or something.

 

[Darkwave]

Im suprised the 7900 GTO can't play it well, wasn't it just an underclocked GTX or something.

Yup all they did was downclock and undervolt the memory a little bit when the 7900s kept blowing up IIRC.

As for the topic at hand, a 7900GTO is probably slightly faster than an X1950Pro anyway (though I'm not sure about in Bioshock in particular) but has inferior image quality to the X1800/X1900/X1950 cards.

I'd stick with what you have for the time being.