Some questions, regarding my game proformance.

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Priapus

Priapus

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Good morning guys,

Well, after my ATi X800XT died on me, I got a replacment card, X1950Pro. Which I was sure I would see an improvement in my games. Can't say that I have, infact, in some games it seems worse. But I have a sneeky feeling that it's to do with Windows Vista playing a role here?

Here's my system specs:

AMD A64 3400+ (2.4Ghz)
2GB DDR Memory,
2 x160GB SATA HDDs.
X1950Pro 256mb.

So, from this I expected some reasonable proformance from my games. This is what I found.

Games:

Flatout 2 - Running 100%.
FarCry - Running 100%. (But I thought the SM3.0 was meant to make it look better, no?)
Doom 3 - For some reason it won't run at full settings, it keeps setting itself back to lowest settings?
NFS - Carbon - Running, but I can't turn on AA or AF and it's not running 100% smooth.
F.E.A.R - Doesn't run very smooth at max settings. Low FRPS.
S.A.L.K.E.R - Obviously on my system won't run full settings, but would it be better on XP?
NFS - Most Wanted - Can anyone get this game to run on Vista? Because I can't. :(

I will be trying more games tonight.

So is the above correct for my system, or is something not quite right? My X800XT played Carbon full wack! :(.
Using latest 7.6 Cats as well.

Thanks guys.
 
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In F.E.A.R I don't have Crossfire. Card is AGP.

Carbon - It never ran smooth in Vista even on X800XT but XP did. I think I will try dual boot tonight.

Okay, I will turn lighting off on S.A.L.K.E.R. :)
 
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OzZie said:
I have an almost identical system and i've gone back to XP for a while because game performance was quite hard hit in Vista, and although it has a lot of decent features, i don't think that i'll be re-installing until i have a better PC.
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What games did you try. Would you say my system should be able to run FEAR at full settings as well as Carbon and a few other games?

I'm going to try a dual boot, I had it before, no idea why I removed it. Wish I hadn't now. :(
 
PCI-E and AGP cards are around the same speed.

Okay, to recap here:


FarCry: How do I manualy add HDR to the game?

Doom 3 - Won't go to any settings, other then low default. It ran on my X800XT full setting, Ultra, and it was a 256mb GFX card. So, no need for 512mb GFX card. :)

Carbon: Yes, I know that now. :(
Most Wanted: Doesn't even load on Vista. :(

FEAR: Okay, however my friend with a 7800GT plays it max settings?

STALKER: Yes, that seems to be the case now. :(

Thanks for all the help guys, appericated!
 
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