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[Java25]

Hey, sorry if this has been asked before, but I've searched everywhere looking for an answer.

I have an iMac which I use bootcamp with, (no flaming please) so upgrading video cards isn't an option for me, and I'm somewhat apprehensive about preordering a $65 game. Here's my specs:

intel core 2 duo 2.4 GHz
2 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD2600 PRO at 256 MB

The processor and RAM I'm not worried about, but the card I am.
The recommended minimum is: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater
Which i'm pretty sure I outdo.

The recommended overall is: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
Which has made me think twice.

I've heard the HD2600 isn't all that great a card, but I just thought I'd check for myself. Mass Effect runs well at 1680x1050 on medium-high settings.

Thanks in advance 

[SilverApollo]

well, I'm not too familiar with the Ati 2000 series of cards, since a lot of people I knew at the time avoided it because benchmarks indicated they didn't perform as well as they should have, especially when put up against their Nvidia counterparts, but you should still be able to play the game, you might just have to turn certain video intensive things down like shadows or keep your graphics on medium to get a steady frame rate.

[Dennis Carpenter]

Maybe one of the mods could answer this or try posting it in one of the tech forums that should get you an answer for sure

I'm think though if you have no trouble with the CC your probably ok  just might have to loower the settings a bit but I am not a tech so dont take this as worth more than an opinion

Modifié par Dennis Carpenter, 25 octobre 2009 - 03:19 .

[EvilVadeM]

I hear your woes and sympathize, friend. I used to have two 512mb 2600 HDs crossfired in my gaming rig, and was still getting subpar performance and graphics. They were cheap as hell, and taught me the timeless lesson: you get what you pay for. Silver Apollo is right, you're going to want to tone down settings, maybe you can get away with just turning down the resolution, to keep the effects at a decent setting. Do you have a PS3 or a 360? You could always grab a console version if you're not satisfied with your PC performance. Bottom line is you will definitely be able to play it no matter what you decide.

[crevus]

What about Ati radeon 4770 does that have any issues? How is it compared with the nvidia counter arts...I mean which is the equivalent nvidia card? Until now I had an nvidia 8800 gts...is the 4770 better...and can dragon age run on it with everything max?

[flem1]

No, the 4770 isn't faster than the 512mb version of the GTS. Heck, if you have that there's no reason to upgrade yet. It is somewhat faster than the 320/640mb versions, but probably not by enough to make it worth your money.



It should run fine on a 2600pro, just not at very high settings.

[crevus]

Thanks, as far as I know its only sin is the128 bit memory bandwidth which makes it a bit slow compared to nvidia's 256bit...

[Java25]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I think I'm gonna get it, maybe build a gaming PC at some point, but as long as I get to play then I'm fine: graphics don't bother me too much, and it's all about the story in a game like this.

[crevus]

If you want a good graphic card for your future computer take the nvidia gtx 260...As far as I know it can handle any game at max graphics(details, textures, resolution)...too bad it was too expensive for me...

[Talisander]

Are Nvidia cards known to run Dragon Age better than Ati cards? Because the Radeon 4800 and 5000 series seem to be outperforming anything from Nvidia right now. According to Tom's Hardware, anyway.

[Gorath Alpha]

Back when the Radeon 2n00 generation was new, it was the very last time that ATI designed a "more is better" chip that included the kitchen sink and everything else.  Thereafter, they have left out a wide array of less-frequently used functions, such as much that is in OpenGL, cutting way back on the sizes of their processors. 

Only the HD 2900s that year were particularly fast, but they ran hot, and the cooling fan/heat sink/shroud assemblies were quite loud.  The 2600 Pro was not quite as fast as the Geforce 8600 GT, although the HD 2600 XT was quite a bit faster than the 8600 GTS, however it was priced a lot higher.

Where ATI's down-sizing of GPUs really helped them win big over nVIDIA was COST.  nVIDIA is still producing HUGE monster chips that cost a big fortune to get to market (the bigger it is, the higher the reject rate), so that from the HD 3n00 series onward, AMD has been able to beat nVIDIA on the pricing of most GPUs.  Those monster big chips are still very expensive, but they do tend to be somewhat faster when first introduced, although with the kind of process AMD has used, they can fairly easily match whatever nVIDIA does, and fairly quickly. 

Laptop cards do tend to deviate from the kind of standards that apply for the producers of desktop video cards, and the performance for a "Mobility 2600" may be anywhere from HD 2400 level (slow) up to 2600 XT level.

[Icehawk7]

May have to lower your settings a little from what the game picks, but I think it'll play. My old MBP used the X1800 or whatever it was called. First gen Macbook Pro. It ran the demo fine if I recall right.

[Gorath Alpha]

AFAIK, the Radeon in that model Mac was the X1600 Pro.  This thread was recycled when a new arrival to the forums had the same mobile video card in his laptop, and didn't want to pay good attention to the relationship of games with drivers.  Old video drivers, particularly for Radeons, frequently cause the game to act as if it is running with one of the colors shut out, which makes everything take on the dominant tint of a remaining color. 

Damaged connectors and frayed cables can do the same thing, and the old CRTs have separate color "guns" that can fail the same way.  The member wanted to rush out and swap the PC version of the game for a console version without taking time to learn what a driver is, or which one he was using, let alone test different drivers.  I was impatient with that attitude.

This was going to be a reference that TTBOMK, never was relayed to that member.