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[Yenkaz]

Alistairschica wrote...

Thank you for looking into it for me. My hopes aren't too high. I know I need to get a proper gaming computer but this one certainly worked in a pinch.

Thanks again, everyone.

Out of interest, click the windows icon in the corner, then click run (or in Windows 7, just do this in the search bar):

Write "msinfo32", Components, Screen/Display - Does it perchance mention two different cards?

Edit: Probably not, I knew a few Asus models had switchable graphics, but not this model apparantly.

Modifié par Yenkaz, 01 février 2011 - 11:25 .

[Commander of the Grey]

No, but under drivers it mentions a Nvidia nForce. Also discovered that my Directx is version 10. Don't know if that helps. :/

[Commander of the Grey]

Got to talking with a friend and searced for an update for my driver.



I am now playing DA:

Graphics: Very High

Texture: Very High

with only the Vertical sync checked.

Screen Resolution 1366x7-something...



No crashes as of yet and just a small amount of lag. I'm determined, gosh dang it. *shakes fist*

[kirkonacid]

Alistairschica wrote...

Got to talking with a friend and searced for an update for my driver.

I am now playing DA:
Graphics: Very High
Texture: Very High
with only the Vertical sync checked.
Screen Resolution 1366x7-something...

No crashes as of yet and just a small amount of lag. I'm determined, gosh dang it. *shakes fist*

I've got a gamign notebook and I've ran into problems whith  older games not functioning properly.  After a great many google searches, updating  drivers, and messing around with settings, they work perfectly. Hopefully you'll be able to run DAII. Good luck!

[SandyWB]

Hey guys, I'm currently looking to upgrade my computer for Dragon Age 2, I think I have most things figured out, but I don't know the first thing about graphics/video cards.
 
In the computer I have now I have a 9600GT card, and I'm looking at these cards to replace it.
 
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB GDDR5
 
How big a difference is there between the cards? The price difference is like 15 dollars more for the 5750, and 30 more for the 5770. Will I notice a difference between the cards? Are they much better than my current card? Like I said, I know next to nothing about video cards so I'd be very grateful for some help.

[kentan900]

SandyWB wrote...

Hey guys, I'm currently looking to upgrade my computer for Dragon Age 2, I think I have most things figured out, but I don't know the first thing about graphics/video cards.
 
In the computer I have now I have a 9600GT card, and I'm looking at these cards to replace it.
 
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB GDDR5
 
How big a difference is there between the cards? The price difference is like 15 dollars more for the 5750, and 30 more for the 5770. Will I notice a difference between the cards? Are they much better than my current card? Like I said, I know next to nothing about video cards so I'd be very grateful for some help.

I recommend the 5770. Im using two of them in crossfire and they perform very well.

And the video card it very cheap with great performance.

- Chris

[Moondoggie]

SandyWB wrote...

Hey guys, I'm currently looking to upgrade my computer for Dragon Age 2, I think I have most things figured out, but I don't know the first thing about graphics/video cards.
 
In the computer I have now I have a 9600GT card, and I'm looking at these cards to replace it.
 
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB GDDR5
AMD/ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB GDDR5
 
How big a difference is there between the cards? The price difference is like 15 dollars more for the 5750, and 30 more for the 5770. Will I notice a difference between the cards? Are they much better than my current card? Like I said, I know next to nothing about video cards so I'd be very grateful for some help.

You're getting a lot more power for that $30 the HD5670 is the low mid range and the HD5770 is the high mid range so you're looking at a pretty big difference for a small ammount more. All three cards are decent mid range cards (All of them are pretty much better than the 9600GT the 5670's performence is only a little better though) But if you want a significant upgrade stick with the HD5770 although check your PSU first. You'll need at least a 500W PSU as when cards get to this level they need to use an extra power cable besides your PCI-E Slot.

[hawat333]

Alistairschica wrote...

Thank you for looking into it for me. My hopes aren't too high. I know I need to get a proper gaming computer but this one certainly worked in a pinch.

Thanks again, everyone.

You've said you're a newcomer in PC gaming, so in case you plan to buy a proper gaming computer in the near or not-so-near future, here's a word of advice:
Don't rush in a store to buy new components, make a plan instead.
Read through some tech or performance articles, hardware comparisons, that kind of stuff.
A 2GB, recently released video card for 200 bucks can be a whole lot weaker than a 1GB, older card for the same price.  Or for example you can have a quad core CPU and eight gigs of RAM, if you have a downgraded GPU, it won't make much difference.
I bought a PC for about 500 $ four years ago, and I still run everything on high settings, in 1920*1080. I'm just saying it's all bout finding the good components. Advertisement in the PC marketing can be very misleading, check what you actually buy, and you'll be fine.

[Jonp382]

Moondoggie wrote...

But if you want a significant upgrade stick with the HD5770 although check your PSU first. You'll need at least a 500W PSU as when cards get to this level they need to use an extra power cable besides your PCI-E Slot.

The HD 5770 is actually quite low on the power requirements, relative to most graphics cards above 100 USD. I've ran one for a year on a Corsair 400 watt power supply. 500 watts would certainly be safe a bet though if you're unsure of the PSU's manufacturing quality.

[SandyWB]

Thanks for the help guys, I went for the HD5770 in the end. Figured the slighty higher price was well worth it if it means the difference between a low mid-range card and a high mid-range card.

[Moondoggie]

Jonp382 wrote...

The HD 5770 is actually quite low on the power requirements, relative to most graphics cards above 100 USD. I've ran one for a year on a Corsair 400 watt power supply. 500 watts would certainly be safe a bet though if you're unsure of the PSU's manufacturing quality.

Some decent PSU's like that one would probably do the job however most people end up with generic units that come with the case they buy or don't know the right brands. 500W is the reccomended by AMD so it's best to stick to that than go for the mininimum.

[Gorath Alpha]

Jonp382 wrote...

The HD 5770 is actually quite low on the power requirements, relative to most graphics cards above 100 USD. I've ran one for a year on a Corsair 400 watt power supply. 500 watts would certainly be safe a bet though if you're unsure of the PSU's manufacturing quality.

The biggest problem with going with the minimum possible is the very short window of usability.  If "400 watts" is the size needed, then a PSU that size will have deteriorated over a year by 10%, as all of them do, at least (the capacitors lose strength that rapidly under regular use) 10%.  So instead of 400, you'll have only 360.  So I always overspecify at least 20% to give myself a couple of years that I need not think about a replacement. 

(I almost always make a point of showing watts as a bad choice to buy PSUs under.  It's amperage that counts, so that's the reason for the quote marks above. Oops.  Amperage has a "p" in it, sorry about that).

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 03 février 2011 - 09:00 .

[AndrahilAdrian]

The recommended specs say 460 gtx, and I have a 460 gtx. Is that cutting it too close?

[Gorath Alpha]

Close for what?

[james1976]

Recomended nvidia 460 or greater? really? So is DA2 gonna take full advantage of my FERMI?

Modifié par james1976, 05 février 2011 - 02:03 .

[MingWolf]

Nvidia 460/Radeon 5850 for DirectX 11 only... and if Bioware is putting in the same assumptions in the system requirements as they did for DAO, having a 460/5850 or greater will mean that you can max out the game at max resolution. If that is the case, then no, there is no cutting it close.

[james1976]

I didn't expect to be cutting it close. Last I read over at nvidia their drivers for the FERMIs still aren't what they should be yet. Especially on the 460s. So expecting devs to take full advantage of those cards wouldn't be reasonable. And DX11 is exclusive to Win7.

I personally didn't see that much different between DX9 and DX10 textures on any of my games so far anyway.

[Olem]

DirectX 11 support? Sweet.

[Lord_Saulot]

AndrahilAdrian wrote...

The recommended specs say 460 gtx, and I have a 460 gtx. Is that cutting it too close?

Meeting the recommendation is, per se, not cutting it too close.

[Blacklash93]

I meet all of the (non-DX11) recommended requirements with my computer and ATI Radeon 5750, but how well will this be able to run the DX11 features?

I know it says 5850, but will there really be a big difference?

Modifié par Blacklash93, 07 février 2011 - 02:24 .

[Gorath Alpha]

Blacklash93 wrote...

I meet all of the (non-DX11) recommended requirements with my computer and ATI Radeon 5750, but how well will this be able to run the DX11 features?

I know it says 5850, but will there really be a big difference?

Let's just say that we'll soon find out, and until then "it depends" on whether the standards are still going to be fairly similar to DAO's, which are that Recommended doesn't mean you get to set everything to Max, and run extremely high screen resolutions.  Typically, game developers have been suggesting a given hardware setup that will run MEDIUM screen resolutions, not High resolutions, at a very good animation speed in the 50-55 FPS range, with a mix of High Graphics settings and Medium settings, or all sliders on about 70 - 75%, which allows some leeway. 

Therefore, if Dx11 ends up being too demanding on a Medium card such as yours, you can accept slightly slowed FPS, or slightly reduced resolutions, and still enjoy the Dx11 bells and whistles. 

[kirkonacid]

Chris Priestly wrote...
Recommended:
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Processor or equivalent

My computer is:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz

Is is a problem that it is a duo and not a quad processor? Surely it is equivalant at 2.53GHz? Sorry if this a stupid question.

[Kenneth1987]

james1976 wrote...

I didn't expect to be cutting it close. Last I read over at nvidia their drivers for the FERMIs still aren't what they should be yet. Especially on the 460s. So expecting devs to take full advantage of those cards wouldn't be reasonable. And DX11 is exclusive to Win7.
I personally didn't see that much different between DX9 and DX10 textures on any of my games so far anyway.

DX 11 isn't exclusive to Win7, it's also used in Windows Vista SP2

[TheImmortalBeaver]

Ryzaki wrote...

Brockololly wrote...

Huh.....interesting that DA2 only requires 7GB hard drive space, while DAO required 20GB and ME2 required 15GB.

Yeah add that to the fact that the PC is voiced (which should make the game bigger) and I'm not overly optimistic with the game's length. *Either that or the textures will be low res*

Or it'll be compressed to hell and back, and have ridiculous load times. Or, Bioware is magical and came up with an amazing system for saving space in a game without screwing the game over. Which in my opinion is entirely possible.

[Livetaswim06]

I just wonder if CrossfireX is supported. Has anybody heard of Crossfire or even SLI support yet?