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[Jackrabbit_Slim]

Thanks for the info very helpful!



Quick question? I'm running an NVIDIA 9400 GT. I'm guessing from your chart i will be able to run med to med/high?



Thanks again

[flem1]

I'm afraid not -- where did you get that idea? The 16-shader, slow-memory (DDR2 at 400mhz) 9400GT will get you low settings... Probably.  Definitely not above medium.

Modifié par flem1, 29 octobre 2009 - 11:02 .

[Terwox_]

wrexingcrew wrote...

Terwox_ wrote...

That would be 6th for me :/

Ha, sorry, bad assumption.  You're better off with that power in the long run, believe me.  And you should be fine with the CPU - you're at the rec specs, and the devs got a pretty consistent 30 fps floor with an equivalent system.  I've got the Pentium D 3.2s, so I'm a bit more concerned about slowdown...that's certainly the worst-case scenario for you, I'd think.  Occasional dips below 30.  But you should be in pretty good shape.

Truth be told, my biggest concern is my Hard Drive. Its been acting abit funny lately, and I fear its past time I replaced it. And as I found out in Age of Conan with DX10 and everything on max. When loading massive ammounts off textures the fps dropped from a comfirtable 35-40 to around 10-20, and then back up to 35-40 once it was done loading it up in the memory. I've already found out that on the Crysis benchmark, my cpu/ram/Hard Drive is costing my average fps about 13 fps.

So although I'll hopefully be able to run DA on max all the time without any serious drops below the 30 fps marker. It goes to show my pc needs some new hardware. Sooner rather than later.

Modifié par Terwox_, 29 octobre 2009 - 11:08 .

[flem1]

If your hard drive has started to flake, MAKE SURE YOUR DATA IS BACKED UP.

[Terwox_]

flem1 wrote...

If your hard drive has started to flake, MAKE SURE YOUR DATA IS BACKED UP.

I have moved all important data, or made backup off all important data on another HD. With the possible exception of a few newer save games.

And by flake, do you mean the "hard disk lag" Where everything just stops for 0.1 seconds and the like?

Modifié par Terwox_, 29 octobre 2009 - 11:14 .

[Terwox_]

double post.

Modifié par Terwox_, 29 octobre 2009 - 11:13 .

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

flem1 wrote...



I'm afraid not -- where did you get that idea? The 16-shader, slow-memory (DDR2 at 400mhz) 9400GT will get you low settings... Probably. Definitely not above medium.

Seriously? I don't know much about video cards, but i got this one thinking it was a fairly decent one for the power supply I have.



My specs are:



Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200@2.33GHZ

6GB of Ram

Vista 64-bit



Any suggestions as to what i should get then?

[yoda23]

What about SLI support? Has anyone heard of compatibility with 2x GTX285 FTW's? Is this a Physx enabled game? Should I pull the trigger on a 9800GT for Physx?

[GhoXen]

@Jackrabbit_Slim

What power supply do you have? The rest of your specs seem alright, by the way.

Modifié par GhoXen, 29 octobre 2009 - 11:47 .

[Pink_Moon]

My computer is all above recommended settings other than my dated Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT.



Maybe I'll have to invest in a better video-card. Oh well, no worries.

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

@GhoXen



I have a 300w power supply. Its what came with my machine

[flem1]

yoda23 wrote...

What about SLI support? Has anyone heard of compatibility with 2x GTX285 FTW's? Is this a Physx enabled game? Should I pull the trigger on a 9800GT for Physx?

It's Physx-enabled, but I'm pretty sure there aren't any Batman-style supercool Physx effects.

Just one GTX285 will max the game out at any resolution, so nothing to worry about there either.

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

flem1 wrote...

tr0tsky wrote...

Selzurius wrote...

Swweeeet. If my Nvidia 8800 GTS actually runs this game under high settings I will be quite pleased. My 2 gigs ram under XP 2000 should handle the memory side of things quite well and I KNOW my 3 gig dual core proc can manage the rest.

Recommended Settings doesn't mean "will run on high graphics settings".

In this game they do.

And if they used the delay smartly to further optimize the performance of the game itself, you won't need a 2 gig graphics card to get High or Max slider settings to run well. Personally I'm going to try on max settings to start out with on the 9800 GTS in this machine and honestly I have a feeling it'll be fine as I don't play games in crazy high resolutions to begin with.

[flem1]

Jackrabbit_Slim wrote...

@GhoXen

I have a 300w power supply. Its what came with my machine

If it's a Dell, I think you could do either this 4670 or this low-power 9800GT.  The latter is faster but uses a bit more power (not much, they're both still under 75W -- your 9400GT is 50W).

If it's not a Dell, you could still probably use these cards, but might have more to worry about.    There's also the 4650 which is about part with your current card wattage-wise, but is much faster (still significantly slower than the 4670 though, not to mention the 9800GT).

Modifié par flem1, 30 octobre 2009 - 01:59 .

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

If it's a Dell, I think you could do either this 4670 or this low-power 9800GT.  The latter is faster but uses a bit more power (not much, they're both still under 75W -- your 9400GT is 50W).

If it's not a Dell, you could still probably use these cards, but might have more to worry about.    There's also the 4650 which is about part with your current card wattage-wise, but is much faster (still significantly slower than the 4670 though, not to mention the 9800GT).

Yea i have a Dell Inspiron 518.


Thanks for the tips.

[Althernai]

MrGOH wrote...

Rogue310 wrote...

Wait wait. Really? The GT would do OK for this? I apologize in advance, but can you diagnose my system (below)?

I have a MBPro that's about 1.5 years old, with 3gb of RAM and a 2.4 dual core, not too worried about that, but I was convinced my 8600m gt 256mb would be a game-killer. I played the witcher and got demolished by the chapter in which everything's on fire--had to drop everything to the lowest settings. And that was only the aurora engine! that's why I'm worried about DAO on PC... i need my isometric strategic view, but not at the cost of losing all the detail!

Aurora Engine was not very well optimized. <- Candidate for understatement of the decade, btw.

The 8600m GT will play the game on low settings - whethe framerate will hold steady in the 25 FPS range remains to be seen.

The 8600M GS will play the game on low settings. The 8600M GT should be able to handle medium or even a bit higher, particularly since the one in the MBP is GDDR3. It's a fairly decent (albeit old) card -- mine can run Mass Effect with everything maxed out.

[Rogue310]

Althernai wrote...

MrGOH wrote...

Rogue310 wrote...

Wait wait. Really? The GT would do OK for this? I apologize in advance, but can you diagnose my system (below)?

I have a MBPro that's about 1.5 years old, with 3gb of RAM and a 2.4 dual core, not too worried about that, but I was convinced my 8600m gt 256mb would be a game-killer. I played the witcher and got demolished by the chapter in which everything's on fire--had to drop everything to the lowest settings. And that was only the aurora engine! that's why I'm worried about DAO on PC... i need my isometric strategic view, but not at the cost of losing all the detail!

Aurora Engine was not very well optimized. <- Candidate for understatement of the decade, btw.

The 8600m GT will play the game on low settings - whethe framerate will hold steady in the 25 FPS range remains to be seen.

The 8600M GS will play the game on low settings. The 8600M GT should be able to handle medium or even a bit higher, particularly since the one in the MBP is GDDR3. It's a fairly decent (albeit old) card -- mine can run Mass Effect with everything maxed out.

That is good to know. Thanks for making a BG fan able to hunch back over his computer till 3 in the morning without his roommate knowing he's nerding out...

Oh Amazon, I have a 360 preorder to cancel...

Modifié par Rogue310, 30 octobre 2009 - 02:41 .

[AngelofDeth99]

Ghandorian wrote...

The system I put together last winter sits nicely in the recommended specs. But one thing the ATI people should keep in mind is that 3870 card benchmarks higher for gaming apps than the newer 4850. I checked that out throughly before making my purchase and would have needed the 4870 to get better numbers than the old 3870. The 4850 can do better blueray but not gaming.

3870 is not faster than a 4850, don't know where you got that, but its not true. A 3870x2 is, but that is not a 3870.

[End_Apocolypse]

Now I know my computer can run this, but I just got a quick question for all the 9 series nvidia people out there. Do they usually do an update on the drivers once a month?, and if so I wonder if there will be one for this game.



Thanks for info in advance:)

[flem1]

Yeah, usually. But it's often better to sit on an old driver that works until you find yourself needing to fix a bug.

[End_Apocolypse]

flem1 wrote...

Yeah, usually. But it's often better to sit on an old driver that works until you find yourself needing to fix a bug.

Thank you very much:)

[Revenant101]

Hey folks,



Well, it would appear that all my hopes and dreams have been dashed. My Desktop fried - long story - and I was forced to recently purchase a cheap laptop asap for work. I thought that I'd be able to run DA:O on it, but after reading the thread I now believe that will not be the case. In a last ditch attempt I figure I'd post my specs to see if some of you more computer savy people could confirm my tragedy - I need to have the stake driven fully into my heart so that I can finally admit to myself there is no use in holding onto hope.



Compaq Presario CQ60-215DX Notebook

AMD Athlon Dual Core QL-62 2.00 Ghz

2 gigs RAM

Vista 32-bit

And the killer: NVIDA Geforce 8200M G



I could (sigh) be wrong but the main issue seems to be my terribad graphics card yes? The character creation tool runs, but quite slowly.



I know the 8200M is an integrated video card... if it can't run the game (though I'd be exstatic to be able to run it at the lowest possible settings) is there anyway for me to replace it or *somehow* use an external card?



Any help/advice/ or a simple/knowledgable "nope yer **cked" would be greatly appreciated!



Thanks

[MessWitDaBull]

AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core



8GB (Yes, overkill I know) Mushkin DDR2 RAM



Vista 64-bit



NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (As this only meets recommended specs methinks its time for an upgrade )



Odd thing is, this computer is almost 3 years old now. :S

[Packetdancer]

I could (sigh) be wrong but the main issue seems to be my terribad graphics card yes? The character creation tool runs, but quite slowly.

I know the 8200M is an integrated video card... if it can't run the game (though I'd be exstatic to be able to run it at the lowest possible settings) is there anyway for me to replace it or *somehow* use an external card?

Any help/advice/ or a simple/knowledgable "nope yer **cked" would be greatly appreciated!

You actually have one faint glimmer of hope.  If I'm not wrong, your laptop *does* have an ExpressCard port.  There is an external graphics solution for laptops called ViDock 2 which connects via the ExpressCard port and, via the PCIe channel that ExpressCard ports expose, provides an external Radeon 4670 with 512M of RAM.  (That's the desktop form, not the laptop form.)

I've not tried that out myself, but I've read decent reviews of the first generation (ViDock Gfx) as used for graphics work on laptops.  (I haven't read any gaming reviews, I admit, but you *are* connecting a Radeon 4670, which is hardly a shabby card.)  However, they seem pretty darn hard to come by, and they're not cheap (around $300).

Whether that's sufficient hope or not...

Modifié par Packetdancer, 30 octobre 2009 - 07:46 .

[Achromatis]

Which of those there "Max" video cards are cheapest



Im rocking a 9600GT 512mb, but Id been wanting to upgrade for a little while now but dont really want to spend a whole lot... Im also not up to speed on GPUs either, how much of an upgrade would a 1gig 9800GT be? Id prefer to stick with nVidia because Im used to the software, but Im open to alternatives.