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Sathamarid
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:25:00 -
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Edited by: Sathamarid on 26/06/2007 18:24:49
I have a Radeon X800 GTO. It's pretty middle of the road, but it can run Oblivion and HL2 with good framerates. Lately, running 2 accts in windowed mode means I get frame rates under 10 on both accts. Blegh, that's not playable. I tried tweaking settings, but didn't see any real improvement. Running in non-windowed gets me frame rates around 25 on both. Still not great.
So, suggest a vid card for me. I'd like to spend about $100. I can trade in my X800 for an X1650 for $100 thru ATI. Haven't checked prices but that seems reasonable. Is that card decent for eve?
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:34:00 -
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I think you should wait a bit.. the cheap DX 10 cards are coming very soon, and then you can enjoy the new DX 10 Eve client.
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 Originally by: CCP Wrangler
You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
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Blind Man
Kemono.
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:36:00 -
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i would stay away from the x1650.. it will be so close in performance to your card it would be hard to notice a difference
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Moria
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:38:00 -
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enjoy the great dx10 but not if u have sli as it isn't supported yet in vista
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Cardice Makar
Caldari
Dark Knights of Deneb
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:41:00 -
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I don't want to dissuade you particularly... but may I ask what your processor is? EVE is a *very* CPU intensive game compared to how much it makes use of your graphics card. I run an X800 XT PE with dual accounts [SiSi / TQ] concurrently on a regular basis and get 40-50 fps in space all the time. This is on a Pentium-D 820. Upgrading to a dualcore processor increased my framerates by bigger leaps than upgrading my video card ever had.
I also find that ATI has about the worst Dual-Monitor support ever conceived, but your millage may vary on that one.
Now, if I were hellbent set on buying a new video card, I'd be looking for a DX10 graphics card... but there really aren't any second-gen ones on the market yet [and won't be for a time] so I'm planning on waiting. Six months from now I expect I'll be building a full system with DX10 support and a c2d or a c2q processor, but I'm waiting on the video cards for now.
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Fenix Dragoon
Caldari
Mining Munitions and Mayhem
R i s e
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Posted - 2007.06.26 18:45:00 -
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I have the x1650 card and I love it. I get about 65 FPS and really nice details.
Go for it. I love this card and the way EVE looks now.
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Sathamarid
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Posted - 2007.06.26 19:43:00 -
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I'm pretty sure my CPU is an AMD 64 3000. Not at home now. Seems like plenty of power for what I'm doing. Usually runs between 42-47C when running 2 clients.
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Sathamarid
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Posted - 2007.06.26 19:44:00 -
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Originally by: Fenix Dragoon
I have the x1650 card and I love it. I get about 65 FPS and really nice details.
Are you running 2 clients at the same time? Cause I get about 50-55 FPS with my current card when only running 1 client.
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Kwint Sommer
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Posted - 2007.06.26 19:53:00 -
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You have great timing, I was just looking at new video cards:
This looked pretty sweet and it's $105 from a solid retailer:
x1900 GT 256MB PCI-E
I'm using an x850xt and it get excellent performance with two clients on full screen but when I stick them in a window the frame rate drops from 70 to 10. I don't know if a new video card will solve that or if you need to change how windows allocates resources....
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Trebor Notlimah
Gallente
Gunfleet Logistics
Rogue Method Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 20:05:00 -
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When considering videocards, the #1 question is; Whats your budget?
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Valrandir
Gallente
Slacker Industries
Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.06.26 20:51:00 -
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Originally by: Sathamarid
I'm pretty sure my CPU is an AMD 64 3000. Not at home now. Seems like plenty of power for what I'm doing. Usually runs between 42-47C when running 2 clients.
This is your problem. You are trying to run two eve accounts under a single core CPU.
Getting a faster video card will not help
What you need is to get another CPU.
Since you already have and AMD 64, you could simply get a AMD Dual Core instead and you can keep the same video card, memory and motherboard.
For 100$ you can multiply your eve performance by at least 4.
- Get a dual core cpu
- Getting a new video card will not help
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This has surpassed the Yarrdware specification and has been dubbed Uberware
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Toaster Oven
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Posted - 2007.06.26 20:53:00 -
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Originally by: Cardice Makar
I don't want to dissuade you particularly... but may I ask what your processor is? EVE is a *very* CPU intensive game compared to how much it makes use of your graphics card. I run an X800 XT PE with dual accounts [SiSi / TQ] concurrently on a regular basis and get 40-50 fps in space all the time. This is on a Pentium-D 820. Upgrading to a dualcore processor increased my framerates by bigger leaps than upgrading my video card ever had.
QFT. If you have an A64 3000+, spending ~$100 upgrading to a dual core processor will give you far more benefit than buying a marginally better vid card. For example a S939 X2 3800+ is most likely supported by your mobo and will drop right in, giving you a nice boost while running dual clients. On one of my rigs I have a X2 3800+ (slightly overclocked) paired with a 7600GT which runs dual clients at 40-50fps. And if you have a bit more to spend, then I'd highly recommend building a new C2D system. It'll spit all over that A64 3000+ 
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Lanu
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Posted - 2007.06.26 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Sathamarid
I'd like to spend about $100
Originally by: Trebor Notlimah
When considering videocards, the #1 question is; Whats your budget?
eh?
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Trebor Notlimah
Gallente
Gunfleet Logistics
Rogue Method Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 21:02:00 -
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Originally by: Lanu
Originally by: Sathamarid
I'd like to spend about $100
Originally by: Trebor Notlimah
When considering videocards, the #1 question is; Whats your budget?
eh?
Thats what I get for not reading. I agree with spending the $100 on a new CPU. Dual Core FTW.
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Haradgrim
Caldari
The Wild Bunch
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Posted - 2007.06.26 21:04:00 -
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Edited by: Haradgrim on 26/06/2007 21:03:02
if you only want to spend $100 dollars buy something other then a video card (a new processor will probably do more good as someone else mentioned), if you can muster up the cash, get a 8800 GTX, I blew my load buying one, and now I do the same playing with it!
edit:speeeeelling!
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Bishman82
Racketeers
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Posted - 2007.06.26 21:07:00 -
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I used to run eve on my old pc which was also an amd64 3000+ with 1gb of ram which was fine but when i started using 2 monitors and 2 accounts it struggled, i couldn't do anything important with my main while the alt was on because it was so slow. This was with a nvidia 6600 gfx card.
I now have a core2duo 6420 and 8800 gts graphics card which runs both accounts flawlessly on 2 screens along with anything else i care to do in the background.
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Sathamarid
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Posted - 2007.06.26 21:46:00 -
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Excellent, thanks for all the advice.
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Billy Sastard
Amarr
Life. Universe. Everything.
Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 22:12:00 -
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I let the CEO of my corp talk me into getting a 8800 GTS card for the new box I built... OMG am I happy he did! Now I need to try and sneak a 2nd one past my wife so I can properly exploit the SLI capabilitys of my motherboard!
-=^=-
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MotoTsume
Gallente
Clan Black Scorpion
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Posted - 2007.06.26 22:19:00 -
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I Hear good things about those TNT2 Ultra's 
It's just a game........Or is it?????
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Daedalus DuGalle
Gallente
University of Caille
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Posted - 2007.06.26 22:19:00 -
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I just got me a new comp yesterday .
CPU = Intel E6600 dual core.
Gfx card = 640mb 8800GTS. Maybe if you sell your old one you can get this
Incidentally, do NOT be a noob like me and rub the thermal paste off  . Have to go to computer store and get some more tomorrow..
Originally by: Janu Hull
Nothing says gritty cynicism like a 1 ISK note wedged between a pair of silicone enhanced knockers.
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