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Post by chainlink on Jul 7, 2008 16:14:19 GMT
Any bottlenecks you see will almost certainly be associated with the Radeon X1050 as this is just a step above integrated graphics (and not a big step at that). If by some miracle you can get hold of an AGP 6600GT, 6800GT/GS or 7900GS (what I have) you'll see a significant performance improvement. I suspect an ATI 1650 Pro (possibly a 1550 as well) will help you in the same way but I don't have a lot of experience with ATI cards.
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Post by mrbadexample on Jul 7, 2008 20:46:04 GMT
Any bottlenecks you see will almost certainly be associated with the Radeon X1050 as this is just a step above integrated graphics (and not a big step at that). If by some miracle you can get hold of an AGP 6600GT, 6800GT/GS or 7900GS (what I have) you'll see a significant performance improvement. I suspect an ATI 1650 Pro (possibly a 1550 as well) will help you in the same way but I don't have a lot of experience with ATI cards. Lol, and to think I thought I was getting an upgrade from my old Radeon 9k
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Post by chainlink on Jul 7, 2008 21:11:44 GMT
The good news is (well if you don't mind spending a bit of cash) ATI still seem to be producing AGP cards even for some of their newer DX10 chipsets. Just make sure you go for the mid range cards not the entry level ones and you should be fine, don't get pulled in by the "More memory is better" line as putting 1GB of RAM on a crap card usually means it will actually run slower as it doesn't have the GPU or bandwidth to access it efficiently. This - www.ebuyer.com/product/125014 would be good. This - www.ebuyer.com/product/143873 would be insanely overpowered, at least for playing NWN. Yes I see you're in the States but I'm sure something similar can be sourced there. Both are in the sort of price range most people can stretch to and you will notice a big improvement in performance if you upgrade to either of them almost certainly leading to your venerable CPU becoming the next bottleneck but hey the buck has to stop somewhere
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Post by rump on Dec 17, 2008 10:27:49 GMT
Nwn 1.69 added a new parameter for the nwn.ini file. If you want more grass in your game, you can change this value.
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jul 28, 2011 22:14:24 GMT
NVIDIA just released a new driver with OpenGL 1.2 support for the newer cards.
Getting over 130 FPS constantly.
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Post by gandoron on Jul 29, 2011 15:14:34 GMT
were, what are your system specs, particularly OS. What compatibility settings are you using now?
-G
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jul 29, 2011 16:17:01 GMT
Windows Vista 32-bit. Intel Quad-core 3.30Ghz processor. 4.0GB of DDR3 1600Mhz(overclocked) RAM NVIDIA Geforce 580GT (one of the cards affected). Compatibility Mode: Windows XP SP 2 (no admin rights).
Slowest framrate I got dropped to 28, and that was with a very large spawn in Malb, 10 buffed people and a starfire going off. Perked right back up to 65-70 as soon as starfire finished. 100-130 in town with people in it.
SOOO much better than lagging out due to GFX from starfire. 28 is freaking awesome.
Something to note: if you have anything odler than a GeForce 320 the update won't work for you. Your card is too old for the update to work (only affects Fermi physics cards) and too new for NWN. The update had no affect on my NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT and GTX.
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Post by gandoron on Jul 29, 2011 18:49:00 GMT
is everything in NWN set to minimum? any AA or anisotropic? I am running win 7 64bit, similar specs. Even with my old machine when I switched from Vista to Win 7, the performance and 'multiple instance' support went WAY down, even with the same hardware.
-G
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jul 29, 2011 20:21:44 GMT
- Full antialiasing.
- Full texture.
- Full grass.
- Full grass effects.
- Visual effects high enabled.
- Max dynamic lighting.
- No environment shadows or creature shadows. I find those annoying.
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Post by gandoron on Jul 29, 2011 20:45:49 GMT
And what resolution? windowed or full screen?
-G
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jul 30, 2011 0:24:41 GMT
1400x900. Full screen. Windowed yields even higher performance. Sorry if its double posting. using a friends phone since Im out of town right now. Forgot mine.
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Post by gandoron on Jul 30, 2011 3:13:32 GMT
Wow, getting a solid 95 (@1920x1200) in town with everything to the max. 230 fps in bank, can't wait to try this in hells. now I'm feeling good about my new video card GTX580. -G
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Jul 30, 2011 4:43:34 GMT
I was SOO tempted to get the GTX. Wishing I did seeing those framrates.
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Post by CataclysmicDeath on Jul 30, 2011 9:39:11 GMT
Lol if I can get higher than 20fps in town I get excited.........95 in town is just not gunna happen, I think my PC would break down in shock if it ever came close to managing that
Cata
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Post by buddhamind on Jul 31, 2011 12:55:29 GMT
If anyone is interested, it looks like the driver you want is this one:
GEFORCE 280.19 DRIVER Version: 280.19 BETA Release Date: 2011.07.28
Going to the default NVidia page will automatically tell you to download the one released on June 1, 2011, which is not the one you want. You have to search for beta and advanced drivers for your card.
Jeebus, 137 MB? I think I'll go make some coffee and come back tomorrow...
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