So I got it, and it comes with a Y-shaped split cable, one end going into the vidcard, the other ends with that plastic Molex ends. I connected just one in and it seems to run ok, though I havent tried any games yet. Should I be plugging in both?

 

PSU = 400W.

I would if I were you. Underpowered cards tend to lag, if they don't screw up.

Edited December 5, 200619 yr by Bokishi

Just did so, and I see no change.

 

Tried NWN2.. okay, this is silly.

 

CPU: Athlon XP, core speed 2ghz

Ram: 1gb

Vidcard: 256mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro.

 

Got ~5fps in Neverwinter; ~10-20fps in indoors and other outdoors with 1.03beta's improvements. High textures, no shadows / point light / normal map / water / bloom, 2 lights, point mapping on everything, 1024x768.

 

Upgrading to 1.5gb ram did nothing, so i scratched that, back to 1gb ram.

 

Changed vidcard 256mb ATI Radeon x800XT AGP. Should be way, way, superior.

 

No changes. I can now turn on Char shadows (med shadows), up the resolution to 1152x864 and so some other things with no fps change, which is good; but reducing options doesnt change fps either. So it's impossible for me to get better fps than before (which sucks), and now its just a bit purtier.

 

Going to try other games and also some ini tweaks, but as I recall other people with my card and similar specs had a much better experience. Is there something else I needed to do other htan plug in the card and install the latest ATI driver?

NWN2 is bad game to test systematic benchmarks on, because well...it pretty much sucks on every rig. Bad engine coding no doubt.

 

Now Oblivion's a fairly demanding game where you can actually see sizable differences through alternating hardware and in-game graphics settings.

I want to see NWN2 performance on a conroe.

I want to see NWN2 performance on a conroe.

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Well why don't you have one yet? They've been out for months. Get on the ball man! )

Vidcard: 256mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro.

I don't know if it makes much of a difference, but I'm playing it on my work laptop, which has an ATI X1600 Mobility processor, catalyst driver packaging version 8.201.2-051124a1-028716C-Acer. That gives me 20fps on the larger outdoor areas and 35 fps in indoor areas.

 

Edit: That's with a decent resolution and all the flash except shadows which are the lower (Dropshadow?) setting.

Edited December 15, 200619 yr by Gorth

I want to see NWN2 performance on a conroe.

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Well why don't you have one yet? They've been out for months. Get on the ball man! )

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I'm go get one for Christmas

X800X? I thought it's X1800XGT...Why don't you get a X1800?

 

Oops...Never mind.

Edited December 15, 200619 yr by CSI: Nihilus

X800X? I thought it's X1800XGT...Why don't you get a X1800?

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Because there is no AGP version of the X1800.

But there will soon be an AGP version of the X1950PRO card. I'd recommend that.

Meh. I've come to accept the fact that X800XT over 9600Pro will do little more than give me real normal mapping.

 

I've played games on 10-15fps for so long, it doesn't really bother me too much anymore.