[nathanpinard]

If your stuck with just the 8800GT for now, it should be ok. You will have to drop the res down a bit though.

What I'm concerned about is getting the same performance with the 8800 GT that I get with the ATI x1900 now. Plus getting the 8800 GT does cause a slight problem that I have to fix first.

[Flytch]

Originally Posted by nathanpinard What I'm concerned about is getting the same performance with the 8800 GT that I get with the ATI x1900 now. Plus getting the 8800 GT does cause a slight problem that I have to fix first.

You should get better preformance with the 8800, though I am not too keen on Macs...

[Lagg]

2 9600gt's in 1650x1020 gets u 40-70+ fps in frame rendering 2 mode.

settings on max

[runec]

Originally Posted by johnnyt305 No Way!!! Do not do that. The new Nvidia GTX 260 & GTX 280 cards come out on June 18th. The 260 is only $450 and the 280 will be about $650. These are the next generation cards from Nvidia. These cards are much better than the 9000 series including the 9800GX2.

if u forgot, he could always just do the step-up program to one of the new cards.

[ocmano]

Originally Posted by KillerPuck One card runs this game fine so long as everything else in the computer is peachy. I have an 8800GTS, with Vista 64-bit, 4 gigs of RAM, and an E8500 running at 3.16 GHz and I have never dropped below 40 FPS in this game.

Hey, what'd you do steal my PC!?!

[CellarDweller]

Originally Posted by nathanpinard First of all I have an odd setup. I run a MacPro Quad Xeon 3.0ghz with 8GB Ram, and a x1900 on a 30" HD display running at 2560x1680. This is my music production rig, I run boot camp with Windows Vista (which actually runs pretty well on a MacPro) for gaming and recreation. I know some of you are going to say "Get a gaming PC" but that isn't in the cards. I'm thinking of getting a nVidia 8800 GT. But I'm curios how much FPS advantage I will get with it running at 2560x1680 which is a very high res. I can run just about any game now at full settings with my ATI x1900 at the standard 1024x768 res, but obviously on a 30" that looks terrible. So just wondering if I might get nearly the same result with the nVidia. It seems there are a few gaming cards coming out now that are build for HD rez (30" is still higher than that) and they are powered to push that many pixels. Thinking I should wait? Or would the 8800 GT get some good FPS now. Is there anyone that is running a 30" monitor with a 8800 GT that can testify to great framerates? I'm also considering just waiting to see if there is an ATI fix. I can run the game maybe 20fps in Old Tarantia now.

Large monitors need more RAM.

30" is a big monitor - you might want to go for a SLI configuration too.


Otherwise, run the game in windowed mode, shrink the window and deal with it in a smaller resolution.

[lostz1]

I'm running 2 8800 GT SLI. Getting an avg 60 FPS on high. I have no problem with it so far.

I'm not sure if SLI is even supported in this game.

[moqui]

Does AoC even use SLI-configurations at this point? I believe I heard that it isn't engaged, even if you have the cards set up.

This is hearsay though, so let me track down the initial info.

[Nocterminus]

Originally Posted by nathanpinard First of all I have an odd setup. I run a MacPro Quad Xeon 3.0ghz with 8GB Ram, and a x1900 on a 30" HD display running at 2560x1680. This is my music production rig, I run boot camp with Windows Vista (which actually runs pretty well on a MacPro) for gaming and recreation. I know some of you are going to say "Get a gaming PC" but that isn't in the cards. I'm thinking of getting a nVidia 8800 GT. But I'm curios how much FPS advantage I will get with it running at 2560x1680 which is a very high res. I can run just about any game now at full settings with my ATI x1900 at the standard 1024x768 res, but obviously on a 30" that looks terrible. So just wondering if I might get nearly the same result with the nVidia. It seems there are a few gaming cards coming out now that are build for HD rez (30" is still higher than that) and they are powered to push that many pixels. Thinking I should wait? Or would the 8800 GT get some good FPS now. Is there anyone that is running a 30" monitor with a 8800 GT that can testify to great framerates? I'm also considering just waiting to see if there is an ATI fix. I can run the game maybe 20fps in Old Tarantia now.

That sounds pretty cool. I am a graphic artist and I am buying a Mac Pro myself but going with 8 cores at 2.8Ghz and 4Gb ram. The model I want to get had several video card options and the 8800GT seemed to be the best one for gaming in PC mode. I will be playing on My HD TV so resolution will be sorta of low but the game should run smooth. How do games run for you in PC mode?