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Thread ID: 55874 2005-03-21 18:52:00 Graphic Cards. (wot again) JJJJJ (528) Press F1
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336572 2005-03-23 00:01:00 Don't worry too much about AGP speed. From the following article www.sudhian.com
"The reality is, in many cases we're barely pushing AGP 2x, sometimes 4x. 8x, despite now being two years old, is mostly hot air."
The newer cards will do 8x but their major benefits come from their processor and memory not the interface.
PaulD (232)
336573 2005-03-23 00:01:00 The ram is largely marketing, Having a boatload of ram doesn't mean the chipset can make use of all the extra textures loaded in there,...From another perspective,the chipset will be working its damned hardest to display the best possible visuals no matter how much ram is onboard.

The extra ram only improves performance when the load on the card is increased to unplayable levels....and it still remains unplayable...
Metla (12)
336574 2005-03-23 00:15:00 The extra ram only improves performance when the load on the card is increased to unplayable levels....and it still remains unplayable...

Thanks for that.
KiwiTT_NZ (233)
336575 2005-03-23 02:11:00 Jack, make sure you have turned off AA in MSFS, and set the card to handle that. Experiment with the mip map setting in FS, slide terrain complexity all the way up and generally try things to see what results you get Jester (13)
336576 2005-03-23 09:21:00 Though you will be wanting to run at a high resolution to make the most of it,1024x768 is a good starting point, anything less looks like lego
:lol: That's a good way to put it. I would say the same thing about playing without any anti-aliasing as well. Hurts my eyes all those jaggedy lines. ;)
E|im (87)
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