Direct X 9 Graphics Cards

[Australianus]

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I will be putting a system together so I can enjoy TW more, particularly large battles.
I am confused about Nvidia and Radeon and want DirectX 9 support.
Welcome stories from people who are getting good results.

[Oaty]

Your vidoe card may have nothing to do with poor perfomance it could also be that you are short on RAM your CPU chips is a little slow or even your sound card causing poor gameplay for your game.

Think of it as putting a high end transmission in a small economical family car, without a better engine the transmission isn't going to make that great of an improvement

[Gregoshi]

This should be in the Apothecary. You can check out this thread there on the same subject: Which Graphics Card (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=2;t=11002)

[Doom Train]

if you have money you should buy Radeon 9800 pro. Otherwise Radeon 9600 pro is your V.Card.

[Sjakihata]

rad. 9600 pro and up supports Dx 9.0

Im running with a rad. 9700 pro which work wonders.

can easily play 8 plyr battles.

[Duncan]

Well I have a radeon 9800 pro and it works pretty well. I can play Sturmovik with full details at 1 600x 1024 with antialeasing at 4.
I bought that graphic card specifically for Plane Simulators, but I know someone who gets a 9600 Pro and that is very good too.
I must add I do not have drivers problems anymore I had with Nvidia to play Medieval.
Moreover Half Life 2 team was hosted by ATI at the E3 meeting...
Radeon drivers seem now stable enough (in past times they had a bad reputation).
I must add I am only a gamer not a specialist.