RTW frame rates with various graphics cards

[Ziu]

I'm surprised by how well the 9800 Pro does compared to the new generation and for just over half the cost. With my XP 2400+/266 FSB system, the 6800 GT would be unlikely to help much, because the 9800 Pro is not the bottleneck.

Thats true.
I have a 9800Pro and get around 65fps on large with graphic details maxed.
This is with an XP2400@2316 fsb210 1:1 (the Mobo is 266FSB but run at 210 to get 1:1 with ram)
The major problem for me is Ram (512) and the monitor max refresh rate is 75.
Although if I up the RAM I'll likely lose out on the overclock.
You have a great CPU there Red, heaps of potential.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Yeah, the 9600 PRO is great for a budget card, it supports DirectX 9.0c and everything. Compared to my friend's 9100 or 9200 it is much better, mostly because the water in Far Cry looks like Jello on his comp and like water on mine. I would love to see how many troops a FX-55 with 2 6800 ULTRA's in SLI and max high speed RAM, I think it is 4 gigs right now. That would probably be a mind boggling number of troops!

[Tocca]

I bought a new PC in December, but i bought a new graphic card (Geforce 6800GT) a week before the rest (the store where i bought the PC didn't have the graphic card).

So i played RTW first with my old PC and old graphic card (P4 2.2 Geforce TI4600 512MB RAM)
Then i played RTW with my old PC and the 6800GT.
Now i play with an AMD 3500+, 1GB RAM and the 6800GT.

So i can directly see the difference between the CPU and graphic card.

I played RTW in 1024x768, with settings on medium with the P4/Ti4600. When i installed the 6800GT in that machine, the big difference was that i could go to 1600x1200 and put most settings ingame at max with the same, or even better performance!
So, the better graphic card didn't improve frames/sec that much (maybe 15-25%), but it made the game look much, MUCH, better.

With the new PC though, RTW simply flies.


So, if you have a CPU that can handle RTW ok, but you can't max out resolution/graphic settings, you will certainly benefit from a better graphic card. But if the CPU barely can cope, a new graphic card might not be what you need.
But, it's never good to have a system with to big a leap between component.
A P3 with a Geforce6800Ultra for example would not take very good advantage of the 6800. And the oppostite, for example an AMD FX CPU with a Geforce2 wouldn't be much better.

[hellenes]

I bought a new PC in December, but i bought a new graphic card (Geforce 6800GT) a week before the rest (the store where i bought the PC didn't have the graphic card).

So i played RTW first with my old PC and old graphic card (P4 2.2 Geforce TI4600 512MB RAM)
Then i played RTW with my old PC and the 6800GT.
Now i play with an AMD 3500+, 1GB RAM and the 6800GT.

So i can directly see the difference between the CPU and graphic card.

I played RTW in 1024x768, with settings on medium with the P4/Ti4600. When i installed the 6800GT in that machine, the big difference was that i could go to 1600x1200 and put most settings ingame at max with the same, or even better performance!
So, the better graphic card didn't improve frames/sec that much (maybe 15-25%), but it made the game look much, MUCH, better.

With the new PC though, RTW simply flies.


So, if you have a CPU that can handle RTW ok, but you can't max out resolution/graphic settings, you will certainly benefit from a better graphic card. But if the CPU barely can cope, a new graphic card might not be what you need.
But, it's never good to have a system with to big a leap between component.
A P3 with a Geforce6800Ultra for example would not take very good advantage of the 6800. And the oppostite, for example an AMD FX CPU with a Geforce2 wouldn't be much better.

How many men did you haveon the battlefield?
The full potential of 1.2 game is as i said 240x20=4800x8=38400 pikemen on huge unit sizes...
Now I cant see anywhere the mention of unit sizes and troop numbers so this tests are quite unclear...

Hellenes