256MB Video Card - for those wanting to upgradeFollow

If ye wanted to upgrade, why go for 256 MB? Why not go to the 512? MUCH better for these games...

.... how'd it go..

ok i i have a 128 apg card in my pc and was wondering if the 256 helped out. would love to get the 512MB, but last i heard they wherent making them for apg slots. just pci. plz correct me if i am wrong. and let me know where i could pick a 512 apg card. but for now 256 would be great to kill so of this lag i have been getting here as of late.

Edited, Wed Dec 1 03:37:13 2004 by GeeBuz

Well Here is the answer mates: WOW...
hehe no but honestly - Upgrade is worth the money.
I used to play on custom settings, all effects(flroa water) turned off shadows as well, and character detils/textures on medium. It was smooth and all but cities were unbearable.
Then I took my friends geforce fx 128mb to see a litle improvement, but cities were still as bad as before.

Now - on 256MB geforce with slightly overclocked clock I changed the settings to - flora, water minimal, textures to high and particles and models to maxiumum !!! I didnt realize the game wasso beatiful *grins*
And cities? Well I can run through longshadow alley
(my high settings) without any lag with decent fps
(would say 15-18 but hard to guess ) I went to the bank turnedaround - no lag, so I finished my banking and went back to other part of town.
Everythign was sooo SMOOTH ;-)
Now there is only ONE thing that worries me most. Although it helped a lot and my game runs smoother?looks better, my CPU still works at around 70-80% while video card doesnt heat up too much. I hope this will change with one of the patches in the future.
Right now iwould advise anyone who can afford to spend a little bit of money to upgrade to 256mb version(even 5700 like mine) and you will see the inprovement. I cant sayanything about ATI because honestly I am not an expert but upgrading to 256mb card with cinefx 2.0 sure helps a lot !!!
Hope this helps mates, if you want me to run some additional tests/settings then let me know.
Good hunting

FYI,

512MB AGP Video Card. Way to rich for my blood though :(

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3762&item=5137998299&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

Heya
My card is BFG Geforce fx 5700 256mb version, and yes it is factory overclocked (465mhz from 425mhz base)

Oh and regarding lag - well lag low fps makes no difference to me they both prevent me from enjoying the game ;-)

well I agree about pci Express but Iwill wait a lil longer - at least 6 months till it gets more stable and till AMD actually has full support of it ;-)

for rich ppl?
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_Pages/area-51_alx_sli/alx_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-AREA51ALXX2SLI-D&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

how about duel nvidea ultra 6800 sli tech?
not to mention liquid cooling system!!

Edited, Sun Dec 5 14:50:18 2004 by yuri

lmao that alienware computer looks soo awesome >.> anyone wna donate one for my cardboard box? o.O

I don't know a whole lot about video cards at all.
How is it that ati 9800 128mb is better than the 256mb?

And as far as Nvidia goes, could anyone recommend any cards for someone on a budget? Maximum I'd spend on a new card is $250 as I have other priorites...enhancing games isn't at the top of the list when it comes to where to place my money.

Thanks!

Is that only for switching resolutions, or also for applying changes to graphics settings? I don't have the game yet, but I will be getting it over the holiday break and will also be upgrading to an ATI card - likely an X800 Pro - in order for it to be playable it on higher settings. I'm set in my decision to go with ATI, so either way it's an issue I'll have to deal with, but I was curious anyway.