BlazeHedgehog Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 No more using me as the "low end test", I don't think. I just finally bought an actual video card (GeForce 6600 GT), and received 2gb of RAM for my birthday. The video card's not exactly cutting edge, but it's a pretty big step up from the GF3 and the GF5200FX I used to use, and 2gb of RAM makes a pretty massive difference. Previously, to get playable framerates, I had to turn games like Counter-Strike: Source down to the lowest settings. Now it defaults to all high. And I couldn't even run the Blitz3D Sonic engine with Depth of Field and Lightbloom on (it'd knock my framerate in to the teens). Now? Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I got a hardware upgrade about six months ago. My PC went down the drain and I couldn't run anything other than Genesis emulators, and then when I got the upgrade I was: "Wow! I can run 3D applications again!" Anyway, congratulations. Now go headshot some stuff in CS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 That card is an oldie, but a goodie. My 8800GT kicks it's ass to high hell though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Get out of here with your 8800 nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khorney Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 i'm with DW on this on, how much was your 6600? you must be able to get better bang for your buck nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 He probably is either on AGP or PCI. Otherwise I'm sure he would have had something better than an FX5200 before. The FX5200 wasn't even that cheap most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckboy Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 why is sonic in delfino plaza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Dami and Mark's 3D project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlazeHedgehog Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Well, for starters, anything over a 6600 would probably start bottlenecking my processor (3.2ghz). I'm sorry I don't have $90-$150 to drop on some awesome new video card. I don't see why it even matters to you guys. I don't give a crap about your pissing contest garbage. When $30 is all you have to spend, that's all you have to spend. ...Look, with the problems I am having with this computer, just... let's drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Frenzy Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 My plan for having everyone to wait for sfa until everybody have a decent computer is working fine XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowgoten Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Nice, I'm sure the difference is incredible. It's no 8800gtx, but it's definitely a step up, especially from a 5500, we had one of those on our bitch box hooked up to the tv for old game/movie watchings and it's definitely garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Blaze, if I had the money, I'd get you a better PC than DW so you can rub his face in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 It does seem pretty rude to come in to a thread were a guy is happy he's upgrading from 4 generation old hardware to 3 generation old hardware and going "YEAH WELL, MY STUFF IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE IT IS THE LATEST". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khorney Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 but this is the internet so lol. i heard ATI had some reasonable higher end offerings, but to go through and point out what you could have got would just be annoying. anyway, any thread about hardware specs is just an excuse for massive e-peen waving, just glad to hear you're back on track and can continue working on your stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTheHedgehog Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Well a 7600 GS is a pretty good low end card, It's what I have but can't use in my new PC yet because I need to buy a new power supply but when I do I'm gonna say goodbye to my ATI Radeon X1250. But yeah a 7600 is a pretty good card. If it can run ENBseries no problems I would suggest getting it. Also I bought it for 20 dollars at a yard sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damizean Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 "YEAH WELL, MY STUFF IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE IT IS THE LATEST". Well, that true indeed. Anyway, the newer version of BlitzSonic has faster Bloom and DOF =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 but this is the internet so lol.i heard ATI had some reasonable higher end offerings, but to go through and point out what you could have got would just be annoying. anyway, any thread about hardware specs is just an excuse for massive e-peen waving, just glad to hear you're back on track and can continue working on your stuff Well. I'm still getting blue screens, actually. :\ This is a very elusive problem, it seems. Well, that true indeed. Anyway, the newer version of BlitzSonic has faster Bloom and DOF =D You should post an update somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbfalcon Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Good for you. The FX series was an... awkward set of cards... But who's going to be our low end guinea pig!? :XD: I'm glad I just got my internets back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapper Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Mines isn't that powerful like yours Blaze, but it runs alright. Because I'm using the laptop and it comes with, I don't know, somewhere in the 5000 perhaps? I mean it runs fine, but I wish I could upgrade it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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