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[RESOLVED] Need some [Video Card] wisdom, por favor
Chanus
Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
This may be a dumb question...
So, like many nerds I am gleefully atwitter, awaiting the release of Dragon Age. I'm looking at the system requirements/recommendations and everything checks out except possibly my video card (because I have no idea how to "rank" them).
Dragon Age say:
Required:
ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
Recommended:
ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
And I have:
ATI Radeon HD 4550 512MB DDR3
So... I'm in the clear, right? I guess my question is more how in the clear? Like do I have well enough of a card that I can blow that shit out of the water, or am I just scraping by (I realize it's double the memory, but I don't know how models perform against each other)?
Otherwise, I have 2.5GHz Core2, and the recommended specs are for 2.4GHz, 4GB of RAM, recommended says 4GB... so I know I'm good there.
Thanks for any advice.
So, like many nerds I am gleefully atwitter, awaiting the release of Dragon Age. I'm looking at the system requirements/recommendations and everything checks out except possibly my video card (because I have no idea how to "rank" them).
Dragon Age say:
Required:
ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
Recommended:
ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
And I have:
ATI Radeon HD 4550 512MB DDR3
So... I'm in the clear, right? I guess my question is more how in the clear? Like do I have well enough of a card that I can blow that shit out of the water, or am I just scraping by (I realize it's double the memory, but I don't know how models perform against each other)?
Otherwise, I have 2.5GHz Core2, and the recommended specs are for 2.4GHz, 4GB of RAM, recommended says 4GB... so I know I'm good there.
Thanks for any advice.
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As you'll see on this graph, your 4550 makes not-the-worst of the bunch amongst main stream quality cards. where as the 8800 GTS (the low end of the 8800 line) makes the top of the chart here.
However, the 1550 or 7600 they require don't even make the list at all.
I'd say you can expect middle of the road frame rates with middle of the road settings, or good frame rates on low settings.
It's hard to gauge performance for a game that's not out yet, every game is going to have unique stresses and bottlenecks, so really be prepared for it to go either way.
If you're looking to blow the game away and go full settings and get 60+fps, you're probably going to need something with a little more under the hood however.
I tend to buy the "best looking cheap card" when I upgrade... so it was about a $120 card maybe a year or two ago.