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Old 03-12-2008, 06:56 PM   #21
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man ive never had a problem with vista that couldnt be fixed with a quick google search and about 5 minutes time. i have service pack1, the final version not the beta(unless they change something between 2 weeks ago and the release date) , and i noticed a bit a of a speed bump. to make things run a bit faster i moved my page file(not that i need one with 4gb of ram) from the boot array, to my storage drive and set the kernal to run in the memory, and i think that improved things ALOT.
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Old 03-12-2008, 10:05 PM   #22
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get a much better CPU. 4200 is weak. it will be holding you back
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Old 03-13-2008, 06:05 AM   #23
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If you want to play games that require DX10, get Vista. Otherwise, stick with XP. But, really, do you need that powerful of a card JUST for FF? Sounds like overkill, my 7800GT ran it just fine.

Then, of course, I upped it to an 8800 GT 512. To play DX10 games.
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Old 03-13-2008, 08:01 AM   #24
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Before my power supply died back in October (haven't played since because of it), I was running Dual 8800GTX 768mb cards in SLI, with a Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4ghz & 8gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 on Vista Ultimate 64bit.

I'll just say that with the highest settings (1680x1050 res w/ highest AA/AF, and model/textures at highest) possible in game, I never went below 80fps at any point in time.
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Old 03-13-2008, 11:12 AM   #25
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... But, really, do you need that powerful of a card JUST for FF? Sounds like overkill, my 7800GT ran it just fine.
yeah well i can't stand playing my TFC/FF at anything other than perfect fps all the time (i.e. fps never dips below what i cap it to, where the cap is an integer multiple of my refresh rate to minimise temporal aliasing/sampling effects [this looks like horizontal tearing on the screen when you strafe]). my current system will do about 200fps+ most of the time if i uncap it, but it dips down to about 40fps or even less sometimes (e.g. lots of ppl on dustbowl spamming) which gives me a headache, removes most the skill, and basically just makes me not want to play the game at all

greenday: yep, i understand that if i get the 8800 GTX 768MB that my cpu will be the limiting factor, but it's a good version of the 4200+x2 (has 2mb cache i think), and i'm prepared to give it a go and then i can always upgrade the cpu later if it fails to meet my requirements.

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Old 03-13-2008, 06:46 PM   #26
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a 4200X2 with 2mb of cache? 0_o never heard of that. my 5600+X2 has 512KB of cache in each core, so i got 1MB of cache. is that good?
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Old 03-18-2008, 03:49 PM   #27
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looks like the 9800 gx2 1024MB arrived just in time! think i'll get one of them instead, cos surely that's gotta be able to play FF flawlessly
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Getting, on average, 450 FPS in FF, I notice no tearing which is very odd as when I play HL2 (original, the episodes don't do it either) I get insane tearing.

However my FPS entirely depends on the map. Sometimes I'll hang around 120 (on dropdown) and sometimes I'll be b-b-ballin' around 450 (on monkey in the FR).
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Old 03-18-2008, 08:46 PM   #29
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Getting, on average, 450 FPS in FF, I notice no tearing which is very odd as when I play HL2 (original, the episodes don't do it either) I get insane tearing.

However my FPS entirely depends on the map. Sometimes I'll hang around 120 (on dropdown) and sometimes I'll be b-b-ballin' around 450 (on monkey in the FR).
Not exactly averaging 450 then
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Old 03-19-2008, 01:48 AM   #30
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jesus. a 9800GX2 fucking 1GB video card to play SOURCE! why dont you play something demanding like crysis. and stroke your e-peen there
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Old 03-19-2008, 04:49 AM   #31
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Okay, be honest now - you're Bl4h under a different name, aren't you? :lol:
I don't post enough to be Bl4h =/

That and I didn't get my 8800s till July of '07, unlike Bl4h...
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Old 03-19-2008, 10:35 AM   #32
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jesus. a 9800GX2 fucking 1GB video card to play SOURCE! why dont you play something demanding like crysis. and stroke your e-peen there
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The 8800GT 1Gig is better IMHO.

I'm gettin' that.
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Old 03-19-2008, 02:15 PM   #33
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jesus. a 9800GX2 fucking 1GB video card to play SOURCE! why dont you play something demanding like crysis. and stroke your e-peen there ;0
cos i only have a pc in order to play FF lol. if i wanna play noob games (anything other than FF) then i sit on the sofa with a noobstick (ps3).
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The 8800GT 1Gig is better IMHO.

I'm gettin' that.
Yes it's currently more then likely better but thats due to the lack of good drivers for the 9800x2, in time it should smoke our 8800GT's..
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Yes it's currently more then likely better but thats due to the lack of good drivers for the 9800x2, in time it should smoke our 8800GT's..
Still gettin' a 8800 tough
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Old 03-19-2008, 05:38 PM   #36
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Still gettin' a 8800 tough
Believe me I support the 8800GT completely.. just got mine 2 weeks ago and it's wicked
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Old 03-19-2008, 11:15 PM   #37
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cos i only have a pc in order to play FF lol. if i wanna play noob games (anything other than FF) then i sit on the sofa with a noobstick (ps3).
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Old 03-20-2008, 10:33 PM   #40
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i lurved TFC for its mega fast paced objective orientated (not dm) team gameplay and movement...mmm.. and aside from FF there's nothing else really that does that, so i help out with and support FF as best as i can. i play my fair share of noob games too, but always with the noobstick! - mainly cod4/warhawk/tf2/ut3/burnout atm.

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