Poll

Video Card Or Processor?

Video Card - 260 GTX Nvidia
6 (75%)
Quad Core Processor - Unspecified
2 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 8

Author Topic: Video Card Or Processor?  (Read 1450 times)

@ Sirrus

I can barely run Arma II on the LOWEST settings to get above 30 fps which in my case is horrible optimized, Just Cause II is the same way just not as bad, and I guess you're sorta right about an rpg but it does have lots of rpg elements. The reason it's genre matters is because rpg's are generally have large maps which calls out lots of resources.

@ Sirrus

I can barely run Arma II on the LOWEST settings to get above 30 fps which in my case is horrible optimized, Just Cause II is the same way just not as bad, and I guess you're sorta right about an rpg but it does have lots of rpg elements. The reason it's genre matters is because rpg's are generally have large maps which calls out lots of resources.
Honestly that's because your current GPU isn't all that great. Sure it'll PLAY recent games, but you really won't be killing anything. Here's some screenshots taken on my GTX260.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3376/justcause22010061921425.png
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9375/tmforever20100619214726.png
(on this one the game slows down while taking a screenshot. It's at 60FPS the whole time while playing)
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8929/xrengine201006192246177.png
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6949/burnoutparadise20100619.png
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8918/fallout3201006192156104.png

Didn't have ARMA 2 at the time I took those screens. Sorry.

Also, about the RPGs, it really shouldn't matter if the game is set up right. The Capital Wasteland in Fallout 3 is loving huge and definitely open and I get an unwavering 60FPS in that game. STALKER is just set up in such a way that there are smaller levels that you have to load between.

Why do I doubt that?

dont doubt my electronics. electronics are my speciality, in a way.