Gurra Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hi, I own a quite powerful graphics card at the moment, a MSI FX5900 128 MB. But the question is, would an upgrade to FX 5900 256 MB be worth the money? I´d myself would generally say no on this one, but then again, I thought that maybe it would make a difference when using all these HI-RES MODS. Because the size of textures, at least theoratically, affects the graphics card if it has insufficient texture memory, right? So, the question repeated then: would I perhaps benefit from a card with a larger amount of memory? Gurra 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kulin Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 You don't say anything else about your system specs but I'd guess it would be pretty high end given your card. In my opinion I don't think you need to upgrade your card to a 256 MB version for CM if that is all you are interested in. They say the 256 MB will be good for games like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 when they come out if that's your thing. I have the MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 which is a slower clocked version of your card and I run the game with 8X AA and AF with no slowdowns (P4-2.8C/865PE) so again I'd say not really worth the upgrade. Also, FYI there are reviews now (tomshardware.com, Maximum PC magazine) on the new NVidia FX6800 and it looks like a revolutionary (opposed to evolutionary) step forward (plus ATI has the R420 coming out soon too). So if anything, once these uber-cards hit the street you'll either be wanting one of those, or the 256MB versions of the 5900 will drop in price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I would say no. Nothing is really using that kind of RAM is currently on the market, though the next generation stuff (HL2, Doom3) might well. As for CM, I have seen very little real difference between 64mb and 128mb. Anything over 128mb is likely overkill. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Nope. Nice to have, sure....but no, I wouldn't bother. The gains one would get going to a 256mb card simply wouldn't be available in the CM game anyway---heavy processing stuff that a bleeding-edge card would really help with just aren't a part of the CM equation. But I'm no expert; somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Now if you've pre-ordered HalfLife2, well that's different 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurra Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 Okay, that pretty much settles it. I won´t splurge out. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 The real question is whether there is a utility for Windows which allows you to see how much memory in the 3D you use (analogous to the memory tracker in the system utilities). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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