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i have an amd 2600 with a geforce 5600 with 256 mb ram
when i play far cry it places me on medium settings, the game runns smooth for ht emost part but inside sometime the frame rate goes real slow
i have 512 ddr ram,
question is, if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?
no not really its really the video card....
i have fx5600 128mb and i can play on medium settings i think the problem with urz might be because fx5600 256mb is worse than the 128mb version...
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if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?
oh great
Radeon 9800 pro's, quick BIOS flash and there XT's £150 on ebuyer, my pc see below plays this medium with no frame rate drop, clear as much shit off ur hd as poss i ahve a brand new hard drive with ahrdly anything on it:
1.6 Duron
512mb ram
GForce 4 MMX
160gb hd
They key to gaming is having 1. A good video card 2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.
im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time :DQuote:
Originally posted by blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.
im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time :D [/b][/quote]Quote:
Originally posted by Twister+12 June 2004 - 18:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Twister @ 12 June 2004 - 18:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.
lol :lol: ,get urself a radeon 9800, and it should do the trick. or atleast a card that's better than that crappy one u already got (Fx series kinda sucks)
Try following the msconfig and services.msc, and defragment part of my guide (link to it in sig).
hope that helps you, you shouldn't need to buy a new graphics card, the one you have is just fine, all your specs are fine.
I have 768Mb and its useful for quick loading times and no stuttering at the beginning of a map/game, but I reckon its mainly your video card holding it back. 9800's are still good cards and are quite cheap these days, go for a pro if you can. :)
Not all 256mbs are worse than 128mbs!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by jaigandhi5@12 June 2004 - 00:37
no not really its really the video card....
i have fx5600 128mb and i can play on medium settings i think the problem with urz might be because fx5600 256mb is worse than the 128mb version...
Get it into your heads people. It happens, but not all the time.
I say get alot of ram because I have 512 and the latest FPS games (Battlefield Vietnam, UT2k4) (I don't have Far Cry :P) eat the shite out of my ram and my computer is all slow when i exit the games. It takes a few seconds for all of the desktop icons to show up.
@ bilko Look here I hav'nt try this tweak but I'm curious to see if it works . :)
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak114.aspx
Dont run anything in the back ground, it might help.
I have a 5600xt which is shittier then a 5600 and i run it at above 800x600,i get 25 fps.
Get a better video card and more ram, 512 and above.
some recommeded using the standard res (800 x 600) - did turn my up a notch for the game - will it make a diff?
the game wont look as nice though?
thanks for the help guys but recommeding another grahics cards really isnt
i can play the game ok, it just does slow from time to time in dorrs its not like its not playable, i have hope!
KazaaLeecher when u play,
on medium settings at a higher res that 800 x 600,
do u honestly experiance any frame rate issues what so ever?
i know my card is mid range but its a pain in the ass considering Half life 2 and doom 3 may do the same on similar settings
I don't really see the problem, tweak the settings till you get an acceptable frame rate - problem solved.
i have this rig down here, and I run farcry all maxed with the exception of anisotropic and antialiasing :angry: POS processor :angry: and it never lags (except on MP, which I mentioned elsewhere sucks ass :lol:) Alot of people have problems with far cry and nVidia cards :lol:, are you sure your drivers are updated? I remember nVidia releasing something that was going to make pixel shader 2 support on par with the 9800 :hah!:, which would make farcry more stable. Other than that I would say buy a 9800 or an x800xt, eventually you will have to. <--that's assuming you want to play far cry "the way it's meant to be played" :lol:
1.3 athlon xp
radeon 9800 all in wonder pro
creative audigy 2 zs
512 mb corsair xtreme bla bla :lol:
200 gig seagate B)