video card

Recster · 2003-07-09, 12:02 AM

Ok I currently have a gig of ram but my video card is only 32mb. Anyways if I were to upgrade it would I see a significant increase in the games performance besides the graphics looking better?

Allerial · 2003-07-09, 01:17 AM

You should see a very large increase in Frames Per Second. I never changed video cards while playing PlanetSide however in simple benchmarking programs with one older card I can get about 100 FPS whereas with my Radeon 9700 I get about 170. Also as you mentioned you will see an increase in visual quality as well as speed.

Recster · 2003-07-09, 07:41 AM

ok thanks. I guess I will be upgrading my video card then

Recster · 2003-07-09, 11:38 PM

ok I have another question. Is it possible to fry anything by getting a good video card? I used to have a radeon 9200 pro but I think I fried that only with everything else when I got the wrong ram. anyways i'm thinking of getting a radeon 9600 pro now and i'm just wondering if there is any risk of breaking my computer

NoSurrender · 2003-07-10, 04:10 PM

no but the 9600pro sucks and dont forget to destaticize or w/e its called yourselve before you install it some1 plz tell me the right name i feel retarted

Recster · 2003-07-10, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by Pyro_Man
no but the 9600pro sucks and dont forget to destaticize or w/e its called yourselve before you install it some1 plz tell me the right name i feel retarted

well I'm getting the 9600pro because the 9700pro is to damn expensive. Do you have any suggestions on what video card I get and I think the word your looking for it ground yourself