indoors and the 128mb radeon 9600xt

[amk221]

i'd like someones opinion on my system spec
when playing farcry at 1024x768 the fps are around 25-30
which i can deal with but its nothing special.

however when entering buildings; i presume its the lighting and textures that slow it down to often aroun 16fps which is unplayable!

currently i am playing in 800x600 and averaging about 50fps on medium settings (auto detect) which is fine.

i bought 512mb ddr 2700 ram today, and havn't used it yet. but i'm hoping it will make a difference!

opinions please....?

Multivision Ionix
AthlonXP 2500+ (1.84ghz)
512mb DDR ram (soon to be 1024!)
120gb 7200rpm Baracuda HD

(Aparently a very overclockable machine, i am yet to find out...)

[amk221]

i'd like someones opinion on my system spec
when playing farcry at 1024x768 the fps are around 25-30
which i can deal with but its nothing special.

however when entering buildings; i presume its the lighting and textures that slow it down to often aroun 16fps which is unplayable!

currently i am playing in 800x600 and averaging about 50fps on medium settings (auto detect) which is fine.

i bought 512mb ddr 2700 ram today, and havn't used it yet. but i'm hoping it will make a difference!

opinions please....?

Multivision Ionix
AthlonXP 2500+ (1.84ghz)
512mb DDR ram (soon to be 1024!)
120gb 7200rpm Baracuda HD

(Aparently a very overclockable machine, i am yet to find out...)

[dk_el_Emisario]

yeah, overclok that 2500 to a 3200+ â¡â¡â¡ the 2500+ are legendary overclokers proc, easly to overclock them to a 3200+ ..., and also, with the new extra ram..

i really thing that if u overclok the 2500 to a 3200+ , with the extra ram, u ll be able to play at LEAST with a mixture of hig and medium settings at 1024x768 (maybe everithing at hig, but u ll have to try it ^^ ) far cry is a lot of cpu dependat, thats why overcloking the cpu ll help u a lot..

[amk221]

1gb of ram makes such a difference!

the readme says steer clear of overclocking, but what the heck.

thanxs

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Multivision Ionix
AthlonXP 2500+ (1.84ghz)
1024mb DDR 2700 ram
120gb 7200 rpm HD
128mb Radeon 9600xt

[Rambo2606]

You are right about it being the lighting slowing things down indoors, you will notice the drops on any lighting setting other than 'low'.
I don't think overclocking you're CPU will help much indoors as i would've thought it's the T+L on the GPU doing the crazy lighting effects?
It should help in other areas though.

Indoors brings my 9800pro to it's knees, more so than huge outdoor sections. I hope it's a case of it not being fully optimized, because it looks incredible, it's just a shame it comes with such a high performance penalty.

[AKRY]

FC doesn't seem like O/C CPU as it would crash once in a while for no reason even with CPU OC just a little bit... Weird.... But OC vid card all you want as it seems to help too....

I have R9600 Pro, and running everything on highest setting, except AA and FSAA which I turn them off completely.... @ 1024x768, it's playable, but like you mentioned, nothing specialy or spectacular.... Some where between 30 - 45 outside, and 20 - 25 indoor... Sometimes dip down to high 10's with flashlight turn on as well....

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[dk_el_Emisario]

i had just a week ago this computer with a 2200+ @ 1950 ghz , and i was just able to play with a mixture of hig//med at 1024x768, and with low fps (20-40) now i have a p5 2,8 @ 3,4 ghz , and i play the game with everithing at higgest with fps betwin 40-70 (sometimes up to 90, other , in biggg battles, down to 35...) and the only thing i have changed is the cpu, and its right now overcloked, co believe me, farcry depends a lot of the cpu, and u ll only get problems if u overclock too much (but, then u get problems in far cry, in halo, in ut2k4, in 3dmark...) but, with the 2500+, there is no problem, u can overclok it to a 3200+ with stock colling WITHOUT any problems... and that ll help a LOT the game

[AKRY]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dk_el_Emisario:
i had just a week ago this computer with a 2200+ @ 1950 ghz , and i was just able to play with a mixture of hig//med at 1024x768, and with low fps (20-40) now i have a p5 2,8 @ 3,4 ghz , and i play the game with everithing at higgest with fps betwin 40-70 (sometimes up to 90, other , in biggg battles, down to 35...) and the only thing i have changed is the cpu, and its right now overcloked, co believe me, farcry depends a lot of the cpu, and u ll only get problems if u overclock too much (but, then u get problems in far cry, in halo, in ut2k4, in 3dmark...) but, with the 2500+, there is no problem, u can overclok it to a 3200+ with stock colling WITHOUT any problems... and that ll help a LOT the game<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Interesting... I OCed my XP2500+ up to 3200+, and FC was the only game that's crashing... Though it only crashes once in a blue moon... Maybe I need to look else where as it might be something else that's crashing the game???

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[amk221]

often without anti aliasing a game can look ****e

but farcry is so detailed anyway, turning it off alltogether improves fps dramatically (for not much loss of quality.)



...so i've managed to squeeze a bit more juice out!

average about 50+ fps at 1024x768
no anti aliasing at all high settings
and custom water. no oc.

cheers folks

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Multivision Ionix
AthlonXP 2500+ (1.84ghz)
1024mb DDR 2700 ram
120gb 7200 rpm HD
128mb Radeon 9600xt