ATI versus NVidia

[sfmadmax]

I currently have a Nvidia 8800 GTS 512mb

I can play the game over the sea on 1920x at low settings for everything, except model and effects I turn to high. It's somewhat ok. 20 - 25fps. I imagine the majority of the hold up is my Graphics since I have a I7 3.2 with 12GB system ram.

I was planning on buying a Nvidia GTX 580 but after reading all the hype here the game takes advantage of video ram. I might hold off until the patches come out and then see what the fellow nvidia users say !

[Hellman]

Hi guys.

So far I'm not getting good numbers at all. I was running a GT 240 1gb with the original IL2:FB and getting 30-60FPS. I had 2x HD4870's but the open gl shaders for those were crap a year ago and was getting 10fps. Not good after spending £600 on cards!

Obviously the GT240 is crap with COD and gets 4-5fps on Lowish settings but I bought it for IL2:FB.

My question is this...... I was looking at getting a GTX580 which, with the coming COD improvements, should see me get a very high frame rate.

But,

After reading madfin's comment on upgrading his ATI card I'm thinking HD6970. The problem is that our squad will still be flying FB for years to come and my ATI experience with it has been less than good. I want a card suitable for both games.

Will a newer ATI card(the 6970, say) sort it so that I can run both games smoothly? Is it that ATI now have better drivers/shaders etc?

Or should I just pay the money and get a gtx 570 or 580?

Oh, my resolution is 1920x1200.

~S~

86FG_Wolf.

[Mustang]

The point is ...

Video card with 2 GB of Ram.

Win 7 64b Sp1 and 4 GB of Pc ram its OK.. or maybe 6 to make Ramdrive disk

[sfmadmax]

Originally Posted by Mustang

The point is ...

Video card with 2 GB of Ram.

Win 7 64b Sp1 and 4 GB of Pc ram its OK.. or maybe 6 to make Ramdrive disk

Not really a good point. lets wait at least a month's worth of patching then see how the game performs.

The real point is, I can play rise of flight with medium graphics and have silk smooth gameplay over land. with my Nvidia GTS 8800 512MB. I can't go no where near that with ClOd.. I do agree I need a way better graphics card. But I don't buy the idea "your gfx card needs 2GB of vram to play this game"

[Hellman]

Not to mention, the 4870 is a dual core 2gb card. So that kinda doesn't help

[sfmadmax]

Originally Posted by Hellman

Not to mention, the 4870 is a dual core 2gb card. So that kinda doesn't help

Exactly, Each core == 1GB VRam ,

[IbnSolmyr]

Originally Posted by Hellman

Not to mention, the 4870 is a dual core 2gb card. So that kinda doesn't help

Some HD 4870 2Go are just one core. Mine is. There is a difference between the 4870 X2 (2x1Go, for 2 cores) and the 4870 2Go (1 core).

[RocketDog]

I started CloD with an Nvidia GTX 285 (1GB VRAM) and then swapped to a 2GB AMD 6970 card. Obviously, the Nvidia card was slower (although after the second patch it was actually very playable). I don't remember seeing any graphics problems with the Nvidia card but there are a number with the 6970 (blue lines on the horizon and occasional black lines on the terrain). Not show stoppers, but annoying still the same.

I guess they developed the game on Nvidia cards.

[sfmadmax]

Originally Posted by RocketDog

I started CloD with an Nvidia GTX 285 (1GB VRAM) and then swapped to a 2GB AMD 6970 card. Obviously, the Nvidia card was slower (although after the second patch it was actually very playable). I don't remember seeing any graphics problems with the Nvidia card but there are a number with the 6970 (blue lines on the horizon and occasional black lines on the terrain). Not show stoppers, but annoying still the same.

I guess they developed the game on Nvidia cards.

I agree they are annyoing , however I like my 6970. It's my first ati card in a long time. So im pretty happy with it. Give it time , the kinks will be worked out!

[RocketDog]

Yeah - the ATi bugs are very obvious and everyone has them so I guess they will get fixed soon. The performance in terms of frame rate is very good. I have to say that the 6970 is great in RoF as well.