The new patch will cost Nvidia and AMD sales :)

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Originally Posted by Roger Wilco

Your screen shot shows your rez using 120hz? I have looked through my settings and only see options for 60hz, are you setting something in the config file to get that working ?

Pretty sure that is regulated by your monitor. On a side note, AA is working!

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Ok, I'm on a crap system (q6600 with 3gb DDR2) and an older video card (9800GT w/1GB). I can run it smooth at 1280x1024 (guess I got used to that res from 1946 and having the need to spot e/a early). With only around $250 to spend, will I get enough out of say a GTX 460 w/1 GB, or should I just up my RAM to 6GB, and wait til I can drop enough for one of the top of the line cards ~$450.00-$550.00?

It seems that any type of a high end card you can get is important. The RAM that is used extensively is not onbard system memory but GPU memory. IMO if one`s getting a video card built for CoD, he should get the one with close to 2GB video memory

[*Buzzsaw*]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

They get pretty pricey at 2gb, i'd definately have to wait then. But I wonder if the 460 will be enough of an upgrade to run decent textures at 1680x1050 and have smooth gameplay? I don't need full textures yet, and massive resolutions.

Salute

The card you want is an ATI 6950, which has 2 Gigs of video memory, can be overclocked easily to nearly 6970 specs, and which costs about $250. This is the optimum price/performance card for CoD.

[*Buzzsaw*]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

thank you, I'll look for one!

I've been out of the loop for a few years, and everything has upgraded so dramatically, its alot of information to absorb...

You also want to add some memory, 3 gb is not enough, the game uses that much on its own, and your system requirements are on top of that. Personally I'd reccommend 6 or 8.

Also make sure you have a decent Hard Drive, minimum 7200 rpm speed, with lots of space. Ideally two 7200rpm drives in RAID 0 config if your motherboard supports that.

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw*

You also want to add some memory, 3 gb is not enough, the game uses that much on its own, and your system requirements are on top of that. Personally I'd reccommend 6 or 8.

Also make sure you have a decent Hard Drive, minimum 7200 rpm speed, with lots of space. Ideally two 7200rpm drives in RAID 0 config if your motherboard supports that.

Agreed, 6-8 is the sweet spot atm, 6 months ago I would of said 6 but now I would lean to 8 to be better "future proof" + ram is a cheap component that really helps performance especially if you multitask.

[Flanker35M]

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Have to say my best upgrade was installing a SSD drive. Made a difference over the old 7200rpm disc.

[Macka]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

They get pretty pricey at 2gb, i'd definately have to wait then. But I wonder if the 460 will be enough of an upgrade to run decent textures at 1680x1050 and have smooth gameplay? I don't need full textures yet, and massive resolutions.

Cheesehawk, I run 2 x Gainward GTX 460 GLH's but as you know only one is being used at the moment in CoD. They are great cards for the price. Since latest patch I run avg 40-45+ fps over land only occasionally dropping to 35s over large towns or down on the deck, and get a constant 48-60 fps over water in a furball. Very little if any stutters except low over London.....even the big boys are getting that. My settings are everything on high except buildings detail low but run them unlimited amount. Usually don't run shadows or grass though. Original textures not the scaled down ones. My CPU is only running at 2.8ghz but is a quad. The good thing about these cards is the scalability when running in SLI if your board supports it. 2 cards together in 90% of games run about 25-30% faster than a single GTX580 which is damn near double the cost of both cards together. So its a great investment to get one now then when SLI arrives you can do a single cheap card addition and get better performance than going the whole hog with a single top-end card.
Oh and your resolution is 2 levels lower than mine so bonus there as well.

[MudMarine]

Or buy a 580 now and enjoy the sim the way it was meant to be displayed and go SLI later when all the mod makers start making improvements...

I only say this because I just bought one.... The wife is pissed I dropped 5 bills on a "graphics card" (What does a graphics card do anyways???)

[Flanker35M]

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I would still wait out a bit until we see how Luthier & Team get the code optimized. I am sure both nV and AMD are aware of this title and will make driver updates Can't go wrong with either brand.