Video Card help (again)
 

Well, Christmas is coming up and my parents said to tell them what I wanted. I want a new video card, but I have no idea which one. I want to run CoD4 at at least 150 frames per second at the slowest. What video card would I need and how much would it cost and stuff?

Well, at least as smooth as this... YouTube - Call of Duty 4 -- Arcade Mode

A good card right now is the 8800GT

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It'll run ya around $300

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How would this card do on CoD4? As good as yours STALKER? Better? Worse or what? How many FPS would I get with that? Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT 512MB PCIE 8600GT Directx10 HDCP - (eBay item 250188294897 end time Nov-20-07 11:57:22 PST)

I wouldn't get a 8600, the 8800GT smashes it in all tests. The 8800GT would run Call of Duty flawlessly.

It "smashes" with the settings and all that maxed out, right? Would this one work just as well? EGVA 8800GT SUPERCLOCKED 650mhz 512MB *Brand New* EGVA - (eBay item 120186528536 end time Nov-21-07 07:12:44 PST)

Yeah, thats a good card. What are your other specs, because even if you have a good card if you mobo/CPU/RAM are crap they will still slow you down.

1.98GB of RAM. Is that good? What other info on my computer do you need?

My processor is an, AMD Athlon 65 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNOW

Thats good enough, you'll be all set with a 8800GT.

Alright. That's what I'll try to get my hands on then. Thanks.

On High settings but with a low resolution like 1024x768 or 1024x1024, but not 1600x1200 or above. Flawlessly is a relative term in this case, depending on your resolution.

How 'bout 1280x1024 60hz?

I think you'd be fine, I was able to pull off Medium @ 1280X1024 on a X800XT and get a steady 30-40FPS. The game is pretty well optimized, and it looks great too.

So what video card would get me at least 80 - 100 stable at that resalution and maxed out settings?

You could get HD3870 for less money than 8800GT and I bet soon ATI will release better driver that it will make it better than 8800GT

8800GTX in SLI config. You don't need it to run that fast, 30+ fps is more than enough for smooth gameplay

You mean in that video I posted that's only 30 fps? How many would you say that is?

First of all, do you have a PCIe x16 slot?

Probably... I just need my questions answered lol.

You need to put a pic of that in your signature and just tell everybody: "sig". It would save you a lot of time.

Well how many FPS does that guy have in the video I posted in my first post? I wanna run it as smooth as this. YouTube - Call of Duty 4 -- Arcade Mode

I doubt that is any more than 60fps tops, most likely around 30-45. There is no way to tell what res, settings, the person was using.

So would the video card that you recommended me do that? And what would be highest settings I could go with that still staying that smooth?

What is your budget, the card i mentioned before will work just fine. My 7950GT runs it at most things on high just fine

I don't know my budget. It's Christmas lol.

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Amen 8800 GT best card for your buck right now.

Why do you need that much fps btw ?
Its useless and yes i think its possible if you want to play on a low resolution + low graphical settings. ( not like 150 fps will benefit you in any way over 50 fps )
The 8800 GT is a bit less powerful then the 8800 GTX however its not that much of a difference and worth getting.
As posted before make sure you have PCI and have enough memory + processor power.

Listen, your not going to notice the difference between 40 FPS and 150 FPS. Your eyes simply will not see the difference and it will look exactly the same. You dont need that much FPS.

The 8800GT for $300 will suite your needs, if you can afford $300 go for it, if not, go for the slightly less powerful Radeon 3870 for about $220.

BTW: You better not "think" you have a PCI-E x16 slot. you have to have one if you want to use any of these videocards. If you buy them and end up not having a PCI-E x16 slot, then you just wasted your money and you wont be able to use the videocard. So you better find out if you have one or not.

Stay away from ati currently tbh.
I have a 2900 XT and so does my bro and it's drivers bsod's a lot ( using latest drivers, even a fresh windows install didn't help )
Seems to be a driver mess right now, i advice going for Nvidia.

Indeed. Most monitors are incapable of properly rendering images at framerates in excess of ~60-70fps anyway, so the point really is moot, unless you're out for bragging rights.

Unless you're playing a graphic intense game, in which the difference between 30 fps and 70 fps is extremely noticeable in the amount of lag present.

In which case you're not running at 30-70fps, probably closer to 20-30 when you average things out.

Put simply, it is physically impossible for a monitor to deliver more frames per second than its refresh rate allows for - so if your monitor only runs at 60hz, you will only ever get 60 frames per second, regardless of what any FPS monitor reports. If you force the frame rate any higher than that you'll get image tearing, which is what the V-Sync option is for in most games - it binds the maximum frame rate to the monitor's refresh rate, which eliminates image artifacts.

Or you have a monitor that can handle 120Hz. But still, no matter what, you have to admit that you will get less video lag if you have a higher fps.

If what your talking about is the slots behind the computer thingy... Than I have like 5.

On your mobo you should have a specific slot known as a PCI-Express x16 slot. It looks like this...
Big Enough?

Yeah. I have one of those.....

What is your current video card?

GeForce 6150 LE... It came with the computer. How bad is it?

Umm, it's integrated so we can assume it ain't that great.

Not necessarily. Lag can be caused by anything from a CPU bottleneck, to insufficient memory, to slow HDD access speed; it's not just a graphics related issue.
Very.

Sometimes, but if you compare the difference between 30fps and 60fps, you will notice a considerable difference in the amount of video lag you get (To demonstrate, see attachment. Old runs in 640x480, and the beta gives you a little more options. Thank Koroush Ghazi and his Tweakguides for the links.). I agree that most of the time 30fps is more than enough, but if you ever get into a large scene with a lot of action, that number will significantly decrease, so I feel it's better to have a higher fps to expend in those situations. P.S. to confirm Rookie's statement about tearing: up the fps above 70 on the 2nd screen of the beta.