venar303 Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 I've been looking at this card, since TomsHardware insists it's the best deal anyone can get for a new video card today. Sooo, I've learned that it's pixel shaders are amazing and it's speed is really good for it's price. I also learned that 256mb is bad. I want the card for Oblivion, which i now uses a lot of big tex's, so i was wondering if anyone thinks the 256mb will be enough of a prob to make me change my mind. I'd hate it if after spending 250 i still had to stutter through obliv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquisitor Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 I have the X1950 XT 256Mb, and Oblivion plays really good for me, I have it at 1280x1024 - 4AA, 8AF. With a bit of overclocking you can run the card at XTX speeds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venar303 Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 thanks a lot, that's exactly what i wanted to hear! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTLanpartied Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 48 pixel shader pipelines > 256mb of extra memory btw, my statement was only if you were thinking of getting something like a x1950pro 512mb or 7950GT 512mb. of course if you get an x1950XTX you'd have the best of both worlds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 I play Oblivion at the same settings as inquisitor and going from dual 6600GTs to this card is like parting the Red Sea. Amazing card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersFury Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Most games don't even use 256mb of texture memory. Oblivion may use that much or more when the textures are set at high settings. You can always turn up other settings and turn down texture settings if need be as oftentimes the change in texture size doesn't give that much difference in the way the game looks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTLanpartied Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Most games don't even use 256mb of texture memory. Oblivion may use that much or more when the textures are set at high settings. You can always turn up other settings and turn down texture settings if need be as oftentimes the change in texture size doesn't give that much difference in the way the game looks. IMO, pixel shader effects have a much greater impact on visuals than having a few extra high quality textures. The x1950xt has the best pixel shader performance of any card in that class and price range, hands down! so I say, turn down those texture sizes, and crank up those pixel shaders! youll have better IQ and faster performance ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 your current card is agp, is this new video card for a system other than what is listed in your sig? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Asrock 775dual-vsta motherboard supports both AGP and PCI-E video cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonjp Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 FYI, according to rivatuner (which can capture how much vram is in use) 256MB should be enough for high-res textures in oblivion; I never think i saw it get anywhere near above 1/2 that. Although I am not far in the game... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersFury Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 FYI, according to rivatuner (which can capture how much vram is in use) 256MB should be enough for high-res textures in oblivion; I never think i saw it get anywhere near above 1/2 that. Although I am not far in the game... I have to ask... How do you get RivaTuner to do that? As I'm fairly interested in finding out how much my games are using and don't know much about rivatuner except I found getting to the OCing settings and all rather clunky so used coolbits instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godlyatheist Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 What monitor do you have? If you got a 17'' or 19'' one then 256mb is plenty for maxing out games Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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