Quote:
Originally posted by --Tha Patriot--@Dec 28 2004, 06:01 AM
mmhm....well, maybe i was just too quick with my opinion.
why would it slow the card down? does it bottleneck it perhaps?
well, i had some tests with Doom 3, and the fps was DAMN slow on setting high no AA and AF (15 avg). till i got to the fact doom3 runs a default Ram card usage of 64 MB. i have 256 and changed it. the FPS made a boost of allmost 20 to 30 FPS!
one of the reasons i said that. tell me way it would slow the card down then?
|
Cards with 256MB of RAM use slower RAM than those with 128MB (that is no longer a problem for cards above 9800 Pro). Anyways, the 9600XT 128MB is a little faster than the 9600XT 256MB. Ofcourse you have a dramatic increase in framerate when changing from 64 to 256MB in Doom 3, 64MB is just way too low. But the difference between 128 and 256 will be much smaller. But if you like Doom 3 so much, why don't you buy nVidia? It's a well known fact that Doom 3 runs smoother on nVidia cards.