Well in 80% of games I played, Shadows slaughter performance. There is the exception with a few games however (I barely notice it in unreal engine 1 n 2 games, torchlight, Source engine) but on some games (MW2, WoW [REALLY great example right there]) it takes about 10-30FPS off my games.
Now about WoW, if I take the shadows up a notch on a 5 notch bar, i lose 5FPS. Another notch its about the same. Another notch I loose 10-15FPS. Next notch its 15-20. The highest shadows kill 30FPS. This is on a Radeon 3200HD also, but the FPS drop still happens on other hardware I imagine. As for GTA 4, I'm surprised at how bad it plays. Graphics glitches (even on lowest quality and res below 640x480), and terrible FPS. From what I read, I have 256MB of dedicated VRAM, but I have 1.4GB total due to HyperMemory or w/e its called. So I do have a good bit of VRAM. I had better performance on Splinter Cell Conviction, which looks like this http://www.xfire.com/video/2eb063/ because it has "known compatiblity issues with the 3xxx HD series". On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Cef <[email protected]> wrote: > @tribaljet > > Sure I come here to brag only, I've been bragging and ranting in this > community for about 2 years, I bragged like hell about how my 915g > onboard graphics could run F.E.A.R. in mid settings. Heck, I even made > a bragging compatibility list of the games my 915g could run back in > the day. > > Come on, seriously, 30 FPS solid, no variation in a buggy game, using > the minimum recommended specs in old drivers and no updates? If the > maximum FPS you get is 30 you'd most likely fall into 15 FPS whenever > more than two cars are being rendered, then it's not choppy it's slide > show. Also you don't need a monster screen to see the difference > between crappy PS3 blurry textures, which is what GTA IV looks in mid- > low, and decent looking PC graphics, just check some screenshots and > compare. > > Let's skip the phallic talk, I don't say size matters in all games, > but GTA IV sucks VRAM like a damn leech, so the less VRAM you have the > less performance range you have to prevent FPS loss and the narrower > your margin is to rise the settings beyond low. > > Speaking of forums you'd probably like to google GTA IV low FPS, and > see hundreds of posts on how the game is slow and choppy on mid-high > end machines, so all of those folks, like me, like to brag recklessly > about their machines or are just proof that this particular game needs > more hardware to run properly than the so-called megapixel 2010 games > you say low end rigs are supposed to play spectacularly nice? What > about youtube also? Rigs like the one you mention or even better > barely reach 25 fps on GTA IV, there's this video: > http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_1uFIHk6A&feature=related Now that's > smooth and good looking! > > Shadows won't kill games, F.E.A.R. 2 takes advantage of shadowing and > even Ambient Occlusion with no loss of performance whatsoever. And > yeah it's awful to see how three year old laptop owners actually brag > about improbable stuff and their incredible PC tuning skills, mocking > an honest opinion, and claiming that "rich folks" don't know how to > keep a PC running, that really makes me boo hoo. > > In the end we'll keep on arguing about mine's best and yours suck, so > let's get things straight, old PCs have potential, I know it because I > have a couple of them and I've seen how a Pentium D @2.8, 2GB DDR RAM > and a 8400 GS can lift DMC IV to 30 fps on mid-settings, but saying > that they can run new games better than newer and more powerful PCs > it's ridiculous. If you can juice your PC and get the most of > performance then it's great, that's what this group is about, but just > don't exaggerate and use your "experience" to try to mock and demean > others. > > .C. > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Acer TravelMate 2480 GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
