Good maintenance, optimal IGRM settings per app, and the most suited driver for your own particular case works quite well, to a certain degree.
About you getting a new computer, get two, I'd take the other one :) On 23 Mar, 04:22, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > Was/will there ever be a 64-bit Sherry? If not, I might just end up > using Sigma 3 again, and I didn't seem to get much of a performance > increase from that. Lord, I need a better computer. :| > > On Mar 22, 11:38 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Seriously! That cloud where that guy is living must be really fluffy > > and comfortable for one to start with such charming yet deceiving > > lyric conversation to soothe the minds and spirits of the sheer brute > > force of the combined collective hopes of every Intel users. Either > > that or trolling rules ;P > > > @arcane cossack: SM3 usually means a higher graphical load so lower > > performance, though there are exceptions such as certain emulators > > which are indeed better optimized for more advanced SMs. > > > For 965 chipsets, it seems that either Sigma 3 or V1.2 for 965 would > > work best. > > > On 23 Mar, 02:06, Daniel PK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i LOL-ed soooo hard man! tribaljet ^^ am not really familiar with farcry, > > > actually i never touched that game to begin with! but i guess u know more > > > :) > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:04 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I hope your head didn't hurt much after knocking on the night stand, > > > > as farcry on ultra settings over 25fps at that resolution with a GMA > > > > 950 is kind of a joke :)) And if the game is patched to the latest > > > > version, it gets SM3 support, not to mention the high res textures, so > > > > I think you might be still dreaming and posting here, which is a not > > > > so recommendable mix. > > > > > On 22 Mar, 16:58, shivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > dont know about other games.....but far cry....lol i can play it on > > > > > 1280x1024 at ultra high settings with over 25 fps all time on my gma > > > > > 950......u should have better results as u have 965,ohh remember to > > > > > patch the game.... > > > > > > On Mar 20, 8:29 am, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Looking around the 9xx scene, including Youtube, I'm seeing one > > > > > > thing > > > > > > that is bothering me greatly. Anything that runs is being listed as > > > > > > "works". 12fps is "playable". Can we get some sort of standard for > > > > > > compatibility lists and such? Some examples: > > > > > > > My laptop's a 1.66ghz C2D. I'm using an Intel 965/X3100 with Alpha > > > > > > 2, > > > > > > I believe. I have 2gb RAM and am running Windows 7 > > > > > > > Dead Rising 2: Not playable. Not, in any way, playable. Will run at > > > > > > 2fps on a beefy machine with an Intel 965. Don't even waste your > > > > > > time. > > > > > > I've seen this game listed as WORKING by people and that needs to > > > > > > stop > > > > > > (didn't actually test myself). > > > > > > > Dead Space 2: Works. 8-12 FPS on my machine with 640x480, tweaking > > > > > > and > > > > > > Alpha. > > > > > > > Far Cry: Playable. Good example of a playable game: It'll run at a > > > > > > nice smooth framerate at low settings, and is pushable to medium. > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > about halfway through the game and running on 800x600 at Medium, and > > > > > > it looks absolutely great. There's a room I'm in now with 20+ light > > > > > > sources that I'm going to end up dropping to Low again on, though. > > > > > > > Unreal Tournament 2000: Perfect. Runs at max framerate. No issues at > > > > > > all. Will not stutter or lag. You should probably use the DirectX 9 > > > > > > renderer you can google for, not the internal 7 or the 10/11 plugins > > > > > > floating around. > > > > > > > Now, there are other games that I have the feeling should.. kind of > > > > > > be > > > > > > in a special category. > > > > > > > You've seen the videos. > > > > > > > GTA4 X3100 30FPS L@@K! and you click, and it looks worse than GTA3 > > > > > > did. They've dialed it down to 320x240, disabled pedestrians, > > > > > > disabled > > > > > > the sky, and tweaked it so heavily there's barely a game there. But > > > > > > it > > > > > > is a game, and it is playable. I just wouldn't want to wish it on > > > > > > anyone. > > > > > -- > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
