Re: Guild Wars performance comparison...

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say:

>Xocyll <Xocyll@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>news:t2h1o193iii15mfo4nffmabd6elprko7eq@xxxxxxx:
>
>> 1024x768 here, with all options, including shadows, maxed.
>> Only playing at this res cause my main monitor died and this old 17"
>> can't do over 1024x768 at the high refresh I require.
>
>Same reason here - it's the highest res my monitor (17" LG Flatron) runs
>at 75 hz. I find shadows a nuisance, that's why I haven't maxed them. :-)

Pain in the ass it is, since i'd gotten pretty used to 1280x1024 on the
big monitor at 85HZ.

>> Sheesh, 512 meg here, XPsp2. With all that extra ram i'd think you'd
>> be able to have maxed shadows.
>
>Well, se above... :-)

Ahh.

>> You have fsaa/af on?
>
>Yep, at 4X.

Ahh, I don't. Never really seen much advantage from it when i've tried
it so I generally don't bother.

>> Come to think of it, I bought this card in order to play Morrowind.
>
>Well so did I, come to think about it. :-)
>I had a 3DFX Voodoo 3 (I think it was 3??? Maybe 4?) before that.

Well how about that, this card replaced my 3DFX Voodoo3 2000.

Xocyll
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