A card for Medieval II

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This game is due to be released Q4 sometime...and i loveee the Total War series...

This is the only other upgrade im gonna do this year....i basically want to run everything as close as possible to high detail...

My current card is a 7800GT with a Zalman HSF...stock clocks. The rest of my rig is @ sig...

Should i upgrade if DX 10 cards havent come out by then ? And if so...to what ?

TIA
 
Yes I'd wait for DX10 cards... as for which DX10 card... One would have to be able to predict the future in order to answer your question.
 
Wow, i guess i would have suggested a card like an x1800xt or something, and then i saw you have a 7800gt. Plus you have a bunch of ram, and a fast proc. You dont think you will be able to run it with high detail? How well does that system run current games? (BF2, HL2, etc)

MH
 
Just as Elmo said, nobody is really going to be able to give you a 'correct' answer because in order to do that we'd have to be able to predict the future. However, I think instead of worrying about this now I'd wait until benchmarks make there way onto the net. Judging by the screenshots, I doubt you'll have to make much of any (if any) sacrifices to run it on high detail.

EDIT: Also look to see if this is the same engine as the last game. Could just be a tweaked version, in which case you might be able to judge performance by that.
 
No way, max setting ins RTW on a 68gt? I had an x800xt AIW and i dont think i could get max settings out of it at 12x10. Was yours oc'd?

Sorry about the threadjack

Anywho, OP, I think you should be fine with your card for M2, also, i am going to wait a while into dx10 to even think about picking one up, i am a firm beleiver in the "one gen back" idea.

MH
 
MikeHunt988 said:
No way, max setting ins RTW on a 68gt? I had an x800xt AIW and i dont think i could get max settings out of it at 12x10. Was yours oc'd?
MH
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I agree. I have a 7900GT and have the game maxed and when the battles are large with 1000+ men on each side I get lag spikes here and there.

Dont wait to DX10. Your card will probably do fine. If you want to be on the safe I see you have a SLI board another 7800GT will be the wise way to go.
 
thanks for the replies ! :)

Yeah..guess no surefire answer...

But there is lag....i just a MASSIVE battle with Carthage (im julii)...i had 2 armies attack....2200 and 2500 respectively and one small lot of reinforcements of say 400. Carthage had about 2000 in the town...and were reinforced by 2800 later on...

Took me like a half hour do get it done....but when all were on the screen there wasss stuttering...and im not maxed on detail....Couple of mediums...forget what... and @ 1920x1200
 
OH! Well that was certainly a detail you shouldn't leave out!

Running at 19x12 smoothly usually requires an SLI setup, but if you're looking to run this new game at max detail at that res, I'd wait to buy a new card when you see the new benchmarks.
 
RTW is a pretty cpu intensive game. It's also pretty well known that once you get over 8000 units (which you were at if I did my maths properly), the game slows down a lot.

You may not see much of a difference changing video cards.
 
jimmyb said:
RTW is a pretty cpu intensive game. It's also pretty well known that once you get over 8000 units (which you were at if I did my maths properly), the game slows down a lot.
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Is that a point at which the processor becomes a bottleneck?
 
But....how could that be the bottleneck ? i can see the difference if ichanged some video settings during a battle...game becomes smoother....
 
Going Dual-core in RTW did more for me than going from a 6800GT to a Gainward 7800GS(7800GT core)
This game is very CPU dependant, more than it is GPU heavy...

Terra....
 
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