6600gt card owners be ware

[akshayt]

Hi

Pls tell me on what settings can I play the follwing games:
BF2
FEAR (not beta)
SC:CT
GTA:San Andreas
Quake 4
NFS MW
COD 2
AOE 3
Chronicles of Riddick

I have Asus A8N-E,Amd 64bit WC 3200,1gb dual ch,128mb 6600GT PCI E

 

[Kalessian]

I have a similar setup and I play BF2 with medium detail, 1280x1024, no AA/AF, and max view distance. I like a smooth game more than an overly pretty one.

Don't have any of those others.

 

[DrZoidberg]

I play GTA:San Andreas (currently at san fierro) and AOE 3 fine on 6600gt. Can run at 1024 or 1280 resolution well.


The 2 games on your list that 6600gt will struggle is FEAR and COD2, i havent played either but i think u will need to lower resolution to 800x600. The rest of games will run fine at med-high res.

 

[akshayt]

I have played cod 2 demo,1024 max possible in demo,it is ok not great

FEAR i have read that it may be ok 1024,max,no soft shadows,or when i played fear beta dmo,then i did texture res to med

what abt aoe3?

 

[Conky]

Run the other games like normal.

Run FEAR andAOE3 at 640x480.

Your videocard is the weakest link after you.

 

[A554SS1N]

I run Splinter Cell:Chaos Theory at 1280x960 - couple of slow downs but too rare for me to consider lowering resolution. Ran COD2 and Riddick at 1280x960 and they're fairly smooth (well, good enough to my eye). All at maximum settings, except Riddick which uses SM2 instead of SM2+ setting.

 

[akshayt]

What system do you have?
did you run sc:ct at sm 3.0

cronicles of riddick can also use 3.0

what abt quake 4 ,nfs mw(most imp),aoe3(most imp)

ut07?

 

[A554SS1N]

Only got an Athlon 64 3200+ with 1GB RAM - I didn't enable AA or AF btw.

SC:CT was run with SM3 shaders, but without HDR as that was too choppy. There were about two-three brief areas when things strangley went really slow for a second whereas 99% of it was smooth - I'm guessing it might be the older drivers I'm using (only got 67.66 running) and possibly down to me only using onboard sound. In those areas I just swapped into heat vision mode to cure it

Haven't tried any other newer games...

 

[akshayt]

how do you enale sm3.0 with hdr 0ff

 

[A554SS1N]

It has the setting in the graphics section where SM3 is selected - once that is selected there is a sub-menu ('advanced') that allows SM3 options to be tweaked, and I turned off the HDR effects from there. That's in SC:CT btw

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: akshayt
Hi

Pls tell me on what settings can I play the follwing games:
BF2
FEAR (not beta)
SC:CT
GTA:San Andreas
Quake 4
NFS MW
COD 2
AOE 3
Chronicles of Riddick

I have Asus A8N-E,Amd 64bit WC 3200,1gb dual ch,128mb 6600GT PCI E

Your 6600GT is slightly faster than my 9800 Pro.

My 9800 Pro ran BF2 at medium settings 1280X960, Fear at 1024 autodetect settings, SC CT at 1280 maximum, GTA SA at 1280 maximum, Quake 4 at 1024 maximum, NFS MW at 1280 Maximum, COD 2 at 1024 nearly maximum, AOE3 at 1024 maximum, Riddick, 1024 maximum.

 

[akshayt]

in cor,9800pro may better better

but the the hell did you play nfs mw at max 1280x1024 with 9800pro?
with 6600gt , it is slow even at
1024 X 768
all high
med shadows
no aa/af

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: akshayt
in cor,9800pro may better better

but the the hell did you play nfs mw at max 1280x1024 with 9800pro?
with 6600gt , it is slow even at
1024 X 768
all high
med shadows
no aa/af

Something may be wrong with your machine. I could even add 4Xaa and it still be well above 30fps all the time.

 

[nRollo]

Errrr, you have a $125 video card and you are warning other owners to "beware" they can't play todays most demanding games at high settings?

I think most of them knew that.