Video card setup for games

[seethoe]

Hi!

Just rig myself a
Athlon64 3000+
Asus A8N-SLI
Winfast PX6600GT
1G RAM

I'm trying to play the game Close Combat and in the game setup there's that AA stuff and other settings which i do not understand. Where can i find resources to understand those terms? Or anyone care to explain to me... i'm playing now at 1280x1024 resolution at my Samsung 713n 17" LCD screen.

 

[Powermoloch]

resolution : make images more crisppier but sacrificing performance (frames per second)
AA or antialiasing : makes the edges more smoother in games, or no more jaggies per se. But also sacrificing performance
Texture : just texture, the higher the texture, the more memory for the game needs to take. same thing..lowering performance

yada yada yada yada, you get the picture

 

[seethoe]

so to make the games looks good (sacrificing performance), increase the AA and texture and the rest?

 

[Powermoloch]

Yup that's right, because textures, particles, physic's engine, lighting, and what not takes alot of processing power, memory space, and loading times if a setup is on everything on high (depending on what kind of games your playing)

 

[seethoe]

Ok, thanks. I'm playing Close Combat: First to Fight.

U got high 3Dmark05, i've only half of yrs...

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: seethoe
Ok, thanks. I'm playing Close Combat: First to Fight.

U got high 3Dmark05, i've only half of yrs...

well...the answer for that is that card I'm using atm does make a good shot gun hole in my pocket . I play RTCW:ET alot, and alway sneed the fps to make good headshots and strafe.....I almost going for a 6800 GT @ new egg for 285 ~ but seeing a hot deal on ati.com for 349.99 for the x850xt, I couldn't pass up since I just pay that amount...whereas I pay tax and shipping for the 6800GT. So a 40 dollar sacrifice is well worth it.

 

[seethoe]

U made a good choice man!

What is RTCW? i'm a complete noob! as u know by now. My friends played Medal of Honour and it look like a great game...

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: seethoe
U made a good choice man!

What is RTCW? i'm a complete noob! as u know by now. My friends played Medal of Honour and it look like a great game...

It's ok man, rtcw stands for Return to Castle Wolfenstein...the game or the multiplayer version which still many people plays (even if it's 2-3 years old) is the RTCW: enemy territory. A practically free online multiplayer first person shooter. It's awesome and also a resource whore.

 

[seethoe]

oh ya, heard abt that before... quite a big following 2 years ago or so... but then my PC was a piece of junk 500Mhz and crap video card S3.... so did not play games then...