[fuller42]

The nvs 320M seems to be a Quadro graphics chip - these are mainly used for CAD applications and not gaming, but as you pointed out, the benchmarks for it indicate that it performs similar to a 8700. I'm not sure what to advise here - if the nvs 320M really is just a 8700 then go with that one make sure its a 8700GT though and not a GS. In response to your memory question, the difference between 256Mb and 512Mb would not outweigh the performance difference between a 8700GT and a 8600GT.

ie - an 8700GT 256Mb would out perform a 512Mb 8600GT. The Graphics RAM is mainly used for texture rendering so you may need to put textures down a notch, thats all. Most mobile GPU's support memory sharing anyway where they "borrow" some of your PC's RAM.

[Ninetales]

Thank you for your VERY fast answer its nice to see so friendly people here.

I do not know if it is a GT or GS but i can link you the specifications here: http://www.edbpriser.dk/Products/Lis...710peord=8710p
and i have upgraded it with another 2bg ram module so 4 in total.

Reason for my previous question is, that atm i feel the "world-loads-slowly". Also the instances load slowly, but i recon that is the price i pay for a slow HDD drive in a laptop. Also openning spell book and feat tree is super slow - but when it has been loaded once - it runs smooth after that.

Would loweing the resolution help with that?

Or is that exactly what more RAM on a gfx card does?

[saguyuk]

Originally Posted by omergurlek Would buying another of the same GPU help? Or can we SLI 2 different GPUs together. And isn't there any other option to solve this problem?

I am afraid thats not going to help as you are limited by the minimum amount of memory you have in either card. I would check first with other players with the same card before rushing out and buying, but if you are going to be spending loads of time in AOC I would sell your old card and get a 512MB GT or GTS.

There are some bargains out there at the moment.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-071-OK

[saguyuk]

Originally Posted by saguyuk I will try turning off bloom to raise performance a bit because at the moment I am getting 17 to 28 in Tortage and 25 to 40 in the Wild Lands. I wish I was not such a graphics obsessive cause I hate turning things down.

If you wish for something hard enough you will get it. After todays patch my minimum frame rate increased at least 7 in the big cities. Another month and I will be able to max everything - well that may be pushing it but it is nice to see improvements.

[whity2xlc]

Originally Posted by Ninetales Important question: I have just bought a laptop. CPU and RAM is topnotch - but i have my doubts with the GFX card. It is a Nvidia NVS 320M - which i have read on several forums is a 8700M. But my concern is that it only got 256mb ram on it. Will it severely decrease my game performance? Will that be the bottleneck? On several benchmarks this card beat the 8600M by a noticeable scale - but will a 8600M with 512mb ram be a better choice? I really need to find this out - since i need to return the laptop (if i can) if that is so.

8600 is crap. check out on nvidia homepage... 8800 has 4 times the texture fill rate than a 8600... you should get a 8800 upwards... but i have no knowledge on laptops if you can get it.

[Dhoner]

Amasing, just as i have experinced myself at timesplus ALOT more i didnt know. Tnx for taking ur time to do this.

[fuller42]

Originally Posted by whity2xlc 8600 is crap. check out on nvidia homepage... 8800 has 4 times the texture fill rate than a 8600... you should get a 8800 upwards... but i have no knowledge on laptops if you can get it.

8800 is much better you are quite right, but at the moment you pay a BIG premium for an 8800 chip on a laptop. I havent seen one for less than £1400, whereas a 8600GT laptop can be bought for £800. I run AoC fine with a 8600GT.

Ninetales:
The NVS 320M is an 8700GT - it has 32 pipelines whereas the GS version only has 16. It will work as fast as a 8700GT imo. It appears to be underclocked by about 50MHz (475 instead of 525) but it shouldn't make a massive difference.

[reilly287]

Profundido... You are a Saint!!!

All that info is a massive help, thanks for taken the time out to tell us it!

[Bardunet]

Statement ; "Vista 64bit bad for gaming no matter what game or specs."

myself running 32bit Vista sp1 and get more fps with hardware way over mine but those pll using 64bit

i know for a fact Vista64 is more difficult to please when it comes to gaming performance and drivers..

comments please.

[profundido]

Originally Posted by Nosyd I'm sorry, but I'm a real numby when it come to this sort of stuff. I have re-read the guide, but can't work out what I should set my 'swap file' to with 4gb of ram and running windows vista ultimate. Could someone just type down the actual file sizes for me, please?

I just reread it and you're actually right, it explicitly mentions 2GB and 3GB and above 4GB but not exactly 4GB. I added the following for easy convenience:

Practical recommendations for the swap file size:

Vista 32-bit (aka x86) or Windows XP 32-bit (aka x86): fixed to: "4096-4096"
Vista x64 or Windows XP x64 with less than 4GB: fixed to: "4096-4096"
Vista x64 or Windows XP x64 with 4GB (or more): no swap file (size 0MB)

My apologies