e-GeForce 7950GT KO 512MB

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

I'm thinking of upgrading my vid card to a e-GeForce 7950GT KO 512MB.

Anyone running this card?

What settings do you get with it?

Alternate suggestions are welcome too. Something in the 200-300 USD price range preferably.

I'm asking first because I know some cards are having issues with arma, so I want to be sure.

[Billabong81 0]

I would suggest getting a cheaper card, such as a 7600gt. Save your money, DX10 cards are coming out soon (besides the 8800). Don't want to be stuck on a DX9 card in a year or two .

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

It's actually on sale.

I'm also not planning on going vista anytime too soon so DX 10 is out for now.

I mostly play arma, and several older games. About the only upcoming titles I'm looking forward to at all are oleg's battle of brittian game, an upcoming WWI flight sim, and silent hunter IV. I figure if it handles arma, it'll handle those well enough.

If I have to do some system upgrading in a year or two, that's fine.

[Jack Hammersmith 0]

I´m using this card now. (with drivers from CD ^^)

Every setting on very high and VD 6000.

Resolution: 1440x900 16:10.

Only Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering disabled.

Runs smoothly 20-30 FPS.

Maybe I`ve got these frames cause of file recovery process on other CPU.

BTW it seems that my performance is better when zooming on objects.

Using 1.05+ patch.

PS: Tiberium Wars runs very smoothly too on 1440x900 and every setting on ultra high.

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

Cool. I'm glad it works out for you.

I also just stumbled across this, it's Marek Å panel's reccomendation.

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As of now, I would recommend to go for Nvidia GF7950GT or similar card.

There are quite few problems with Ati and GF8800 drivers right now.

As to the rest, with inexpensive CPUs and memory you probably can't go wrong now a days...

ArmA can grow in years to come as PCs can so it's not a static thing...

So between your experience and Marek's reccomendation, it looks like it's a good choice. As far as an ARMA centric POV goes.

[Chris Death 0]

Running an EVGA GEFORCE 7950 GT KO 512mb

and the game is running without any glitches on high

and partially very high settings.

No LOD bug or Fog bug and no cryptic textures.

I bought mine in November for €400 - before i had

a 7500 LE 512mb and the difference between those

two cards was worth every cent.

~S~ CD

[dirtylarrygb 0]

Running an EVGA GEFORCE 7950 GT KO 512mb

and the game is running without any glitches on high

and partially very high settings.

No LOD bug or Fog bug and no cryptic textures.  

I bought mine in November for €400 - before i had

a 7500 LE 512mb and the difference between those

two cards was worth every cent.

~S~ CD

7950 is a great card,  but depending on price of the card being on sale it may be worth a little extra of for an 8800 GTS 320/640. In the UK both cards are pretty close in price.

Even the GTS is faster (has alot more texture pipes etc) than the 7950.

And although now you are saying you have ZERO intrest in DX10.  When Crysis arrives and a few other titles (Bioshock Lost Planet etc etc) you might regret buying a DX9 card (even though thats about the best Dx9 card ever made).

If your PSU is 600W or above,  and you have a dual core CPU rated 2GHZ or Above.  An 8800 GTS would gaurentee no messing with video cards for 1-3 years.  A 7950 might end up in the bin in 12 months!

Although Vista and DX10 titles are a bit thin on the ground,  it is starting to change and within 12 months many games may be aimed at Vista and DX10 only.

As much as having a dual core CPU may be almost required soon.

Alot of poeple jumped from the TI Geforce 4 series to the Geforce FX (5 series) and got burned as they needed to upgrade to a geforce 6 within 12-16 months to play sexy new titles.

Its generally cheaper to buy a decent GPU and keep in for 2 years than constantly upgrade mid range cards.

The recommendation for the 7950 was made before nvidia finally fixed most of the 8 series bugs with the new drivers.

I would avoid anything below a 8600, and to be honest save the extra and pump for a 8800 GTS 640. That way all games all eye candy no messing for 12-24 months.