9800 pro and farcry

[McGrandpa]

Even then it stutters a bit. You miss out on what makes this game so
amazing if you let yourself play at just medium settings.
I had a 9800 Pro, AthlonXP @ 2200 MHz, and 512 Mb of RAM and was
playing FarCry at "Medium" settings. I was upset with the jerky feel
of it and though the game looked OK, I thought, "what's the big
effin' deal with this that everyone's talking about?"
Got 512 Mb more memory last weekend, upped the settings and I've been
totally blown away. It runs like a dream now too.

Amazing isn't it? I don't recall what the Far Cry required/reccomended
specs are, but 1 gig of ram SHOULD be the minimum! Also going from
non-dual channel to dual channel made another fr increase for me in FC!
Even with ALL the stuff I've got now; in the intense battle scenes
where there are a lot of TriGens and gunfire/explosions things slow down
considerably with all settings maxed. Still, it's great to be able to
'stealth' into an area, get to a good sniping position, and work them
down to just one or two! A little patience is a help too; as the
TriGens and Mercs will waste each other once the fighting starts. I
find them just standing around until *I* get somewhat in range. Then
they'll start the action sequences
McG.

--
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means."


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[Aki Peltola]

Amazing isn't it? I don't recall what the Far Cry required/reccomended
specs are, but 1 gig of ram SHOULD be the minimum!

Why minimum, if it runs "OK" with 512mb? Id's say
recommended, if it isn't already.

If you have hardware powerful enough to run Far Cry
with MAX details, you certainly should have 1 gig of
RAM already, too...

 

[DrWho]

Inglo said...

On 7/11/2004 6:25 PM Dutchy brightened our day with:
I just upped my RAM today to 1 Gb and FarCry is finally acceptable on my
XP3000 w/ 9800 Pro.
That's my opinion, but you'll definitely want more RAM.

Has anyone gone to 1GB of RAM on a Windows 98SE machine? I am still
running 98SE, and while my next machine will definitely be running XP, I
am NOT going thru the pain of moving this one to XP.

[I have researched the whole Win98SE/512MB limitation thing. I believe I
should be able to double my ram to 1GB and avoid the problems by setting
the vcache limit to 512MB.]

I will probably buy another 512 today, but it'd be nice to hear from
someone who is already playing FarCry on a Win98 machine with 1GB of
memory. Anyone????????????

 

[Wblane]

Good plan (i.e. on moving to XP when you build your next system). So good, I'm
going to implement it. I've got 1GB of RAM and 98SE. Your idea on setting the
maximum vcache is good, but setting it to 512MB isn't. I'd think a lower number
would be better -- especially since FC can use up to 700MB (from what I've
read).

FC works fine on my system at 1024x768 w/a 9800 Pro, Barton @ 2338 Mhz, 1GB of
RAM (at 203Mhz) and 98SE.

Has anyone gone to 1GB of RAM on a Windows 98SE machine? I am still
running 98SE, and while my next machine will definitely be running XP, I
am NOT going thru the pain of moving this one to XP.

[I have researched the whole Win98SE/512MB limitation thing. I believe I
should be able to double my ram to 1GB and avoid the problems by setting
the vcache limit to 512MB.]

I will probably buy another 512 today, but it'd be nice to hear from
someone who is already playing FarCry on a Win98 machine with 1GB of
memory. Anyone????????????

-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

[Newf !!!]

Why minimum, if it runs "OK" with 512mb? Id's say
recommended, if it isn't already.

If you have hardware powerful enough to run Far Cry
with MAX details, you certainly should have 1 gig of
RAM already, too...

I run mine on max, but with no aa. 1280x1024. When the game is first
turned on, I get some stuttering as it loads, but that goes away after
a while and then I only get a occassional pause from time to time.
Overall it runs very good.

p4, 3.0 gig, 512 Hyperx in dual channel, radeon 9800 pro 410/366

I get about 6400 in 3dmark 2003, and about 44 fps using benchemall to
test far cry.

omega drivers.

I do want to get another 512 ram once the price goes back down. I
think it would solve the random pausing I get.

 

[Mike P]

Yah, I went from 512 to 1g because of far cry, it's the first time I've
needed more than 512. I checked my memory usage after running the game,
even with many services shut down, and it was over 700mb, so I bought the
extra ram and all is good now. I was playing at a mix of med. and high and
was stuttering awful. But I wanted to mention what my bud had reported to
me for the ram/video card deprived...

Mike

512mb is fine from what a buddy says, as long as you dont use aa, af or go
above medium settings.

Mike

Even then it stutters a bit. You miss out on what makes this game so
amazing if you let yourself play at just medium settings.
I had a 9800 Pro, AthlonXP @ 2200 MHz, and 512 Mb of RAM and was playing
FarCry at "Medium" settings. I was upset with the jerky feel of it and
though the game looked OK, I thought, "what's the big effin' deal with
this that everyone's talking about?"
Got 512 Mb more memory last weekend, upped the settings and I've been
totally blown away. It runs like a dream now too.

--
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

- Inigo Montoya
Steve [Inglo]


PANTHERS SHEEP INBORN