Graphic Card Improvement?? Help!!!!

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

Well not sure where to ask this, so ill ask it here

Um, well currently im runnin a

P4 2.8 Ghz
512 Kingston Ram PC3200
Radeon 9200 (slighty oc'ed) lol

I can run the game fine on medium setting but i play everything on low just for more performance.. usually takes forever for silkroad to start but game play is pretty smooth i would say most of the time playin sometimes i would get couple hitch and lagg in pvp.. or going inside out of town.

I just ordered a Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB from ebay for like 28 dollars.. its comin in couple days was wondering how much more improvement will i get will be dramatic?? slight?? ANyone help!! ;S

Dutch_leon · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 293 **Location:**

I have no idea about graphic cards, but if its only 28 dollars then don't expect much more.

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

Dutch_leon wrote:

I have no idea about graphic cards, but if its only 28 dollars then don't expect much more.

well from what i read i could run cs source on this card... soo anyone who actually has more knowledge help.

Stress · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:08 pm

Fix your RAM. The graphics card won't help too much. The difference between 512MB and 1GB is really big, trust me, i've been through the same issues as you have.

You would have been much better off ordering more RAM

spyboy1o1 · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 522 **Location:**

well 9800 pro is i belive 340mhz, where the 9200 is i think 250mhz? i got the nvidia fx 5200 which is about the compareer to the 9200, and if i were to go to a 9800, id get about 18% better performace, so ud be at about 20%

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

spyboy1o1 wrote:

well 9800 pro is i belive 340mhz, where the 9200 is i think 250mhz? i got the nvidia fx 5200 which is about the compareer to the 9200, and if i were to go to a 9800, id get about 18% better performace, so ud be at about 20%

really only 20% so its barely nothing -.-??

I thought this card was all good in its hey-day lol

sting13 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

i had nvidia 5200 also.... its sitting next to a desk beside me, i now use Radeon x1650 Pro, decent card getting old, but that 9800 card is pretty old man, and you wont notice any difference at all practically, and yes upgrade ram

spyboy1o1 · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 522 **Location:**

ehh well 15% would get u about 10fps better,,, ud probs get around 15fps more with the card ur getting... so thats not bad.. get up to 1gig ram, ull load faster.. u can have more going on in screen(less lag in pvp) and ull get another few fps

emchooo · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 67 **Location:**

Buy more RAM, 512MB is just not enough for normal playing SRO, at least in towns

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

i dont wanna waste money on the pc no more 28 dollars is enough even though i can afford it

thxs guys ill keep u guys update hopefully u guys r wrong or im screwed :banghead:

Edit: I dont LAGG IN TOWN.. stop tellin me to buy ram -.-

i said i lagg when i go inside and out of town u noe where it says in white lettering with the blue background Donwhang Hotan, Samrkland.

and in huge Pvp battles i lagg slighty for a second or so.

Starrie · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 1170 **Location:**

You can update your graphic's card, but in your case i'd rather improve my Ram to 1 or even 2 GB.

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

Starrie wrote:

You can update your graphic's card, but in your case i'd rather improve my Ram to 1 or even 2 GB.

man i dunno why ram -.-!!

I use to have a leet pc amd 64 +3800 with geforce 7600gt 512 kington hyper x ram.. and i ran this game high settin with 0 lagg ... soo ya

Inspiration · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 67 **Location:**

Should get some more ram too, 9800 pro will be fine. Higher would bottleneck anyway.

Starrie · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 1170 **Location:**

bluetoN wrote:

Starrie wrote:

You can update your graphic's card, but in your case i'd rather improve my Ram to 1 or even 2 GB.

man i dunno why ram -.-!!

I use to have a leet pc amd 64 +3800 with geforce 7600gt 512 kington hyper x ram.. and i ran this game high settin with 0 lagg ... soo ya

My old pc had a good processor, a good video card but the ram sucked and i couldnt even play on medium. But you can update them both :wink:

spyboy1o1 · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 522 **Location:**

heh... once i get a job im building myself a ncie lil rig...
gonna have meself a nice lil mobo with nice fbs..
2gbs of DDR2 800 pc2 6400 ram...
for my cpu, imma have a athlon 64 x2 5200
a western 250gb hd...
and to top her off imma have a ati radeon HD 2600xt
512mb with ddr3..
this running on xp sp2 and a 19inch ws monitor

this will run sr on about high with decent fps

sting13 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

Eh TBH it would be better to just get a whole new pc, or atleast the main parts (Cpu motherboard and ram videocard), I bought cpu motherboard and ram at christmas and paid $300 or so, my video card didnt need upgrading, but it costs $170.. so in the future if you look to get a new rid could make one for $500 or so
Edit: btw forgot to mention i can run pretty well most games on medium/high, can run sro in res 1440x900 on high (except for high shadows grr) Cod4 on high settings 1440x900 does the job and i love it <3

Magnum357x · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 284 **Location:** PORTUGAL

Get more ram...

(And buying a grafic card with less than 256 in these days is not worth it for games...)

spyboy1o1 · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 522 **Location:**

only prob with buying a pc is monitor and os... thats like half the cost with my build... i would have allrdy bought my sytem... but decided to get 360... cuz id have to save up twice as long(2 years total) for the monitor as os still

sting13 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

spyboy1o1 wrote:

only prob with buying a pc is monitor and os... thats like half the cost with my build... i would have allrdy bought my sytem... but decided to get 360... cuz id have to save up twice as long(2 years total) for the monitor as os still

Eh true kinda... i got my os from a pirate, he liked to say yarrr xD.... monitor LG 19" Flatron was bought with graduation money hehe

spyboy1o1 · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 522 **Location:**

yea... wish i could get pirated...

MiKe 51-50 · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1284 **Location:**

Silkroad is not very well optimized to take advantage of the newest cards out. I used to play with a Nvidia 7600gs which was more then enough to play on max settings. Now I have a Nvidia 8800gt which gets around the same performance as the 7600gs. Maybe a few extra fps here and there, but sro is basically looking and playing the same as before..
Now comparing these two cards to Call of Duty 4.
7600gs could barely play at lowest settings. Very choppy, under 30 avg fps, looks bad and kinda unplayable.
8800gt can max out every setting, avg 80~90 constant fps, looks amazing, and makes the game 100 times better.

Too bad graphics cannot make sro better. It is the company that ruins the game.

fant1k · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 55 **Location:**

9800 pro is old but good video card. I used to play smoothly with 9700pro with 1280x1024 (everything best except no shadows). and get atleast 512 ram

MrBow · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:41 pm

Moved to tech help.

crazy_foo · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1387 **Location:**

ya first of all get at least 1 gig of ram, second I would suggest an nvidia 9600 GT or 8800GT because they give you a lot of performance for what you pay, that is if u have a PCI Express slot but you might not. Also the performance difference between a 9200 and a 9800 is fairly big, buteven a 9800 is 3 series behind the current cards. I would of bought an ATI X series or a 6x at least for nvidia if I was u but oh well

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

fant1k wrote:

9800 pro is old but good video card. I used to play smoothly with 9700pro with 1280x1024 (everything best except no shadows). and get atleast 512 ram

This is the type of info i needed..

thxs ^^

bluetoN · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 88 **Location:**

Well i just got my Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB and wow i should slap every single one of you

I can run CS SOURCE all High Settings with decent FPS and SRO all high settings with 0 lagg... and fast loading

woot im happy hehe

cpinney · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:13 am

there is a difference between cs source and silkroad online a BIG one, notice cs source is a very old game and silkroad updates its client all the time with new things. you DO need more ram probably more then what people are saying i would go with 1.5 gigs of ram or more! people have different ways some people update about once every year to just keep up to average on the there system for me i buy the best at that time and dont buy another for 5+ years.

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