seriously? how?! this is what i get for listening to a jewish know-it-all....
This is why consoles are better than pc's, they're EASY TO USE.
seriously? how?! this is what i get for listening to a jewish know-it-all....
This is why consoles are better than pc's, they're EASY TO USE.
I'm actually not sure if it really is better, but we know for a fact it is a terrible card.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=2098&page=5
Wait a sec...
In what universe is the x1550 a slower card?
The x600, even the XT model, operates the core at 500 Mhz and DDR1 @ 740.
The x1550, in the meantime, is a newer generation prcessor with a core speed of 600 Mhz running twice as much RAM, DDR2 @ 800 Mhz.
The x600 runs shader model 2.0b, while the x1550 is shader model 3.0.
Here is a link that has the x1550 running HL2 over 80 FPS:
http://techgage.com/article/sapphire_x1050_and_x1550/3
And this benchmark shows the x600 at no more than 50 FPS:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article...Express+128MB/
So, explain to me how the x1550 is a slower card than the x600 please?
JEWS RULE! GOYIMS DROOL!
They both suck regardless, and those are really low resolutions they're running at.
I was refering to the x1550 as an inferior product when compared to the x700. Thanks for the info though.Originally Posted by Benfinkel
Ahh, my mistake.
But, to the point above yours, yes they both suck but HL2 source engine at 10x7 80FPS isn't bad.
Do you really think that the Halo 2 engine is more demanding than Source?
H2V is much more demanding, and is really harsh on the lower end cards.
As an example, I play CSS at 1920x1200 with AA on, and it plays great. H2V at the same resolution without AA, well, lets just say its starting to affect my aiming. :/
Halo 2 shouldn't be a demanding engine, but it has been horribly optimized for the PC. On the other hand source is very well optimized, and runs good even on an nVidia GeForce 6150.
As I said earlier... Your better off with getting one of these cards instead.
If you really want to play DX10 games in the future, go with one of the 8600's.
You need to understand the concept of graphics family. A high-end card in a previous generation will beat a low-end card in a next generation.
In this case:
The X600 is in the Radeon X generation - the low-end models are the X300 and X600, the mid-range model is the X700, and the high-end model is the X800.
The X1550 is in the Radeon X1 generation - low end models are the X1300, X1550, mid-range is the X1600, and the high-end is the X1800/X1900.
Therefore, the X1550 will be a little better than the X600 since it's faster and has more RAM plus SM3.0, but it's not much improvement in demanding games.
The X700 would totally kill the X1300 despite the number appearing to be smaller.
Plus H2V is one of the worst console-to-PC ports. It's a system hog and yields nothing in return. It has absurd requirements but does not pay off. It has terrible framerates when other better-looking games can run a lot better.
oh and source is more CPU-dependent than graphics-dependent, so it runs on so many video cards, and even runs well on high-end IGP's.
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