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#2869042 - 09/28/09 01:33 PM Video Card
KLynn Offline
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Registered: 09/19/09
Posts: 3
I'm hoping someone can give me a hand. I bought ROF about two weeks ago and I cannot get the simulation to run past 10-15 FPS at 1680 x 1050. I've been told its my video card. I've done some research and I found the Galaxy 9600GT Low Power/Low Profile that is supposed to run using a 300W power supply. If I bought that card would that improve the FPS? Are there any other cards out there that will boost FPS without having to buy another power supply? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dell Inspiron 530
Intel(R)Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600@2.40ghZ
Total Physical Memory 3.072.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.25 GB
Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 SP 3
ATI Radeon 4350 1GB GDDR2 Memory (9.9 drivers)
Trackir 4 Version 4.1
Dell E228WFB Monitor

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#2878460 - 10/12/09 12:00 PM Re: Video Card [Re: KLynn]
dutch Offline
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Registered: 09/09/07
Posts: 326
Check the recommended RoF spec:
Recommended system requirements:
Operating System: Windows® XP (SP2)/Vista (SP1)
CPU: Intel® Core 2 Quad 2.6 GHz or comparable AMD processor
Computer Memory: 3 GB
Free Hard Drive space: 8 GB
Joystick: Direct X 9.0 compatible joystick
Internet Connection: 256 KB/s (required)
Graphics Card: 512 MB, GeForce 260GT/ Radeon HD4850
Minimum screen resolution: 1280x900 pix
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Required libraries (included into installation package): DirectX 9.0c,
Microsoft Net Framework 2.0. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Redistributable


Edited by dutch (10/12/09 12:01 PM)

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#2878482 - 10/12/09 12:24 PM Re: Video Card [Re: dutch]
2005AD Offline
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Registered: 12/25/05
Posts: 820
Even though it's a Dell and overclocking is not an option in the BIOS (I think), you can still overclock that CPU. It should have no problem running at 3.0 GHz.

See the following link to a video on Youtube on how to overclock your Q6600 in that Dell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X85Wh9o4K4E

Adding the 9600GT would also give a decent boost over the 4350 but in all honesty if you want a bigger improvement don't waste money on a lower end GPU. Use it to buy a better PSU and and a better GPU or you will just be wasting your money. IMHO of course.
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#2883790 - 10/21/09 02:00 AM Re: Video Card [Re: 2005AD]
dutch Offline
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Registered: 09/09/07
Posts: 326
Right.
For running the game at the max. I always check the suppliers recommended games spec's and go one step higher, because they are optimistic. So a HD4850-512mb, will be in my view a HD4870-1Gb.
And read the forum recommendations, because for some games a Nvidia card is a better choice!!!

BTW do always a stress test and a temperature log after overclocking, miss this in the video. If OC will make sense here, you can use programs like CBI or Systool for doing CPU-voltage and RAM tweakings, to get more out of your rig, but you will find then all on Google search.




Edited by dutch (10/21/09 02:11 AM)

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