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    Best Directx 10 laptop cards graphic settings?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Spider_3000, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. Spider_3000

    Spider_3000 Notebook Consultant

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    I apologize beforehand if this has been covered before, I've done a search and didn't find an answer for my question.
    The thing I want to know is at what graphical settings are the directx 10 cards (namely the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT DDR3) good at, and at which they are bad. With that I mean, what is recommended to be turned on or off because it increases the framerates too much? e.g. shadows, AA, resolution, vsync, etc.
    Thanks.
     
    Spider_3000, Aug 19, 2007
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  2. MrWhereItsAt

    MrWhereItsAt Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, the 8600M GT plays games like F.E.A.R, Doom 3, Command and Conquer 3 at max resolution (on my G1S that's 1440x1050 IIRC) + all details with some caveats. Soft shadows are universally performance-killing, as is turning volumetric lighting up. IMO, if you have a good resolution then AA is pointless - if the borders between objects are too small to see, why bother smoothing them together? Although I don't have the more recent first-person games like Oblivion, I've heard they play at v high settings, perhaps at lower resolutions than the one I quote above.
     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 19, 2007
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