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    COD4 on GO 7200 !!!!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jemba, Oct 30, 2007.

  1. jemba

    jemba Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys...

    i installed the cod4 demo yesterday and today i played it..and it ran sweet

    my specs are as follows
    hp dv2000
    core 2 duo 1.73ghz
    2gb ram
    nvidia go 7200 (oc from 450 / 750 to 495/897)
    120gb hd..

    i was running it at 1280 x 800 (yes i know)...but everything was off except bullet holes, ragdoll.. textures were on medium and world detail was normal...all in all the game looked great..far from the best settings but much better than i hoped..

    average fps was 20..ranging from 15 - 30 fps...lots of people and smoke pulls it down a bit lower..of course at 15fps it lags badly..but at 20 and upwards the game runs smoothly and was awesome :p...im hoping that by installing xp and with the final game (completely optimized) that ill be able to get a regular 25fps and if not drop the resoultion down..but what im really suprised at is that its playing so well on a go 7200...

    its only got a 32 bit bus...32 mb of video memory yet its running cod4 at medium - low settings with native res...?...does anyone know what the bus actually affects?..i always thought that the bigger the bus the easier to play at higher resolutions?..and i mean with 32...im suprised that anything past 800x600 is smooth?...and using nvidias shared memory thing is it that good?..because the game dosnt seem to have a problem loading textures which leads me to believe its working q well?

    haha im so happy..didnt think id even be able to run this at anything higher than absoulte min with 640x480 XD XD

    gives me hope for crysis..seeing as they had similar min requirements..think they both had radeon 9800...:S...crysis at 1280x800...haha i know its a pipedream with a go 7200
     
    jemba, Oct 30, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Good luck playing a competitive online FPS at an average 25 FPS. Turn it down, you need to average at least 30 for these games, esp. if you play online.
     
    Lithus, Oct 30, 2007
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  3. Macpod

    Macpod Connoisseur

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    dude...........give up on Crysis.

    I run everything on medium at XGA+ and i have a 7950GT desktop overclocked to 650/830. with everything on high it gets a bit laggy. theres no in game bench so i don't know for sure.

    I know people with 8800GTS not being able to run it with everything on high at 1680x1050.

    Look at this thread of Crysis Performance. Generally most people with anything less than 8800GTZ Ultra SLI can.t run it full out.

    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=847496
     
    Macpod, Oct 30, 2007
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