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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: gryhnd on February 10, 2010, 10:02:39 am
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My island-cocktail build (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=95265.0) uses a low power Dell Optiplex GX260 (P4 2.4, 512MB RAM, 40Gb) with a PNY nVidia 6200 256MB AGP card.
Works perfectly for MAME.
Not so good for Future Pinball. I can play it at low res and with a minimal set of options turned on, but it's less than ideal.
(A new PC is not in the cards right now, so to speak, so forget about that :blah: )
I am wondering if I would see an improvement in playability if I bumped the video card up to a "PNY GEFORCE 7600GS DDR2 512MB APG Video Card"? These can be had used for not a lot of cash, compared to some of their later model brethren.
Thoughts?
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...crickets...
Anyone? I would have asked over at the FP Forums, but they don't exist anymore.
Basically just wondering if moving to the 7600@512MB would give me a noticeable improvement in FP over the current 6200@256MB given the current PC specs.
Thanks.
PS - I don't ask this blindly. I have Googled around, but am interested in real world experience in arcade/pinball scenarios.
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If pinball relies on opengl or direct X I think it will differ a lot, as the 7600GS is a slowed down (often passive cooled!) version of the back-then-mainstream-gamers-card 7600GT and still a decent 3D card, where the 6200 is a entry level 2.5D card of a previous generation. The GS is can deliver a framerate roughly 3-4 times as high if OpenGL or Direct3D is important.
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Thanks for your input, Blanka.
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Yes, to put it simply, there will be noticeable improvement.