anyone else play under required specs? -> fps?

philip · 10-19-2004, 08:15 AM

I just installed NWN, SoU and HotU on my linux box and after playing a bit I found out my framerates per second went up from 5-10 in windows to 15-20, beat that [img]smile.gif[/img] Now I'm very happy since even though it's at lowest settings it plays pretty good. I'm thinking of upgrading my video card to play NWN better but now I have this fps I doubt it can go up really much only with the video card but well maybe if you could post your specs and the fps you're getting I can see if it might be worth it [img]smile.gif[/img]

My specs are:
PIII-733 MHz
128 MB RAM
NVIDIA TNT2 32MB

To see your fps press tilde (~) then type

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trace fps

Thanks for the help!

Jim · 10-19-2004, 10:24 AM

My system isn't exactly top of the line anymore, but it cuts NWN just fine. I play in 1024x768 with maximum AA (nice 4 sampling), 64MB texture pack, and all the detail sliders maxed out (basically everything that NWN can offer I take). The trace fps gives around 40-60 depending on the complexity of the scene/combat.

System is:
Mobile Athlon XP at 2.4GHz
512MB RAM
Radeon 9700 PRO

This is running on WinXP rather than Linux, so it's difficult to predict the gains you will get - it all depends on Nvidia/ATI's linux driver quality with the newer cards. Your CPU and memory are also a bottleneck so the gains may not be too significant.

philip · 10-19-2004, 10:46 AM

Yeah lol but I meant with under required specs. Not well above required specs [img]tongue.gif[/img] I'm not going to upgrade my whole computer. I just thought maybe someone with only a different video card and around the CPU has a lot better fps than me so it might be worth.

Jim · 10-19-2004, 10:49 AM

Ah, I see!

Before I got the above system I was pretty close to you. I used a PIII-700, 256 MB RAM and a 32MB geforce 2 GTS card.

IIRC, I played at 1024x768 with moderate detail settings, no AA and the 32MB texture pack and got consistently got 30-40 fps using the trace.

philip · 10-19-2004, 10:53 AM

Thanks! That's useful since it gives me something to compare a video card benchmark to [img]smile.gif[/img] Think the upgrade might be worth it.

More people please post [img]smile.gif[/img]

philip · 10-19-2004, 01:50 PM

It's in the video options. Otherwise you could also just edit your nwn.ini file.
edit: now where did that post about where antialiasing could be found go

[ 10-19-2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: philip ]

ZFR · 10-19-2004, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by philip:
It's in the video options. Otherwise you could also just edit your nwn.ini file.
edit: now where did that post about where antialiasing could be found go

lol... I found it so deleted my post... thanks anyway...

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10-19-2004, 10:24 AM	#2
Jim Quintesson Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Age: 43 Posts: 1,088	My system isn't exactly top of the line anymore, but it cuts NWN just fine. I play in 1024x768 with maximum AA (nice 4 sampling), 64MB texture pack, and all the detail sliders maxed out (basically everything that NWN can offer I take). The trace fps gives around 40-60 depending on the complexity of the scene/combat. System is: Mobile Athlon XP at 2.4GHz 512MB RAM Radeon 9700 PRO This is running on WinXP rather than Linux, so it's difficult to predict the gains you will get - it all depends on Nvidia/ATI's linux driver quality with the newer cards. Your CPU and memory are also a bottleneck so the gains may not be too significant.

10-19-2004, 10:46 AM	#3
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Yeah lol but I meant with under required specs. Not well above required specs [img]tongue.gif[/img] I'm not going to upgrade my whole computer. I just thought maybe someone with only a different video card and around the CPU has a lot better fps than me so it might be worth.

10-19-2004, 10:49 AM	#4
Jim Quintesson Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Age: 43 Posts: 1,088	Ah, I see! Before I got the above system I was pretty close to you. I used a PIII-700, 256 MB RAM and a 32MB geforce 2 GTS card. IIRC, I played at 1024x768 with moderate detail settings, no AA and the 32MB texture pack and got consistently got 30-40 fps using the trace.

10-19-2004, 10:53 AM	#5
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Thanks! That's useful since it gives me something to compare a video card benchmark to [img]smile.gif[/img] Think the upgrade might be worth it. More people please post [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-19-2004, 01:50 PM	#6
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	It's in the video options. Otherwise you could also just edit your nwn.ini file. edit: now where did that post about where antialiasing could be found go [ 10-19-2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: philip ]

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