GRAPHICS CARDS

[mercury7]

hi i would like to know if either the geforce mx4000 128mb RAM or the geforce FX 5200 would play ryzom and also an estimate on how smoothly it would run on my pc : 512 RaM
2.00 Ghz
broadband connection
please help!

[akicks]

hi i would like to know if either the geforce mx4000 128mb RAM or the geforce FX 5200 would play ryzom and also an estimate on how smoothly it would run on my pc : 512 RaM
2.00 Ghz
broadband connection
please help!

I had the geforce fx 5200 for a time (until it blew up from heat issues ) and it ran Ryzom fine with all settings at normal (and could probably be ok with some set higher).

The more RAM you have though, the better the game will run. I had 768 Mb in a similar machine.

[rasmus]

hi i would like to know if either the geforce mx4000 128mb RAM or the geforce FX 5200 would play ryzom and also an estimate on how smoothly it would run on my pc : 512 RaM
2.00 Ghz
broadband connection
please help!

Im not sure about the GForce FX 5200 but im sure the MX 4000 does not make you able to run SoR smoothly (eventhough nVidia claims that the MX 4000 series is

....a new level of cost-effective, high-performance graphics....

they are NOT).

Both cards are low-end cards, so trying to crank up the settings ingame, will make your game very unstable.
More Ram is always better, as SoR is very memory intensive.

[thlau]

I run the game with a FX 5200 with 128mb and that works pretty good for me.

I started to play with 512MB, too, and had to realize that it is not enough memory to run the game smothly.
Teleports for example look very long.

Since I added additional 1024MB ( to a total of 1.5GB ) everything works fine.

[jcguid]

I've had both of those cards. DO NOT buy an MX4000. It is in fact a GeForce4 that has only been made an 8x card (GeForce were only 4x..but the performance on the MX4000 didn't really improve any over the GeForce4 4x if you ask me).

The FX5200 is a decent card, although still a bargin card. I am currently running a FX5700 Ultra w/128MB. I can't complain at all. I think you can still get these at a decent price too. I only paid about $130 for mine late last year sometime.

The FX5200 is a decent card, but DO NOT buy the MX4000..it's a piece of junk.

Jcguid

[alyssah]

I use practically the same stats as you except I use Athlon. It runs well for me at a medium setting and I only seem to lose graphics quality at a distance of 100m+. I tried max setting and only had a little stutter.

I could not use EQ2 in towns at all with the lowest settings (same with the 'IRTH' beta) so this is much easier than those power hungry games.

[katriell]

I've ran Ryzom on both. The MX has a problem with displaying water IIRC - it's a flat shimmery surface, instead of rippled like it should be.

[kostika]

I use the 5200 now and it works fantastic. I have most of my settings on high and it looks geourgouse. If you only have 512 RAM then Normal settings would be my suggestion. If you have more, then you'll be able to run at higher settings.

It may be bargain bin according to some, but I think its a great card.