Its Insane!!!

his graphic card is better then mine but i have a better cpu and i can run it all on max so when he would invest in a better cpu then he will be fine

Bigbrother Wrote:
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> his graphic card is better then mine but i have a
> better cpu and i can run it all on max so when he
> would invest in a better cpu then he will be fine
>

You have a Ati 3870 toxic. Thats far better video card than a 4650 !!

I dare you find a benchmark between both vga cards to say any diffent
than what i say.

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J-C-2 Wrote:
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> I know their has to be a balance between cpu and
> vga card to get the max out of it.
> But his vga card is not good enough, and getting a
> cpu with higher speed wont
> make a huge a difference.

Of course it will make a difference, it will allow his GPU to work 100% as the CPU won't always be catching up.

Whilst he doesn't have the best GPU ever it should be good enough to run GP4 nicely, it is his CPU bottlenecking his system the most.

If he upgrades the CPU he will see a massive improvement straight away, then he could always buy a better GPU if his cannot run AA/AF on max settings etc.

mika19b Wrote:
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> Of course it will make a difference, it will allow
> his GPU to work 100% as the CPU won't always be
> catching up.
>
> Whilst he doesn't have the best GPU ever it should
> be good enough to run GP4 nicely, it is his CPU
> bottlenecking his system the most.
>
> If he upgrades the CPU he will see a massive
> improvement straight away, then he could always
> buy a better GPU if his cannot run AA/AF on max
> settings etc.

I know about bottle neck, thats why i said a balance
between both cpu and vga card ! Look in my previous post !

But in this case is not going to be big improvement buying
a newer cpu. Maybe it can improve 200% the PO but not much
more than that.

I suggest vga card like ati radeon 4850 or 4870.

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Im still sure the CPU will make most difference.

Anyway Im gonna leave this now as we keep going round in circles

mika19b Wrote:
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> Im still sure the CPU will make most difference.
>
> Anyway Im gonna leave this now as we keep going
> round in circles

Im still sure about the vga card that will make the difference.

Bye

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I think the CPU will be making the most difference in this case, I would advice to first try out a new (or from another computer) cpu and then decide whether you need a new VGA card with it or not

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MDBSnake schreef:
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> I think the CPU will be making the most difference
> in this case, I would advice to first try out a
> new (or from another computer) cpu and then decide
> whether you need a new VGA card with it or not


yep i agree on that you'll see your vga will be fine with a newer and better cpu

Slightly off topic
I just got myself a monitor with 1920x1080 native resolution. When i put the resolution in my graphic.cfg file I get cutoffs in cockpit and t cam view. What is the best resolution for this game with this screen or should I move the cams around in team editor?

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darrenj Wrote:
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> Slightly off topic
> I just got myself a monitor with 1920x1080 native
> resolution. When i put the resolution in my
> graphic.cfg file I get cutoffs in cockpit and t
> cam view. What is the best resolution for this
> game with this screen or should I move the cams
> around in team editor?

That sounds like a 24 inch LCD.
I think the Max is 1680 x 1200.

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Actually no it's a BenQ 21.5-inch Full HD E2200HDA.

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darrenj Wrote:
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> Actually no it's a BenQ 21.5-inch Full HD
> E2200HDA.

Thats sounds like a great LCD, but try the resolution i
suggest and get back to me here.

Kind regards
J.C

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Well, after a (big) while waiting for a new cpu, i finally bought a new cpu (intel 2.8Ghz) and guess what?
Gp4 still runs in a horrible way
Even rfactor with the wcp mod (a litle heavier than the most if the mods) or burnout paradise runs sooo fine but gp4 still lags a lot!
I already tried some grafics.cfg but nothing worked, so im starting to guess is the universe who is stoping me from playing gp4

have you tried going back to a default install (ie no mods or anything) and then building it back up with mods and stuff?

I've run GP4 on full with a far worse spec than that, with the 2006 mod as well, so your machine should be fine (and i only use vista as well)

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well i only tried unistalling gp4, but never the csm
Gonna try that!
Thanks
i'll give some feedback later

dio69 Wrote:
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> Well, after a (big) while waiting for a new cpu, i
> finally bought a new cpu (intel 2.8Ghz) and guess
> what?
> Gp4 still runs in a horrible way
> Even rfactor with the wcp mod (a litle heavier
> than the most if the mods) or burnout paradise
> runs sooo fine but gp4 still lags a lot!
> I already tried some grafics.cfg but nothing
> worked, so im starting to guess is the universe
> who is stoping me from playing gp4

Told you mate back in June that cpu wont make big difference in your case.
I suggested a newer video card like a hd 4850 or 4870.

Kind regards
JC

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Hi! J-C2. I'm using P4 630 3GHZ HT, 3GB RAM Bus 667mh. Now i'm using VGA Geforce 9600GT. Do i need change to ATI HD 4850 or i must change cpu to play smooth gp4?

skyline86 Wrote:
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> Hi! J-C2. I'm using P4 630 3GHZ HT, 3GB RAM Bus
> 667mh. Now i'm using VGA Geforce 9600GT. Do i need
> change to ATI HD 4850 or i must change cpu to play
> smooth gp4?

Depends on:
- your Monitor or LCD
- screen resolution
- how many fps
- how much details you like to see

HD 4850 is better video card than the 9600gt but
its not a good time to buy because very soon the 58xx series
of ATI will be out in the market, their for lower prices of the
older video cards if you wait a little longer.

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Thanks! J-C-2. I will wait to end of this year.

yes sure, the problem is the CPU not the vga card, I play at max level of graphics with "ATI HD4670 1GB"....