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Thread: Help A Smuggler Upgrade
Message Edited by Sparkalot on 06-10-2005 08:57 AM
Can't help ya. You've got a better rig than I do. I have rotten FPS on Kashyyyk but it is fine everywhere else. Just haven't gotten around to pestering tech support about it.
If you find a solution, please post it.
Things to look at :
- Try a 10,000rpm HDD with an 8mb buffer (WD Raptor) And go SATA.
- Memory...1.5 is good, but 2mb will be better
- Video card, YES, you need an upgrade. I'm currently runnign a XFX 128mb GT6600. This card rocks for the $ (under 200.00), and I added this crazy Zalman fan to it, and the card's temp never goes over 38 degrees (and thats while running 2 accoutns at the same time)
And if you really want something crazy....this is sweet.
Ahhhhh Sweet
Im goin to agree about the nvidia 6***
my rig is alot like yours with 2 diff 1.7ram 5700fx (OC as close to the non fx as I could 
) im getin on kash the same fps.. with graphics all on and on the highst setting. Yours like mine has only 1 thing left to do go to the 6*** seires Nvidia. plane and simple.. you knew that is what ppl would say though didnt you /nod.
though as an overall proformance thing you may look atthe file transfer systems and see about getting that up though it wont help render it will help load (i myself run scsi but there is faster, without the heat probs of scsi)
Here is what was said:
MMO games are notorious resource hogs, but you can whip your machine into shape with just a few tweaks and inexpensive hardware upgrades:
* Having lots of system memory is crucial. Make sure your rig supports at least 1GB of RAM. Some MMO games will use as much as 2GB of RAM, if
you have it, so don't skimp.
* Make sure you kill all the programs that might run in the background before you start your game. Defrag programs and antivirus apps can
really hurt performance.
* Defrag your hard drive regularly. Large zone files take a long time to load, even under the best of circumstances. Don't make it take any
longer.
* Most of today's MMO games are severly CPU limited. Unless you have a videocard older than an ATI Radeon 9700, we recommend upgrading your CPU
before your videocard.
Hope that helps.
also running the GeF 6600 here. using the PCIe version and have no complaints
If you need some quick and free fps, go into your card settings and disable antialiesing and antiscopic filtering, you will notice little to no change in quality if your moving around. But it will free up a load of gfx power.
just right click on these things and read the What's This? popup for descriptions. nVid is pretty good about descriptions.
Kav wrote:
also running the GeF 6600 here. using the PCIe version and have no complaints
That's the same one I have. I'm also running an ASUS motherboard that's designed specifically for gaming. It''s very nice. It's got two PCIe slots, so a second vid card could be in my future.
