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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2013, 04:22:18 PM » |
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Are you saying you want to replace your laptops graphics card?
Anyway if it is a desktop PC I recommend going to Newegg and looking for graphics cards on sale or something. I got a fanless 2 gig GTX Geforce 610 for $25 after a rebate for my server PC.
So, does that work well with Mythruna? P.S. I have an HP Pavilion A1020N with a 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family. A GTX 610 should be way fast. I run 460s and they are great. Correction on my part, it is a Geforce GT 610. Made for HTPC's mostly but the one I bought is what ASUS considers a 'corporate stable model'. Ah, that makes a bit more sense. The GTX cards are really good. I don't know about the GT level. How is it running for you? I personally haven't tried any games on it. The reason why I bought it in the first place is because the onboard radeon graphics were too glitchy with the open source drivers so I got the GT 610 which runs XFCE like a dream.  But the card is actually pretty good. It's capable of running Battlefield 3 on medium to give some perspective. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2013, 05:58:37 PM » |
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Its decided. I'll invest in a Geforce GT 610 and a couple of 1 gig RAM chips, because my memory idles over 512MB. As I type, its using 759 MB due to Google chrome. Then, i'll finally run Mythruna and love my life.  Thanks for the info, it helped alot. Well, you might wait to hear back on how well the GT610 runs. Maybe it ends up being worth a couple extra bucks for something a little better. I don't know what your budget is, but if you can find a way to get in on a GTX then you might be happier... if your machine can accept it. I guess the GT is safe and cheap... since it sounds like it's fanless and probably doesn't require an extra power feed to be plugged in. Saw this on one discussion thread: The GT 610 isn't Kepler like the high end 6xx cards, it's Fermi like the 5xx series. In fact, it's the same core as the GT 520.
A GTX 550 Ti gets 45MH/s according to the Hardware Wiki. Compared to the GTX 550 Ti, the GT 610/520 has 1/4 of the CUDA cores, and 10% lower clock speeds. You're looking at about 9-10 MH/s.
And this is a deeper review: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5845/nvidia-launches-fermi-based-geforce-gt-610-gt-620-gt-630-into-retailBut in the end, it would be a huge upgrade for you over what you have now. With that and the new RAM, you'll feel like you have a new computer. Still, I do hope Sean responds with what kind of Mythruna performance he gets with it. It would be nice in general to get some more rows in this spreadsheet: http://mythruna.com/forum/index.php?topic=1183.60 |
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2013, 07:05:21 PM » |
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I'll try to PM him if he hasn't yet, but yeah, that sounds fit. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2013, 10:12:02 PM » |
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The card I got is fanless, but most that are available are the traditional fan/heatsink setup.
But it isn't very feasible to test how Mythruna runs because it's a headless Debian Linux server, it doesn't run Windows, it doesn't have proprietary drivers installed, and the biggest reason, or else I would have tried with the proprietary drivers is because I'm leaving home tomorrow for 10 days and I have to get off after I type this. :p
Really installing the drivers isn't an issue, it's just that I don't want anything breaking before I leave.
With that said, this card does support OpenGL 4.2 (Mythruna only needs OpenGL 2.0) so my guess is I would be able to get ~40 fps+ with my clip at 160m.
Although I am unable to test it myself, I have full confidence it would be able to play Mythruna.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the card doesn't need any external power.
oh and make sure you have a PCI Express x16 slot before you buy.
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« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2013, 11:35:10 PM » |
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Thanks, I am being really choosy in what graphics card i'm choosing, and it all helps. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2013, 11:48:05 PM » |
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Thanks, I am being really choosy in what graphics card i'm choosing, and it all helps. If you get it, I'm curious how it runs. The card is cheap enough and new enough that I may get one for testing if it makes a decent "bottom end but thoroughly playable" card. Some other cards there is no hope for.  It would be nice to have an inexpensive place to send the non-laptop users who were looking to upgrade with confidence. |
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« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2013, 09:59:33 AM » |
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I'll be more than happy to test in 10 days  |
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« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2013, 03:32:16 PM » |
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Works for me, thats when i'll begin my investment. I hope my HP Pavilion has a PCI Express x16 slot, i'll upload a picture of the back of the tower once I can.
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« Reply #23 on: July 18, 2013, 03:50:51 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2013, 05:59:55 PM » |
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Crossing my fingers that nothing goes wrong. |
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« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2013, 06:47:35 PM » |
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It has OpenGL 4.2, so that includes support for all previous models, so thats all I need! I'm getting a 1gb version of the G10, and two 1GB RAM chips. My CPU has the required slots, and I have internet connection to connect to Youtube to find out what to do. |
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« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2013, 02:12:03 PM » |
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I got the video card, and a power supply to support it, and ram chips to increase my ram, and now need a Motherboard to fit the video card. At this point I need help finding out what motherboards will fit an HP Pavilion A1020N case with the following specifications:
Socket: LGA775
Supports processor up to 3.4 GHz
Supports Intel Pentium 4 HT processors
Any help at this point will be highly appreciated, because I have found myself upgrading the entire computer.
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« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2013, 02:52:47 PM » |
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The motherboard might be some proprietary, non-ATX board so unless the motherboard is in fact ATX I don't know how much help I can be.
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« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2013, 03:08:12 PM » |
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My Motherboard: ------------------------------------ Manufacturer: Asus Motherboard Name: PTGD-LA HP motherboard name: Goldfish3-GL8E ------------------------------------ The problem is that I do not have the required slot like I thought I did. I need a dual-width PCI Express slot. Another weird thing is that the video card will have to go in upside-down, but will still work, as the slot will be in the proper position, and the VGA cord will plug into the card. All I need is to find a motherboard that will support the specifications listed previously and I'll finally be good. I'll need help with that.  |
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