Truekeeper on 27/1/2007 at 00:05
Hi everybody.
My very first post, but i has been wandering around since years ago.
I am a very hardcore fan of the thief series and gaming in general.
Since my brand new 8800GTX can´t handle thief, and my old pc can barely handle it, i decide to build a thief dedicated machine. :angel:
A friend of mine is about to sell me a fx5950 ultra agp and i need advice.
As far as i know since geforce 6200 and up people have issues with bad sky, some choppy textures and issues with drivers.
So, do you guys thinks i will have issues with this card ?
Can i use the latest drivers with this card ? or i just need to use a older driver.
Since this machine will be "thief dedicated" i dont need any more advanced card since i already have a gaming rig for everything else.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Vigil on 27/1/2007 at 01:00
The Geforce 5x00 series didn't have any of the rendering problems that plague the Geforce6 and up; I ran the games quite happily on an FX5700, with a variety of different driver versions, though it's probably a good idea to stick to a driver version that's around the same age as the card itself.
Truekeeper on 27/1/2007 at 05:26
Thank you !
I'll Purchase the card then.
Since that issue is solved, i also have another thing to ask:
What about a standard pci version of the FX 5500 that i saw on sale.
My old pc specs:
xp sp2
P3 1000 mhz
400 gb hds
1 gb ram
voodoo 5 5500 pci version 64 mb
sb audigy
20.1 samsumg syncmaster lcd 4:3 ratio
- no agp slot -
This is my first pc since 2001 and just days ago i did upgrade to a hardcore gaming rig.
The problem with the old pc i think is the old gpu.
Do you think i could play thief 1 & 2 in that machine if i buy the fx 5500 256 pci version as well ?
ZylonBane on 27/1/2007 at 16:20
Quote Posted by Vigil
The Geforce 5x00 series didn't have any of the rendering problems that plague the Geforce6 and up
Are you sure about that? I was having the banded sky and no-stars problems as far back as the GeForce 4.
Vigil on 27/1/2007 at 22:51
Interesting ZB, because I'm running a GF4 right now after the GF5 blew up, and it doesn't have transparency problems (shitty sky/TGA textures) either. No stars, of course, but I don't think those have worked on the standard missions since the Geforce 2.
Truekeeper on 30/1/2007 at 00:06
Well, i am using voodoolizer moded drivers because the default drivers sucks and the amigamerlin r11 don't allow me play counter strike condition zero for opengl issues.
I'll check the site you said.
BrendaEM on 1/2/2007 at 07:37
I can run Thief 2 on my Geforece 6600GT/Windows 2000 it runs fine. I wonder if there is another issue.
The anisotropic filtering makes the distance rendering look nice.
mrsmr2 on 6/2/2007 at 13:47
I have a 5900 Ultra and Thief 1 and 2 run fine.
