Aja on 3/3/2006 at 06:58
Is it possible to have no framerate problems in Thief 3?
With my 9800 Pro, it runs at a steady 20fps, and occasionally gets smooth (occasionally gets choppy, too).
On a friend's X850 Pro, it runs at maybe 30fps.
Does anyone have it running at a solid 60 frames per second?
voodoo47 on 3/3/2006 at 10:32
solid as rock on my radeon9800pro.but T3 engine IS somewhat..unsmooth.
..avoid radeon92x0 series,especially SE (sh!tty edition).I would also avoid the geforce FX series (half-a$$ed dx9 implementation,very slow shaders).
go for radeon9550-9800 (again,avoid SE!),those are very good and cheap dx9 cards and should run like butter.nvidia gf4200 is only a dx8.1 card,that means you wont have full quality in many games (including T3,if memory serves).go for gf6600 or 6600gt if you want a nvidia card,thea are good and cheap as well (avoid some low cost 6600s,as they have only 64-bit memory)..
moria on 3/3/2006 at 13:31
The card I've ordered is an XFX Geforce FX5200 128MB AGP8X, and it supports DX9 - it'll do until I get my fab new games machine. :D Speaking of which ... what card would you recommend, if money was no object?
OrbWeaver on 3/3/2006 at 13:36
Quote Posted by moria
The card I've ordered is an XFX Geforce FX5200 128MB AGP8X, and it supports DX9 - it'll do until I get my fab new games machine. :D Speaking of which ... what card would you recommend, if money was no object?
You've wasted your money. The FX 5200 is a useless POS that will run TDS at about 12 - 15 FPS if you're lucky.
moria on 3/3/2006 at 13:39
Well, I haven't wasted much money, and at least I'll be able to play Myst 4, which I've had for a year in its box, even if the FX5200 is no good for Thief. Oh, and it's better than the crappy SiS 305 that I've got at the moment!:cool:
moria on 5/3/2006 at 20:30
Quote Posted by OrbWeaver
You've wasted your money. The FX 5200 is a useless POS that will run TDS at about 12 - 15 FPS if you're lucky.
Now that I've finally installed drivers that work OK, I find that Thief 3 runs very smoothly, despite the "useless POS" of a graphics card that I wasted my money on!:p
Bulgarian_Taffer on 5/3/2006 at 20:45
Well, OK. I hope you don't fry eggs on this VideoCard
OrbWeaver on 5/3/2006 at 21:57
Quote Posted by moria
Now that I've finally installed drivers that work OK, I find that Thief 3 runs very smoothly, despite the "useless POS" of a graphics card that I wasted my money on!:p
I guess your definition of "smooth" is different from mine.
Still, if it's good enough for you then that's OK.
Komag on 5/3/2006 at 22:10
Yes, 5200 will run Thief okay on lower settings (800x600 or 640x480, no AA, medium details), I did it both on a desktop and a laptop.
