@foey: Wonderful combination of case, drives, sound card!

(guess Unreal 2) Relative good but the Pentium 4 is sure helping - http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/1203/itogi-video-un2-w2k-aaa-p4-1024.html, http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/1203/itogi-video-un2-w2k-p4-1024.html. Interesting (at least for me) how the "small" Geforce FX 5900 SE perform …

candle_86 wrote: Crysis High: 1680x1050 Average 8.85FPS Try 1280x800 or 1280x768. The console command r_TexMaxAnisotropy (1-16) adjust the intern anisotropic filtering and r_ssao (0) deactivate SSAO.

Well for starters an 8800GTS 640 is not even in the same ball game as an 8800GT, its often 10-12% slower in every title so bad comparison. And yes it is a tiny bit faster in Doom3, but in the majority of titles one would play with an FX 5600 the Ti 4200 will be 10-15% faster. A 4x1 or 2x2 design is …

What is a "4x1 or 2x2 design"? The Geforce FX 5600 Ultra is faster in Doom 3, in the most games a bit slower, faster with AF, AA. So I don't see why it is not comparable performance-wise. It's like saying a Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB is not comparable with a Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB, or a Radeon 9600 XT …

Even the lowest GF4 TI 4200 benches alot higher than a FX 5600. So its still a upgrade over a FX 5500. Unless you have high-end FX series cards they aren't worth it for DX9 games though but still decent choice for DX8 games. Back in the day I had a P4 3.0GHz HT (prescott) with a EVGA FX-5700 Ultra …

Fraps is capable of benchmarks. This game can be weird with input devices. Are you using anything wireless or from Logitech? Yes .. http://www.gamespot.com/forums/pc-mac-linux-society-1000004/fear-frame-rate-issuesdropping-after-time-solved-26457530/ absurd. 241 maximum, 105 average/241 maximum, 107 …

F.E.A.R. has this soft shadow setting. If enabled it doesn't use AA, even if enabled. So it's one or the other. Soft shadows are very taxing on the GPU. I can't remember what the default setting is, might be worth taking a quick look. You can still force AA with your graphics software, but the …

candle_86 wrote: That is what the fear test settings test says, you can argue with it. Also why would I want to run newer games the entire point is to relive what I'd have been playing in 2006. To see what your rig capable of. 😵

Test some newer games. 😲 Fear - 1680x1050 8xAA 16xAF Maximum Setting 93FPS Average? I doubt that. Nvidia optimised or what.

Shogo Mobile Armor Division seems flawless with it. God i was about to post the same thing here. This game at 4k looks nice + https://www.gog.com/support/shogo_mobile_armor_division/blurred_fonts_ingame + Windows 95 compatibility mode for music + XP compatibility mode against crashing for the last …

Shogo Mobile Armor Division seems flawless with it.

The limitations on the hardware-site are small today, but the development process is rationalised, so the potential is cut off. Maybe some people feel this.

Classic early 2000s case, indeed. I would prefer a FX 5200 Ultra. Why? What's ultra about FX5200? There are a lot of great options for a machine like this including Ti4200 and Radeon 8500, but FX5200 is here because it does its job well and it's not a matter of speed anyway, am I right? And it has …

Classic early 2000s case, indeed. I would prefer a FX 5200 Ultra.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (Windsor JH-F3 3024 MHz) Asus M2N (AMD AM2 Nvidia nForce 430 MCP61) Kingston 2x1024 MB DDR2-800, A-Data 2x1024 MB DDR2-800 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 1024 MB GDDR5 Crysis 1280x768, custom confic (high - very high), max AF, 2xAA - 27fps Witcher 2 1440x900, very high, …