Warning about new NVIDIA cards

[dethonlegs]

Due to driver issues, the newer NVIDIA graphics cards do not support gfx acceleration in NWN. See here:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=188517

I got a GTX465 and was annoyed to find FPS down the toilet in nwn. A quick google confirmed the issue. If I knew this beforehand I would have considered an ATI.

It seems the only resolution is for a driver update which may or may not happen.

Hopefully this post will save someone from wasting their money like I did.

[Daltian]

Thank you very much! I was about to buy that card.

Thank you.

[mining]

Aren't the ATI offerings much better all around atm anyway?

[mgrjebbo]

ATI use to be alot slower to come out with drivers not sure if they still are. Its more a of motherboard/proccessor thing really. Depends on your machine build.

Even the 200 series nvidia cards have issues with NWN, or atleast my 250 does.

[mining]

ATI use to be alot slower to come out with drivers not sure if they still are. Its more a of motherboard/proccessor thing really. Depends on your machine build.

Even the 200 series nvidia cards have issues with NWN, or atleast my 250 does.

Eh, still a little slow, but ATI seems to be stomping all over Nvidia atm.

[Daltian]

True, but nvidia usually works better with nwn. Thats why I stick to it.

[mining]

True, but nvidia usually works better with nwn. Thats why I stick to it.

I'm using an AMD 5870 atm, works great. My only issue is that transitions still take more than 0 seconds. Oh well .

[Lorkar]

The GTX 285 screams thru NWN as it does most everything else. Haven't found a game yet that makes it stutter. Of course the i7 with 9 gigs of ram helps a little.

[Daral0085]

/off topic

Do you think the CPU is all that important for a gaming rig? I was debating this with a friend earlier today because I'm building a computer and the CPU/mobo is the only part(s) I haven't gotten yet. I'm split between the core i3-550 (or 540 perhaps) and something with quad core, maybe core i5-760 or i7-870?

Obviously the CPU will have some impact, but dollar for dollar (or whatever currency) I always thought that the graphics card was a better investment on a gaming machine than the CPU or other parts.

[mining]

Well, I've found that it really helps with multi-tasking, i.e. if you're doing some building on excell and have NWN open too. i7-8xx isn't that much more expensive either.

[mgrjebbo]

A good proccessor is pretty important in any machine. Nothing wrong however with a $70 dual core AMD chip. Intel is still overpriced in all their product markets IMO.

[mining]

A good proccessor is pretty important in any machine. Nothing wrong however with a $70 dual core AMD chip. Intel is still overpriced in all their product markets IMO.

Depends on the motherboard, I guess.

[DM Ireheart]

The GTX 285 screams thru NWN as it does most everything else. Haven't found a game yet that makes it stutter. Of course the i7 with 9 gigs of ram helps a little.

aye, using a GTX 260 with an i7 and have had no problems so far.

[VagaStorm]

The GTX 285 screams thru NWN as it does most everything else. Haven't found a game yet that makes it stutter. Of course the i7 with 9 gigs of ram helps a little.

aye, using a GTX 260 with an i7 and have had no problems so far.

IMO, you shouldent have. When I started playing nwn I was using a athlon 500 with a tnt 2 ultra... If anyone remembers that far back :p

[Anelad]

"When Robes/Cloaks/Ranged Weapons are not equiped or seen in anyway, the game plays at 250 FPS. As soon as they are visable, it drops to 20 fps. "

It looks like GL_ARB_multitexture is not supported well in nv 400 series hardware...so it switched to a low speed cpu code provided by the opengl driver...