meriilion Vyper Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Is there anywhere that shows what graphics cards are suitable for SL and there benchmarks as the list on the systems requirements of pretty old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Dilweg Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The "old list" still stands as is for today.. I wouldnt get anything lower than a 9800GT or comperable On THIS LIST I would not use anything lower than a 916 ( See the colored graph lines with numbers in the middle") I use a 9800 GT but it also was laggy with only 1 core CPU. so that tells you you need something better. atleast 1000 or better with atleast 1 gig or ram. best with 2 Lots of PC ram and lots of cpu helps lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meriilion Vyper Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Thanks, i am basiclaly trying to find out whether any issues with the new kepler devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Dilweg Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Those are the new keplar cuda cores. .. I personally have not heard of anyone having problems with the GTX devices using the keplar cores. The only complaint I have heard so far is some mesh modeling programs are not quite caught up to using keplar yet. But soon. I honestly don't know where SL is as far as being caught up on keplar, not even sure if it even takes advantage of multithreading cuda/keplar cores). It may be why some complain of lower FPS than expected, even tho they have the newest video card... But I can not be positive about that.. I personally have been wanting to upgrade my self. But having a hard time figuring out the best way to go before I make a big investment. Some say that the GTX570 runs better than the 680 in some rendering applications. I think it just depends on what you plan on doing other than SL game play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRprofessor Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 A bit further down is a thread where I whine about my upgrade from a gtx 550 to a gtx 660. I whined because the 660 didn't show any improvement one busy sims relative to the 550 at the same settings. However, with the 660 I was was able to upgrade the quality of my graphics with only small losses in frame rates. For my use the gtx 550 was a fine card, the additional quality I get from the gtx 660 is, for the time being, largely wasted on me. (Don't tell my wife, because I am keeping the 660). But it really does depend on what you want to do. If you want to run SL on mid-level setting something like the GTX 550 is a fine GPU and not terribly expensive. If you have other applications that need more gpu power, or you want to run SL on ultra settings, you'll want to purchase a better card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Dilweg Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Yes this thead here VRpro is talking about http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Viewer/GPU-Disappointment/td-p/1647247/page/4 A lot of good information there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalates Urriah Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 http://www.squidoo.com/which-graphics-card-is-best-for-second-life That page has a comparison chart. It is a bit old. But, if your looking for a used card, it will work. Tom's is down right now but they did have a new review page out as of August 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nala Spires Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 450/460/550/560 and cards on the same caliber will be more than fine sl benefits more from cpu /ram speed than a beastie card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meriilion Vyper Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Thanks to all, I am leaning towards the GTX580M with 8M or above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT Upsilon Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I found this whilst trawling for the same information. However, I have to presume it's okay as I'm a total NOOB to graphic settings etc. It seems really useful, and I'd be interested to see if any of you Gurus agree with it:-http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=718&canMyGpuRunIt=Second%20Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayneo27 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Hi my graphics are showing pink and crashing frequently, i have a relatively new laptop with a good graphics card? please help graphichs card is a mobility radeon hd 4200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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