jeffpn said:
I run my G3 on a similar system, and it runs, with no shadows, and details/quality must be set low. Without looking, I think the video card uses shared memory, which is not good for an application like RF. I'm not sure if G4 requires Directx 9 or 10, but it's listed on the requirements of the website.
Knife Edge Web site says:
G4 - Minimum Recommended System: Some graphical features may be disabled. Aerodynamic Calculations will still be high quality.
* Windows* 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista®
* Intel® Pentium® 1.0GHz or equivalent
* .512 MB RAM
* 3 GB Hard Drive Space
* 3D Accelerated Video with:
32 MB Dedicated Video Memory
Full Windows DirectX® 9 compliant (Pixel Shader 1.4 support)
Optimal System: For best graphical performance.
* Dual Core 2.4GHz CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 3D Accelerated Video with:
256 MB dedicated video memory
(Pixel Shader 2.0 support)
My System seems to meet minimums for G4 in all areas except Video: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 3 GHz, 1 gig Ram, ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series , DirectX9
I believe my integrated graphics does use shared memory. My computer has a PCI Express Slot and the manual suggests that I use an ATI card.
Any suggestions/comments on inexpensive cards?
With my Hardware config if i put in a Graphics card I will surpass Mins but not meet Optimum - is there any way to predict what kind of performance I will get with G4? Any Demo of G4 to run?
I'm trying to decide if I should by G3.5 or G4 as my first RC Simulator. I like G3.5 just fine and the Demo runs reasonably well on my system but if G4 will run reasonably well with my system and a new graphics card I think I'd go for G4.
Any guidance appreciated. Thanks.
Steve