Easily, hell you could play at 2560x1600 on ultra settings with that card.
If you can afford the 1GB, get it. I haven't done a test with FO NV yet, but FO3 in certain areas could fill the frame buffer on my 1GB card (like the Point Lookout DLC) and be reduced to a slide show. This is with all graphics options maxed @ 1680x1050. I actually bought an EVGA GTX 768MB Superclocked first and did a FRAPS run around the river. It absolutely choked after a couple minutes and drop down to the single digits.
So far I've experienced none of that with FO NV on my 1GB, but being they use the same engine and textures I would think it could be a possibility.
no you could not unless it uses way less vram than Fallout 3. even at 1920x1080, 768mb was not enough for Fallout 3 with 8x AA. with high res texture mods I could not even use 4x AA at 1920 without hitting right at my 896mb limit at some points.Easily, hell you could play at 2560x1600 on ultra settings with that card.
If you can afford the 1GB, get it. I haven't done a test with FO NV yet, but FO3 in certain areas could fill the frame buffer on my 1GB card (like the Point Lookout DLC) and be reduced to a slide show. This is with all graphics options maxed @ 1680x1050. I actually bought an EVGA GTX 768MB Superclocked first and did a FRAPS run around the river. It absolutely choked after a couple minutes and drop down to the single digits.
So far I've experienced none of that with FO NV on my 1GB, but being they use the same engine and textures I would think it could be a possibility.
well those games need more than 768mb at settings they are capable of running on a gtx460. of course you can adjust settings or reduce AA and keep it under 768mb though.Thanks for the info but I already own the 460 768mb. If it starts slowing down on me it's up for sale for $100 shipped in the for sale/trade forum section. I just have a low end card cause I don't game much at all. Only play the big releases like Bioshock, fallouts, crysis etc.. Didn't need the 470 I had for watching tv or streaming Netflix on my rig.
a game will stutter when it gets pretty close to the vram limit. it is odd that a dull looking game like Fallout 3/New Vegas uses so much vram while much better looking games use much less. another odd game is Bioshock 2 because it uses craploads of vram. I have seen it go near 768mb even without using AA.Just did a test running around the Strip with FO NV - it seems to be better than FO3 in memory usage - just 768MB at maximum. I could routinely top 850-900 in FO3 with the same Ultra in-game settings. A 768MB should be fine.
Just did a test running around the Strip with FO NV - it seems to be better than FO3 in memory usage - just 768MB at maximum. I could routinely top 850-900 in FO3 with the same Ultra in-game settings. A 768MB should be fine.
FRAPS run on the Strip:
2010-11-16 09:32:07 - FalloutNV
Frames: 4342 - Time: 90703ms - Avg: 47.871 - Min: 28 - Max: 62
Thanks for the info but I already own the 460 768mb. If it starts slowing down on me it's up for sale for $100 shipped in the for sale/trade forum section. I just have a low end card cause I don't game much at all. Only play the big releases like Bioshock, fallouts, crysis etc.. Didn't need the 470 I had for watching tv or streaming Netflix on my rig.
Easily, hell you could play at 2560x1600 on ultra settings with that card.
Thanks. I'll try it out and if I have to go from 8x to 4x that would still be okay. Looks like I'm set.
I haven't looked at that review yet and I don't own Fallout NV but it certainly must be using less vram than the original game. also sometimes cant you get hitching from lack of vram that may not always show up in a benchmark? I have noticed that when I am close to my vram limit that the fps don't always drop but a noticeable hitch will be there. its sort of like how benchmarks may not show the difference between 2gb and 4gb of system ram but actual gameplay will.Benchmarks #1
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Looks like Fallout 3: NV has no problems at all with 1920x1080 8AA, or even 2560x1600 4AA on your 460 768mb card.
I haven't looked at that review yet and I don't own Fallout NV but it certainly must be using less vram than the original game. also sometimes cant you get hitching from lack of vram that may not always show up in a benchmark? I have noticed that when I am close to my vram limit that the fps don't always drop but a noticeable hitch will be there. its sort of like how benchmarks may not show the difference between 2gb and 4gb of system ram but actual gameplay will.