STALKER + Dynamic Lighting

Hi everyone. I'll make this as short as possible.

It's happened with STALKER and also Call of Juarez (and guessing it will with Crysis).

First, here are my specs:

Pentium 4 - 2.8Ghz

2GB RAM

SATA Drive 7200rpm 16MB Buffer

GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (AGP)

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value

WINDOWS XP PRO (SP2) 

STALKER: Ok, when I put STALKER on with "Object Dynamic Lighting" or "Full Dynamic Lighting" it's unplayable, it runs at like 5fps frame by frame. When I turn off Dynamic Lighting it runs perfect, even if I turn everything else up to maximum.

Call of Juarez: With "Shader Support 3.0" unplayable, with "Shader Support 2.0" perfect with everything maxed.

1- Is this normal? Looks like my machine can't take Shader 3-Dynamic Lighting

2- If so, what's the fastest Nvidia video card (last one out) for AGP?

3- Is it worth it? If I just buy the best Nvidia AGP card will it sustain Shader Support -Dynamic Lighting better?

Thanks.

Yeah, Dynamic Lighting can change the whole mood of a game or level.  In STALKER, specially outside... the sun shinning through the clouds, the shadows of the trees moving with the wind. 

In Call of Juarez, the ligh coming through the windows, etc... 

A BIG change.

i think u need a vidio card that suports shader 3.0,, mine dose and ican play with dynamic lighting and every thing full at around 24+ fps

EDIT- of you card DOSE suport shader 3. i looked. i have an almost ideantcal system but i have the 7800 and works just fine.. 

6800 does support 3.0, its not a very good card anymore. YOur system is obselete to play stalker with dynamic lighting, you need uber rigs, read the reccomended requirements, i'll list them, amd 4200/e6400 x1800/7900 1.5/2gigs of ram have a good day. go on wiki and search s.t.a.l.ke.r adn you will fidn them

2nd question the best nvidia agp is 7800gs, its not alot better than your current card the x1950pro is it will wipe that card you have now its the best agp card.

I myself run it great, qx6700 3.4 ghz, 2 gigs of pc2-4300 ram 1:1 ratio.. x1900xtx overclocked 690/800  

From what I understand, dynamic lighting is more dependent on your CPU than your graphics card, but according to SharkyExtreme they make an AGP 7800. I'm not familiar with ATI's cards, but I seriously doubt they go much past that in their own line. If you're curious, I'd recommend taking a look at the link below. It'll give you a rough idea of prices, too.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/3663006

I have an e6700 and an 8800gtx. Running XP pro and i get terrible numbers.

 Doesnt matter what settings i use Dynamic lighting shaves like 90% off my frame rates. 

 The game already looks sub standard with dynamic on. It looks absolutely horrible with it off. Not even worth playing without dynamic IMHO. 

 I expect a patch soon as this has to be an optimization issue. 

 This game's performance to visuals ratio is outrageously bad. Wayyyy too taxing in general for the sub average dated engine look it has. 

I have exactly the same problem. I have a Geforce 7800GS OC AGP and this supports shader 3.0 - with AMD 3000+ 64bit and 2gig of RAM, but runs like a dog if I choose anything other than static lighting. This sucks, I paid £240 only a few months ago for the card and the rest of my specs aren't that bad, any suggestions?

P.S. Anyone know where I can order an AMD 3700+ 64bit chip from?

6800 does support 3.0, its not a very good card anymore. YOur system is obselete to play stalker with dynamic lighting, you need uber rigs, read the reccomended requirements, i'll list them, amd 4200/e6400 x1800/7900 1.5/2gigs of ram have a good day. go on wiki and search s.t.a.l.ke.r adn you will fidn them

2nd question the best nvidia agp is 7800gs, its not alot better than your current card the x1950pro is it will wipe that card you have now its the best agp card.

I myself run it great, qx6700 3.4 ghz, 2 gigs of pc2-4300 ram 1:1 ratio.. x1900xtx overclocked 690/800

JigglyWiggly2

i have an amd 4200 dual core, 2gb ram, 7900gtx, 2x320gb sata ii HDDs and i run this game at max, every setting maxed with dynamic lighting and never even get a stutter im glad i didnt upgrade to dx10 it seems to becomeplete crap and probly will be until next year when optimized hardware comes out with proper drivers where as anyone who upgraded now will be feeling pretty stupid.

stalker owns:D 

From what I understand, dynamic lighting is more dependent on your CPU than your graphics card, but according to SharkyExtreme they make an AGP 7800. I'm not familiar with ATI's cards, but I seriously doubt they go much past that in their own line. If you're curious, I'd recommend taking a look at the link below. It'll give you a rough idea of prices, too.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/3663006

PutU2REM

6800 does support 3.0, its not a very good card anymore. YOur system is obselete to play stalker with dynamic lighting, you need uber rigs, read the reccomended requirements, i'll list them, amd 4200/e6400 x1800/7900 1.5/2gigs of ram have a good day. go on wiki and search s.t.a.l.ke.r adn you will fidn them

2nd question the best nvidia agp is 7800gs, its not alot better than your current card the x1950pro is it will wipe that card you have now its the best agp card.

I myself run it great, qx6700 3.4 ghz, 2 gigs of pc2-4300 ram 1:1 ratio.. x1900xtx overclocked 690/800

JigglyWiggly2

Hi everyone. I'll make this as short as possible.

It's happened with STALKER and also Call of Juarez (and guessing it will with Crysis).

First, here are my specs:

Pentium 4 - 2.8Ghz

2GB RAM

SATA Drive 7200rpm 16MB Buffer

GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (AGP)

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value

WINDOWS XP PRO (SP2)

STALKER: Ok, when I put STALKER on with "Object Dynamic Lighting" or "Full Dynamic Lighting" it's unplayable, it runs at like 5fps frame by frame. When I turn off Dynamic Lighting it runs perfect, even if I turn everything else up to maximum.

Call of Juarez: With "Shader Support 3.0" unplayable, with "Shader Support 2.0" perfect with everything maxed.

1- Is this normal? Looks like my machine can't take Shader 3-Dynamic Lighting

2- If so, what's the fastest Nvidia video card (last one out) for AGP?

3- Is it worth it? If I just buy the best Nvidia AGP card will it sustain Shader Support -Dynamic Lighting better?

Thanks.

FelipeInside