Will my video card work with NS2?

current1yoldcurrent1yold Join Date: 2012-09-10 Member: 158911Members
edited September 2012 in Technical Support
<div class="IPBDescription">512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5470 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA]</div>Looks like I jumped the gun on preordering. I just saw yall recommend a 1G video card for min requirements. I only have a 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470.

I guess I need to see about upgrading my graphics card in my laptop eh?

I think the rest of my system is ok for min requirements..

• Intel® Core™ i7-640M Dual Core Processor (2.8 GHz, 4MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.46GHz
• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited September 2012
    Well all I know is that when I went from my HD4850 512Mb GDDR3 to a HD5870 1Gb, the hitching was close to gone and I could run the game on Medium instead of Low. The HD4850 is a lot more powerful than your mobility HD5470 and it was already struggling to some extent, up to the point that once everything is loaded into memory its fine. And that is also where your 6Gb or RAM will probably help you a lot as I'm on 2Gb, which will result in a lot of swapping in and out of memory, even to HDD sometimes...

    <a href="http://www.hwcompare.com/399/radeon-hd-4850-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-5450/" target="_blank">HD4850 vs HD5450</a> (HD5450 is similar to yours, just a very tiny fraction less powerful)
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    We have playtesters with 512Mb Graphics cards, and they can still play NS2 (especially now texture streaming option is in which helps).

    But a 1GB Card will help a lot.
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