Dark Messiah Performance Test

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:50

FiringSquad performed a very thorough <a href="/http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/dar ... erformance test with the Dark Messiah demo</a>, using the leading graphic cards on the market. The GeForce 7950 GX2 provided the best results, but at $500 it isn't an option many of us can afford. The Radeon X1950 XTX was a definite winner in the $400-$499 range, just like cheaper ATI cards outperformed their nVidia counterparts. But nVidia remains the best choice if you are going the multi-GPU way. The authors warn us that performance can change once the final game ships. However, if you were planning to buy a new rig to play Dark Messiah, you probably won't find better advices.

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ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:55

I don't suppose they say how the GeForce 6600 GT handled it?

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:56

My poor, poor Radeon 9800 feels so outdated...

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:58

Hey, as long as it can run it then it's ok, at least that's my philosophy.

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 27 Sep 2006, 02:01

I have a decent performance in the open beta, but things were a little more rough in the demo. But I don't really mind decreasing the quality settings as long as the game is fun.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 27 Sep 2006, 05:07

well it looks ok for my ATI card .... thank the gods

arturchix · Unread postby **arturchix** » 27 Sep 2006, 05:49

Angelspit wrote:I have a decent performance in the open beta, but things were a little more rough in the demo. But I don't really mind decreasing the quality settings as long as the game is fun.

Same here - the beta runs with no lag while the demo lags somewhat. I have Radeon X1600X card (256 MB) and it feels like a mid-end card for Dark Messiah (because of performance). Curious that I bought it as a high-end for Oblivion which was released 6 months ago.

Aspiriins · Unread postby **Aspiriins** » 27 Sep 2006, 12:24

hahaa, poor arturchix ("kaa gan tev neiet") - right now you see, how fast the developers and gpu sellers are working

I got GeForce 6600 GT and I will not upgrade that...enought is enought! ok...if only MM10 will be released will higher requirments

LordErtz · Unread postby **LordErtz** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:38

Who can beat my Raedon 8500 LE? haha.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:49

LordErtz wrote:Who can beat my Raedon 8500 LE? haha.

I have a baseball bat, all i need is your adress.

LindaG · Unread postby **LindaG** » 27 Sep 2006, 14:44

Well I, for one, cannot justify upgrading just to play the game, so I am guessing Heroes V will be the last game I'll be able to play for some years to come. Good thing I love Heroes 3 and 4, too.

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 27 Sep 2006, 15:49

That's why I love to play games that are two or three years old: you have a good looking game that you can play at very high settings without having to rely on high-end hardware.
Edited on Wed, Sep 27 2006, 10:00 by Angelspit

HodgePodge · Unread postby **HodgePodge** » 27 Sep 2006, 16:14

I have a GeForce 7600 GT … with a 3.0 GHz Pentium, 1.5 GB of RAM & 155 GB of Free Space on my Hard Drive. If this isn't good enough then UbiSoft can just "cram" it!

Xenofex.XVII · Unread postby **Xenofex.XVII** » 27 Sep 2006, 16:45

I will start thinking of upgradin my nVidia Geforce FX 5600XT only if Dark Messiah and Gothic 3 would be unplayable with lowest settings. I doesn't seem like I will be playing anything untill summer though.

[T]osHiro · Unread postby **[T]osHiro** » 03 Oct 2006, 13:14

HodgePodge wrote:I have a GeForce 7600 GT … with a 3.0 GHz Pentium, 1.5 GB of RAM & 155 GB of Free Space on my Hard Drive. If this isn't good enough then UbiSoft can just "cram" it!

Whoa, and that machine isn't good enough for Dark Messiah??

I'll never get to play any games nowadays with my PC..

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