ATi Sapphire Radeon 9250 256mb

hitmanzz · August 14th, 2007, 07:10 PM

Alright what my problem is, is that i have 6.11 updates which i figured would be good. but i just recently bought resident evil 4, and it tends to freeze during cut scenes and or it's laggy. was just wondering if there is any updates after 6.11 that would work with this video card. btw it is AGP, and im running windows xp.

mohcin · August 14th, 2007, 08:53 PM

hi friend of mine all you have to do to play resident evil 4 correctly is to use an application called 3D ANALYSER wich make your graphic card compatible with pixel shader 2.00 and if you like it more faster just instal the ngo ati optimised driver 7.3 .in good's save

Dyre Straits · August 15th, 2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hitmanzz

Alright what my problem is, is that i have 6.11 updates which i figured would be good. but i just recently bought resident evil 4, and it tends to freeze during cut scenes and or it's laggy. was just wondering if there is any updates after 6.11 that would work with this video card. btw it is AGP, and im running windows xp.

The 9250 is now considered a 'legacy' card by ATI/AMD. Therefore, the last drivers to support that card are the ones you're using.

For the record, I'd completely ignore the previous poster's recommendation as everywhere I've read about this "3D Analyzer" the people who have tried it describe it as a waste of time.

If you're wanting to play the newer games, I think it's time to consider upgrading the video card itself.

hitmanzz · August 15th, 2007, 04:59 PM

alright mates, thanks for the help. looks like i'll go shopping sometime soon

. was looking at the x1950 512mb video card, it's currently on sale for 129$. Is it any good?

IModIntel · August 15th, 2007, 06:48 PM

It's very good, i have that card but in PCI-Express, very satisfied with it. But honestly, you should have more RAM and a better CPU in there or a video card won't be fully profitable.

SpectatorX · August 18th, 2007, 11:05 AM

Better try some card from hd2xxx serie.
They heve agp and pci-e versions and they support opengl v2.0, directx 10 and shader model 4.0.

Your ram is allright. It's perfect for most of actual games.

Dyre Straits · August 18th, 2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectatorX

Better try some card from hd2xxx serie.
They heve agp and pci-e versions and they support opengl v2.0, directx 10 and shader model 4.0.

Your ram is allright. It's perfect for most of actual games.

I'm interested to know what games you play.

768 MB of RAM is really at the bottom of the barrel for newer games. For example: When I went from 1 GB of Dual Channel RAM to 2 GB of Dual Channel RAM, OBLIVION really performed MUCH better with the added RAM. With 1 GB I was seeing 10-15 FPS in outdoor scenes but it went to 30-50 FPS with the added RAM.

I, personally, would never say that 768 MB of RAM is perfect for most games....unless you're talking about FREECELL.