I'm not sure the 7500 will be that much faster than a Geforce 2 depending on
which Geforce2 you had.

There is a wide range of performance in radeon drivers.  There are multiple
versions out including some beta drivers.  I have an 8500 and there is a
huge difference between one particular set of beta drivers and the
officially released drivers on ATI's web site.  The beta drivers are much
faster, 20 fps at some resolutions in Q3.  So try different drivers.

Do you have v-sync enabled and the other people don't?  That makes a big
difference. Check with the people who are getting the higher frame rates and
see what other settings they have changed.

Unless you've seen it in person, beware of frame rate claims.  People have a
tendency to grossly exaggerate the performance they are getting.

Screen resolution options are usually determined by the monitor. Even if
your video card supports higher resolutions you won't get it if you monitor
won't support it.  It looks like you have the standard plug and play monitor
drivers.  Look for an .inf file that is specific to your monitor if you want
higher resolutions.

Ben Moore

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Radeon 7500 64DDR Video Card Questions


> I have a Radeon 7500 64DDR card and was wondering a couple of things.
>
> 1. When I play some games such as counterstrike my fps(frames per second)
are only about 50. I was getting the same with my old GeForce II card. I
know other people that have the same card and lower (Radeon 7200) that get
the max of 99fps constant on a resolution of 800x600 (the same I use). What
I would like to know is if this is right or if I should be getting a better
rate. To me it would seem that I should.
>
> 2. It doesn't give me many options as far as overall screen resolution....
(ex: the max resolution I can use is 1024x768). Even though anything above
this would be really small shouldn't it allow me to do so??
>
> My computer specs:
> AMD 1.2Ghz Processor
> Asus A7A266 Motherboard
> 512MB DDR 2100 RAM
>

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