Low End Card comment - Leadtek 7100 GS

the old games?
Starcraft
Warcraft
Diablo 2
SIms

Should run them all at highest. The card itself isn't great, but these games were designed for computer systems many generations ago. When most of the current technologies weren't even thought of. Really. Diablo 2 runs at 640x480 with sprites. these games will run on hghest settings on the low end card from 2 generations ago.

2nd teir.
Final Fantasy 11
World of Warcraft

these games wont be able to be played on the maximums. however, the 7100 SHOULD in theory play them with medium settings and slower performance. I'd expect to see WoW playing with low / medium settings running aruond 30fps (it runs on my 6150 on the laptop at these settings around 20fps). You may get a little more eye candy, but nothing spectacular. FF11 might be more difficult. it's pretty graphic intensive.


and the 3rd teir..

oblivion?

don't bother. Oblivion taxes the hell out of the high end 8800's on max settings. a low end card will die. it MIGHT play it. but with the settings on almost nothing with around 10fps. if this is the card you're stuc with, you have very few otpions when it comes to modern games.

haha i agree

Umm.....maybe if you OC it to 2ghz core speed......

Why the &^$! would you ask that question? You listed 3 different classes of games and yet you're asking if that card will run them all at max settings and max resolution? That's crazy. If that's what you wanted to know all you had to say was "Will this thing run Oblivion at max resolution and max settings?"

Oblivion will run so poorly on that setup that you won't even want to bother (if it even loads at all). Think about all of the people on the forumz complaining about 128 bit memory interfaces on video cards like the 7600 GT and the 8600 GTS... well, that 7100 is being squeezed by a 64 bit memory interface. Money spent on that card is NOT money well spent... might as well just use integrated until you can afford something a little higher up the food chain.

Yeah, I played Oblivion on my 3700+ and 7600GT and it was okay. Boring game, though.

I guess I never really got into it. I stopped at the beginning, right after you get out of the sewers. It just seemed like, "yeah sure you can run around and do whatever, but what's the point? I'm gonna go play CS:S". I liked BG, BG2, NWN and NWN2 though.

its more for people who want to stand out in the forest and stare at how pretty everything rendered. gameplay is bleh. bored after 20 minute sessions.

I think it's okay, as good as or maybe a little better than NWN 1 but not at the lofty heights of BG2. Greatest RPG ever made, in my opinion.

Doctor.. I concur.. Haha


Dude if you are making a new system give us your spec or planned setup, we could help you out. I've found that some people are spending way to much on other items than on where it count... On the graphics card. Maybe people overkill on the PSU sometimes, others on highend memory. Some get an overkill motherboard and they are not overclocking or running sli or the bells and whistle that you dont really need.
Example... My buddy put together a system for himself with a Core2 and 2 Gb of memory and a x1950Pro and expected to play Supreme Commander. I shuffled things around for him and he payed virtually the SAME price for his sytem but got a 8800GTS 320MB instead. You just have to be smart about where you put yoru funds on a build.

I didn't know starcraft had any video settings! (Other than removing/freezing unit portrait).


I had to recheck the thread date, april 2007, thought it would be april 2001 for some reason..

Sorry, but no. Ultima 7 Pt. 2 is the best RPG ever. It's been all downhill since that.

Fallout(2) is the best RPG ever.

your both wrong. Final fantasy 7 best rpg ever, despite being on a console. Did get ported to the pc though, but the swines cut the music down to MIDI, what a waste of an awesome soundtrack

u will be able to play WC3 on max settings. I have a 9550 pro and it runs it at max with no framerate complaints, it even ran at max on my old 9200. This card is way faster than the ones i just mentioned, so warcraft 3 is playable. It is a great game btw, play both the original and the expansion.