Hyperstrike

Will it run CoH? Sorta. You're not going to be able to crank the resolution up high (and trying to play at low resolution on a high res laptop screen can lead to funny-looking results).

You can see the basic info for the 210M here.


It's basically a 2 year old entry level discrete graphics solution. About the only thing to recommend it is that "it isn't Intel Integrated graphics".
It's on par, performance-wise with my 4 year old Quadro 570M. It'll play the game with minimal stutter, but don't even THINK about Ultra Mode.

Vartox of Valeron? BFD!

Thing is, the Robocop suit didn't breath and was mostly latex rubber. That's why he sweat so much.

The 580 is your best bet. It's the fastest single-GPU solution extant right now.

Not sure, but you probably have typo'ed or in-house stocking info for the card and not the EVGA model numbers.

The SCC is probably SC (short for SuperClocked). Essentially it's factory overclocked for an extra +20Mhz on the GPU and an extra +50Mhz on the memory.

Here's a comparison of the extant models on Newegg. Including a model designed specifically for water-cooled systems (you'll see the inordinately high clock speeds on that one).

Internal EVGA numbers look like:

015-P3-158#-AR. With the final # being between 0 and 9. (The 1589 is the highest clocked one and the one that's watercooled.)

The 1580 and 1584 are base-spec cards.

The 1582 and the 1587 are Superclocked.

The 1580 and 1582 show up on Newegg as having Limited Lifetime Warranties.

Anything with an -AR designation is supposed to be eligible for EVGA's StepUp program.

StepUp is thus. If you buy a card, and within 90 days, EVGA releases a new lineup of better cards, you can put in for a StepUp upgrade, pay the price difference between the two cards, send in your old card, and they'll send you the newer card.

I did this when I bought my GTX460. The new 560Ti debuted. I paid $30 and upgraded to the 560Ti.

It's possible the SU designator means that your supplier got the card as part of a StepUp deal.

Ooops! My bad.

Oh boy! Approaching senility!

Well, either that or ring the buzzer to have the nurse come in and give you a bedpan before you nod off for real and...uh...let go?

*BA-DUM-BUM-CHING!*

My point exactly.

<-- Snarky ***hole. Remember?

You're missing the point. The 285 and the 590 *ARE* SLI cards. What's more, they're *SLI on a single card* cards. Even now, some systems and games STILL have problems with such cards.

The 285 and the 590 are "gimmick" cards. They're for people who want SLI as simply as possible but don't understand the compromises that have been made to bring SLI to a single card (like the memory and GPUs being down-clocked to stay within the PCI-E power envelope).

If you are trying to use a 285 or a 590 for CoH, you would be better served by a 280, a 470, a 480, a 560 (for the 285), a 570 or a 580 (for the 590).

You'll pay less and your performance will be equivalent or better.

A GTX 285 USED is still going for $300+.
A brand new GTX 560Ti goes for $230 before $30 MIR. And for CoH's purposes, it's a better card performance-wise. the only time

Pre-zactly.

No. I just am getting sick of the Adam Savage approach to AV/Boss powers (I reject your reality and substitute my own). When bosses are COMPLETELY ignoring power effects or whole damage types, running one-shot (technically multiple damage effects to get around the one-shot rule) auto-hit insta-kill powers with hard-to-see warning indicators that require AoE damage-doers to turn off their primary damage powers or get insta-killed, and all these other gimmicks that serve to make combats frustrating rather than interesting.

One, this game itself has problems with single-card, multi-GPU setups. It's a known issue. As such, the 285 really isn't a viable suggestion. Nor is the 590. Nor the various AMD/ATI (DAAMIT?) multi-GPU solutions.

Cue a Kevin Smith monologue about "Rockin' the Aura".

Because they have three powers that qualify as heals? Why not just ignore the other 2/3rds of the powerset? Oh wait, there are people out there that do!

Okay. The 560 cards are mid-range. They have all the features of the higher-end cards, just fewer execution units.

Once you start dipping into the 550 and lower, you get into budget and mobile solutions.

The 560 Ti is a damn fine card and I'm happy with mine (especially since I got it on the EVGA Step Up program for $30). Go for the "Ti" branded ones. Difference between the Ti 560's and the non-Ti 560's.

Ti: Slightly lower GPU and memory speeds, with 384 execution units.
Non-Ti: Slightly higher GPU and memory speeds, but only 336 execution units.

Basically anything that PUSHES the card will perform better on the Ti units.

Zotac has a 560Ti for $230 (bought cost) right now with a $30 mail-in rebate.

If you want crazy performance, go for the GTX 580. Highest single core performance on the market as of right now. Just be prepped for sticker shock.

Zotac has a 580 for $470 (bought cost) right now with a $40 MIR.

Would recommend against the 590 series. CoH's handling of SLI is iffy at best, and several people with single-card, multi-GPU setups have reported problems running the game (both on the nVidia side and the AMD/ATI side).


If you're going to go with a generation older, and get a 460, make sure you get a 460, not the 460 SE. The difference between the two is more or less the same as the difference between the Ti and non-TI 560s.

And yes, the *80's of one generation DO run faster than the *60's of the next generation. Their clock speeds are usually comparable and they usually have more execution units. So they work better in parallel.

Uninstall this.
While the system TeaTimer SOUNDS like a good idea. But it's stopping and/or asking for changes to be effected. This could be interfering with the game.

See if you can kill iTunes and it's accompanying programs. While it should NOT directly affect the game, I've seen iTunes destabilize otherwise perfectly fine systems before.

Try Killing the Orb programs. It's possible this media program is interfering with the game's ability to control the video drivers.

Have enough copies of Chrome open?

Without even being IN the game.

Okay, running 4GB, showing as just under 3GB with 1.5GB free. The game will use up to 1.5GB before going unstable.

You have a 3GB page file of which 2.6 is currently in use.

One of your filesystems is below 2% free space (well past the point at which FAT and NTFS filesystems take a massive performance dive and filesystem management becomes difficult to impossible).

So yeah, you're running out of memory and swap space when in the game, as the system is ALREADY loaded out before you ever fire it up.

1: I wouldn't worry a bunch about not being able to get a C2Q. While the game is one place where the Quad can help (since it can take over two cores entirely for itself), the performance difference isn't all that much greater than a C2D.

2: Sorry I don't have any electronic vendors specifically in your neck of the woods (so to speak).

TigerDirect does international shipping, though due to various export laws, they may not be able to sell you certain things. Also, they'd want the money via wire transfer (and shipping is probably outrageous). Still you might want to give them a call to get pricing information if you're having problems getting stuff locally.

Congratulations, you found a way to take most of the disk swapping we're talking about completely out of the picture.

I'd ask for one last data point. As initial load-in of the game on a system that isn't currently maxing it's memory is of course going to be faster.

Try playing for an hour, and zoning several times during that play.

At the end of the hour, zone again and see how fast your zone times are when the client is, ostensibly, consuming maximum RAM.

I remember the summer "jobs" thing. Yeah, it kinda sucks, but being able to buy the stuff for yourself is a hell of a payoff and feels great. Then the first time you're in-game with the settings cranked up is just cool.

Have a friend who just bought himself a new system and he's still drooling over how sexy the game looks.

Granted, however, going by Wanted_NA, I've at least given him a decent starting point.