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hardware upgrade (continued)

Posted by cafuego on Tuesday 15 April 2008.

Hmm. It seems I was a bit too enthousiastic in proclaiming the virtues of the X3500 chip when playing UrbanTerror.

Although it manages around 50 fps (which is fine) when I run around my local server, it manages less by an order of magnitude (2 to 4 fps in a busy area) when connected to a public server, with 15 others players running around as well.

So perhaps I need to invest in a new GFX card.

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hardware
intel
libre gfx
x3500

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Submitted by James B (not verified) on Sat, 2008-05-17 08:51

Hi,
Thanks to your report I'm thinking of getting a similar system (probably with the P5E-VM HDMI, the microATX version). Are you still happy with your system now you've had it for a bit longer? Apart from games, do/did you find the integrated graphics stable and fast enough for general desktop use? (Did you try compiz?)

Thanks!
James

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Submitted by cafuego on Mon, 2008-05-19 15:05

Yup! It's rock solid and working just dandy. The integrated gfx are more than adequate for compiz. I dislike compiz for others reasons, but it does run fine on this board.

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