Shader Model 3 v Shader Model 2

sychomayniac · 26-04-2006, 10:21 AM

I m in confusion i wanna know if i use ATI X800 GTO which has shader model 2 and i m using onboard shader model 3 mobo, so i wanna know will i able to use vista or any shader model 3 effects in the game.

tarey_g · 26-04-2006, 10:47 AM

vista only needs sm 2.0, i dont know which onboard u have , but i think its certainly is not better than x800 GTO. Few games use sm3 features like splinter cell chaos th. and age of empires 3 . so u wud be missing some effects with a sm 2 card.

sychomayniac · 26-04-2006, 11:11 AM

I m using MSI K8NGM2 IL which has onboard 6100 SM3

tarey_g · 26-04-2006, 12:12 PM

i suggest u go fo x800 gto . (crap crap crap , i had to write this as i am not allowed to post in less than 50 words, what the hell !!!, my orignal msg ended after the fullstop, and i think it was sufficient, huh)

Ethan_Hunt · 26-04-2006, 01:17 PM

No problems whatsoever.Go with the X800GTO as it will have a larger bandwidth compared to that Pityful onboard which only boasts of the newer 6 series onboard implementation and can't give decent frame rates with latest games @1024x768 resolutions.If you are so skeptical with the X800GTO being SM 2.0 compliant then select the 6600GT which is almost on par with the X800GTO and is SM 3.0 compliant.Very few games like Splinter Cell Chaos Theory,Far Cry,Black and White 2 support SM 3.0 in their full glory.