Well, sometimesrevisitinganoldgameyearslatercanleaveyou a littledisappointed.
MaybebecausethegraphicsonasGoodasYouRememberonmobbingthemsometimesgivesthem a newleaseoflife.
Butitcanalsomakethesegains a lotmoredemanding.
Andthat's thecasewithtoday's onefalloutNewVegaswiththeuntouchedvanillasettings, whichbasicallymeanshowitlookswithoutanytweaks, the 2010 additiontotheFalloutserieslooks a littledated.
Afterall.
Itwasn't exactlyregardedas a graphicalmasterpiecewhenitcameout, but I didalwaysfindthatitoffered a certaincharm.
NewVegascouldrunonprettymuchanyjewelcoreCPUonprettymuchanyGPUsincethe 6600 g t.
OnforMae.
Thatwasmusictomyears, considering I wasjustmakingtheswitchtoPCgamingon a verytightbudgetwhenthiscameout.
Butlet's sayyou'renot a fanofthesegraphics.
Youwanttomakeitlook a littlemoreuptodate.
ButyoualsowanttoknowifandhowthiswillhurtperformanceWillWonderGnome, orwhetherornot a particulargraphicsmodemakes a gamelookbetterisentirelysubjective.
Sowhat I'vedonehereisused a combinationofsomeofthemostwidelyusedinhighlypraisedenhancements.
Overhaulthisgame.
Infact, I prettymuchfollowedthisawesomearticleonmediumdotcom, a linktowhichwillbeinthedescriptionasitdetailseverymod I'veused.
Italsotellsyouhowtoinstallthesemods, butifyouwant a detailedvideoonthat, well, I'd behappytomakeoneatsomepoint.
SoafterdownloadingnexusModManager, aswellas a tonofgraphicaltweaksfromthenewVegasNexuswebsite, includingNM, seestexture, packflattery, textures, lightingoverhauls, Nevadaskies, weather, moreimprovedweapontexturesand, mostimportantly, theonyx e N B pluseverythingelseyouseehere.
Thisishowmygamenowlooked.
I thinkitlooksgreat, butit's entirelyuptoyou, ofcourse.
Andas I saidbefore, I'veusedwhataresomeofthemostpopularandhighlyratedmodificationsoutthere.
Initially, I madethemistakeofrunningthegameatfour K withmyeye 5 84 100 geetakes 10 70 system.
Thiswouldn't be a problemwiththevanillasettings, butmygoodness, didweexperience, um, frameratedips.
I shouldalsomentionthisisthegoldversionofthegame, whichoffers a nativesupportforfourgigsofRAM.
Youcandownload, forexample, theintimacy, texturepack I'm usingoffers a low, mediumorlargedownload.
Thetexturesizeswillthereforevarybecause I wantedtogoallout.
I'm usingthelargepack, whichconsistsof 2048 bytwo a four a resolutiontextures, butinrealityyou'llwanttocarefullymakeyourchoicebasedonyourspecifichardware.
Sotostartwith, I tookanotherquicklookatthe 10 70 at 10 80 p resolutionandfoundthatwhileweaveraged 60 f.
P s, therewerestillsomeframeditshereandthere.
I'vegot V sinkonandthegameiscapture 60 f ps.
Naturally, removingthiscapisn't worthit.
Asitmadethingsworse.
Datawisecaused a fewgraphicalglitchesandbroke.
Thephysicsisjustoneofthosethings.
Solet's lookatthebudgetfriendlyGeeticks 10 50 a carthathasbecome a favorofmineoverthelastyearorso.
Thankstoitsplugandplaynature, thepalateversion I'm usingrequiresnoexternalconnectorsandcanthereforebeusedin a widervarietyofmachines.
A 10 80 p resolution.
Thegamegrantedus 45 f P s onaverage.
Thiswasworkedoutbytakingthefiguresfrom a goodspringswalkthrough a lessdemandingareaofthemapandcombiningthemwiththefigurestakenfromtheNewVegasStrip, a moredemandingareaofthegame.
ActualresultsmayvaryisNewVegashasquite a largemap, anddifferentpartsofitperformedtotallydifferentlytoeachother.
Indeed, youcouldsetthegameto 7 20 p for a 60 FBSaverage, but I'm notsureit's worththegraphicalsacrifice, consideringyou'restillseesomemajorframedipshere, andthey'removingontoan A M D cardnow, andthistimeit's theturnofthetwogigare 93 80 thelikesofwhichcaneasilybepickedupforlessthan £100 ordollarsoneBay.
ThisGPUaveraged 58 framespersecond, thoughin a lotofareasit's stuckto 60.
Thiswas a betterresultthan I anticipated, consideringfourgigsofIranisrecommendedforsomeofthesetexturepacks.
Allofthegameplaywasrecordedexternally, using a capturecardandanotherPC.
But I shouldmentionthatforsomereason, the R ninefootageherelooks a littlejaggery.
Thiswasn't thecaseinreality.
Andasyoucanseebythe 1% on 10.1% lows, thingsstayedprettysmooth.
I'd saythatthiscardthe R 93 80 oranNVIDIAequivalentsaytheJugic 7 70 wouldbetheminimumhardwarenecessaryforcloseto 60 FBsexperiencewithallofthesemodsinstalledaswellasthe e N B Siris.
Nextup, I thought I'd trytheonboardVega.
Threegraphicsofthe A M d 200 g.
AthlonAP.
YouUsuallythiswouldhavenoproblemwith a gamelikeNewVegas, but I wascuriousastowhatitcoulddohere.
Unfortunately, even 7 20 p resolutionwasn't enoughtogetthe 200 G Runningthegamesmoothlyas I walkthroughGoodSpringswas a ratherLaghione.
ThiswasquitesurprisingbecauseaswemovedontothisTheseusRog 9800 GTfrommanyyearsback, I foundthatthe F P s improvedatthesameresolution.
Youcanseethatwiththenight 800 duty, wewerehoveringaround 20 to 25 F.
P s, whichdoesn't feelasbadasitwouldinothergames, likelyduetotheslowpacenatureofthistitle.
TheNewVegasStripknocked a fewmorenumbersoffouraverage, butthiscardidbetterthan I thought, andstrangelybetterthantheVegathree i gpufinally, andjustfor a laugh, I purchasedanother G forceto 10 inthehopesof a miracle.
Butthatcarhadnohopeofplayingfallout.
Itlookedverygoodstill, butthat's kindofirrelevantwhenthegameplayslike a PowerPointpresentation.
Gaincanbemadetolookverygood, butitwillhave a hugeimpactonhardwarerequirementsforthoseofyouthatpreferthevanillagraphics, well, it's probably a goodjobifyouhave a morebudgetfriendlysystem, thoughthereare, ofcourse, manydifferenttweetstoplayaroundwith.
Thatmightworkmuchbetterforyouonanindividualbasisandgiveyou a nicebalancebetweengraphicalfidelityonplayability.