todd92371 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hello,Was wondering if this is placebo or not. I upgraded from an 8800gtx card to a 550ti card. I am not experiencing any major increases in FPS. But, the whole experience seems smoother and everything SEEMS to flow more? Is it true- that it may not always be just about FPS numbers. Or, am I just trying to justify money outlay? lol todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meh12345 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 It's quite possible increase your average FPS without increasing the maximum, or simply remove stuttering and so on. Video memory amount and speed probably help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBodZod Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It's quite possible increase your average FPS without increasing the maximum, or simply remove stuttering and so on. Video memory amount and speed probably help a lot. I would concur with this statement, since you probably have a larger frame buffer and of course a faster GPU on that 550 card, it helps to give you a smoother, overall experience in-game :) Also note that the placebo effect maybe playing into this some too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meh12345 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm not sure why everyone's so down on placebos. If it works, just roll with it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBodZod Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm not sure why everyone's so down on placebos. If it works, just roll with it :) I didn't mean to imply I was down with the placebo effect, just mentioned in passing is all, and yes I also like to just roll with it on occasion too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy1123 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The 8800 GTX -vs- 550TI No question about it,. the 550TI beats the 8800 in every aspect...except price. memory clock 900mhz -vs- 1026 MHZProcess size 90nm -vs- 40nmtwice the transistor countbandwidth 86.4GB/s -vs- 98.5 GB/smemory 768MB DDR3 -vs- 1GB DDR5 the list goes on Your increased game play "smoothness" will largly be due to the data processing capabilities of that wonderful little beauty you have there. (soon to be chugging along from my side of the web) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd92371 Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks guys,I'm down on the placebo effect! :)I will give this 8800gtx card one thing. It's old and it still is really doing great. It does very well with this game. It just amazes me how fast it is still. I will retire it to another machine. I don't think I could ever get rid of the thing. It has always reminded me of a muscle car. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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