Video+Cards+and+GlideWrapper

Originally posted by Sydbod at SimHQ Forums Nov. 1, 2006. Submitted by Wudpecker.

A list of video cards and their usefulness in both EAW and other modern games is below. IMPORTANT Anybody who is not using the **Zeckensack Glidewrapper** is missing one of the most important additions that EAW has ever had. One link is: http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/

Originally posted by headwax.: **can you explain what advantage the glide wrapper has (or point me in the correct info direction)**

We all would like to play EAW in 1600x1200 screen resolution if we have a reasonable CRT display. The problem at this higher resolution is that the text writing that appears on the playing screen is so very very small it is almost unreadable. With Glidewrapper we have the capability of running the game in 800x600 screen resolution so we get the nice readable text and icons on the playing screen, while at the same time **the wrapper remaps the image to double resolution (ie: 1600x1200).** **In simple language we can run in very high resolution.. hot image..and still have readable text.** Also the Glidewrapper reintroduces the fog that the ATI card does not produce-- nor does the Nvidia cards when running Vista, the new Windows operating system. Should you like the 2D (crisp sharp cockpit with bullet holes) rather than the 3D cockpits-- then with the Glidewrapper you can run the game in its native 640x480 resolution to get the 2D cockpits-- but have the Glidewrapper remap the image to 1280x960 mode for much better image quality. This is the mode of choice for people who are using LCD screens as most of them have a native resolution somewhere around 1280x1024). ........JUST REMEMBER TO SELECT GLIDE RATHER THAN D3D FOR THE VIDEO MODE IN CONFIGURE GAME...... Regards sydbod

Video Card types:

The Tier 0 cards do not work properly with the Glidewrapper for EAW. *DO NOT USE THEM*

The Tier1 cards work fine with the Glidewrapper and in EAW so they are fine to use

THE FOLLOWING IS JUST AN INDICATION---WHERE THE HIGHER UP THE LIST, THE MORE POWERFUL THE CARD. Geforce 7800 GTX 512 SLI - dx9.0c Geforce 7800 GTX SLI - dx9.0c - 430/1260 Geforce 7800 GTX 512 - dx9.0c Radeon X1800 XT 512MB - dx9.0c - 625/1500 - $549 Radeon X1800 XT 256MB - dx9.0c - 625/1500 - $499 Geforce 6800 GT SLI - dx9.0c - 350/1000 Geforce 7800 GTX - dx9.0c - 430/1260 Radeon X1800 XL 256MB - dx9.0c - 500/1000 - $449 Geforce 7800 GT - dx9.0c - 430/1260 Geforce 6600 GT Dual - dx9.0c Geforce 6600 GT SLI - dx9.0c Radeon X850 XT PE - dx9.0b+ - 540/1180 Radeon X850 XT - dx9.0b+ - 520/1080 Geforce 6800 Ultra Extreme -dx9.0c - 450/1100 Radeon X800 XT PE (256mb) - dx9.0b+ - 520/1120 Geforce 6800 Ultra (256mb) - dx9.0c - 400/1100 Radeon X800 XT (256mb) - dx9.0b+ - 500/1000 - $479 Radeon X800 XL - dx9.0b+ -400/1000 Geforce 6800 GT - dx9.0c - 350/1000 -$316 Radeon X1600 XT 256MB - dx9.0c - 590/1380 - $199 Radeon X1600 XT 128MB - dx9.0c - 590/1380 - $149 Radeon X800 GTO - dx9.0b+ Radeon X850 Pro - dx9.0b+ - 520/1080 Radeon X800 Pro - dx9.0b+ - 475/900 - $400 Radeon X800 XL - dx9.0b+ - 400/1000 Radeon X800 - dx9.0b+ 400/700 Radeon X700 XT - dx9.0b+ - 475/1050 Geforce 6800 - dx9.0c - 325/700 Radeon X800SE - dx9.0b+ - 425/700 GeForce 6600 GT - dx9.0c - $205.00 Radeon 9800 XT (256mb) - dx9.0b - 412/365 - $360 Radeon 9800 Pro (256mb) - dx9.0b - 380/340 - $300 Radeon 9800 Pro - dx9.0b - 380/340 - $199 Radeon X700 Pro - 420/860 - $270 X1600 Pro 256MB - dx9.0c - $249 X1600 Pro 128MB - dx9.0c - $199 GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (256mb) - dx9.0b - 475/475 - $300 Radeon 9800 Non-Pro (256mb) - dx9.0b - 325/290 - $269 Radeon 9800 Non-Pro (128mb) - dx9.0b - 325/290 - $131 Radeon 9700 Pro - dx9.0b - 325/310 - $165 Radeon X700 - dx9.0b+ - 400/700 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra (256mb) - dx9.0b - 450/425 - $275 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra (128mb) - dx9.0b - 450/425 - $175 Radeon 9700 Non-Pro - dx9.0b - 275/270 - $160 Radeon X600 XT - dx9.0b+ GeForce FX 5900 Non-Ultra - dx9.0b - 400/425 - $183 Radeon X600 Pro - dx9.0b+ GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - dx9.0b - 500/500 - $187 GeForce FX 5900 XT - dx9.0b - 400/350 - $192 Radeon 9600 XT - dx9.0b - 500/325 - $146 Radeon 9500 Pro - dx9.0b - 275/270 - $145 Radeon 9800se (256bit) - dx9.0b - 325/250 GeForce 6600 - dx9.0c GeForce FX 5900 SE - dx9.0b - 350/350 Geforce 4Ti4800 - dx8.1 - 300/325 - $129 GeForce 4 TI4600 - dx8.1 - 300/325 - $115 GeForce FX 5800 Non-Ultra - dx9.0b - 400/400 - $115 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra - dx9.0b - 475/450 - $120 Radeon 9600 Pro (256mb) - dx9.0b - 400/300 - $99 Radeon 9600 Pro (128mb) - dx9.0b - 400/300 - $68 X1300 Pro 256MB - dx9.0c - 600/800 - $149 X1300 256MB - dx9.0c - $129 Radeon 9800se (128bit) - dx9.0b - 325/250 - $145 Geforce 4Ti4800se - dx8.1 - 275/275 - $129 X1300 128MB - dx9.0c - $99 GeForce TI4400 - dx8.1 - 275/275 XGI Volari V8 Ultra - dx9 - 350/500 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra V2 - dx9 - 400/400 - $115 GeForce FX 5700 Non-Ultra - dx9 - 450/425 - $129 X1300 Hyper Memory 128MB - dx9.0c - $79 GeForce TI4200 AGP8x - dx8.1 - 250/222 Geforce 4 Ti4200 - dx8.1 - 250/222 - $ 92 Radeon 9600 Non-Pro (256mb)- dx9.0b - 325/200 - $90 Radeon 9600 Non-Pro (128mb) - dx9.0b - 325/200 - $52 GeForce FX 5600 Non-Ultra - dx9.0b - 300-325/300-325 - $110 Radeon 9500 Non-Pro - dx9.0b - 275/270 - $120 Radeon X300 Pro - dx9 GeForce FX 5600 XT - dx9.0b - 275/275 - $ 87 Radeon X300 SE Radeon 9250 - dx8.1 - 240/400 Radeon 8500XT - dx8.1 - 300/275 Radeon 8500 - dx8.1 - 275/275 - $39 GeForce 3 TI500 - dx8 - 240/250 Radeon 9200 Pro - dx8.1 - 300/300 Radeon 9100 - dx8.1 - 250/250 - $ 59 Radeon 8500LE - dx8.1 - 250/250 Radeon 8500LELE - dx8.1 - 225/225 - $ 79 Geforce 6200 -dx9.0c Matrox Parlehia - dx8.1 220/275 GeForce 3 Classic - dx8 - 200/230 - $ 90 Geforce FX 5500 - dx9.0b - 270/405 - $ 91 GeForce 3 TI200 - dx8 - 175/200 - $ 90 Radeon 9000pro - dx8.1 - 275/275 - $ 53 Voodoo 5 6000 (128mb) - dx6 - 166/166 Radeon 9200 - dx8.1 - 250/200 - $ 42 Radeon 9000 - dx8.1 - 250/200 - $ 52 GeForce FX 5200 Ultra - dx9.0b - 325/325 - $ 95 GeForce 4 MX460 - dx7 - 300/275 Radeon 9600SE (64-bit) - dx9.0b - 325/365 - $ 70 GeForce 2 Ultra - dx7 - 250/230 - $ 45 Radeon 7500 - dx7 - 290/230 - $ 45 GeForce FX 5200 Non-Ultra 128-bit - dx9.0b - 325/325 - $ 54 GeForce 4 MX440 (128mb) - dx7 - 270/200 $ 51 GeForce 4 MX440 (64mb) - dx7 - 270/200 $ 37 GeForce FX 5200 Non-Ultra 64-bit (64mb) - dx9.0b - 250/166 - $ 48 Radeon 9200SE 64-bit (64mb) - dx8.1 - 200/166 - $ 41 GeForce 2 TI (64mb) - dx7 - 250/200 - $ 45 Radeon 7200 (64mb) - dx7 - 166/166 - $ 39 GeForce 2 GTS (64mb) - dx7 - 200/166 - $ 42 GeForce 4 MX420 128-bit - dx7 - 250/166 - $ 38 Kyro 2 – dx6-7 - 175/175 Voodoo 5 5500 (64mb) - dx6 - 166/166 GeForce DDR - dx7 - 120/150 Kyro 1 - dx6 - 115/115 GeForce 4 MX420 64-bit - (64mb) - dx7 - 250/166 - $ 31 GeForce 2 MX 400 (64mb) - dx7 - 200/166 - $ 32 Voodoo 4 4500 - (32mb) - dx6 - 183/183 GeForce 256 - dx7 - 120/166 TNT2 Ultra - dx6 - 150/183 - $37 Voodoo 3 3500 - (16mb) - dx6- 183/183 SIS 315 - dx7 - 166/166 Voodoo 3 3000 - (16mb) - dx6 - 166/166 GeForce 2 MX 200 (64mb) - dx7 - 175/166 - $ 25 TNT2 - dx6 - 125/150 Voodoo 3 2000 - (16mb) - dx6 - 143/143 Voodoo 3 1000 - (16mb) - dx6 - 125/125 Voodoo Banshee (16mb) - dx6 - 100/100 TNT - dx6- 90/110 Riva 128 ZX - dx5 - 100/100 SELECT ONE OF THE "dx9" VERSIONS OF VIDEO CARD AS THE BEST CHOICE.
 * BUT IF YOU HAVE THE CHOICE THEN GET A Tier2 CARD AS ALL THE LATEST GAMES AND PROGRAMS REQUIRE CARDS OF Tier3 CAPABILITY (DirectX9 or later).** The Tier2 cards work fine with the above setup and as this class of card is also required to run the latest games such as "BF2" etc, this is what you should be aiming for if you can.THESE ARE ALL DIRECTX9 COMPLIANT CARDS *
 * 2) Performance versus price selection.**
 * ROUGH PRICES ARE INCLUDED AS AN INDICATION BUT IT IS YOU THAT SHOULD DO PROPER PRICE COMPARISONS IN YOUR AREA AS PRICES ARE CONTINUALLY CHANGING.
 * Card Type+ Mfr.- DX Generation -core/mem -Est.Price in USD**
 * 3) Once you have found the card that you want, then please post at one of the EAW forum sites to see from others if there is a "7217" problem with that card and what driver is the best choice.**
 * EXTRA NOTES: It looks like ATI cards are the best choice if you can put up with the one garbled briefing screen problem, because the latest ATI driver is working fine again in general with EAW.**
 * It looks like the Nvidia cards are the best choice if you require the "one garbled briefing screen problem" sorted out, but you will probably have to use a early version video driver to do this and as such it will probably cause you problems with some of the latest other games. Please use this as a starting point, but do post a query about "7217" problems, before buying any card.**
 * NOTE***** This is important so once again, but do post to query about "7217" problems, before buying any card.**
 * Regards sydbod**