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8800gts 640 and 24 inch monitor

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im about to order a benq 24 inc lcd and i was wondering if anyone could tell me, what its like gaming wise with an 8800gts 640. im currently on a vx 2025 20.1 inch lcd, and most of the games i play at the minute are played at 1680x1050 on high details. currently medal of honor airborne, stalker, and bf2. i know that nvidias replacement for the 8800gtx wont be out till early next year. so is the 8800gts a card worth sticking with until the gtx successor arrives. thanks for any advice/help
 
Leporello said:
You'll be able to play any game at the maximum resolution of your monitor and at max settings with ease.
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Not sure I really agree with that. You'll probably have to cut out some eye candy to get decent frames..

Not sure how hard Airborne is on the juice but you can guarantee Crysis won't agree with the quoted post.
 
I have the BenQ monitor and had an 8800 GTS 640 but I found that it wasn't enough if I wanted to run the newest games on full AA/AF without stuttering. That was with a QX6800 too. The Ultra copes fine though.
 
Slogan said:
Not sure I really agree with that. You'll probably have to cut out some eye candy to get decent frames..

Not sure how hard Airborne is on the juice but you can guarantee Crysis won't agree with the quoted post.
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I agree with this post. God I can't wait for Crysis

/OT
 
I have the GTS 640 and a 24" Dell widescreen, and I can play things on mostly highest settings, although sometimes need to cut back on some of the less graphically obvious settings, eg NWN2 has to have shadows cut back from the best setting to avoid stutter. Oblivion plays in full however, but that is getting to be an old game now.

I'm in the same boat by the looks of it, waiting for the next generation cards to arrive before upgrading. I hope they don't disappoint.
 
I think if say you wanted 8xAF and 0/2xAA, you'll be okay, but if you wanted 16xAF & 16xAA you'd be asking a lot.

I think Crysis will be a different kettle of fish entirely as I doubt any current single card setup will run it at maximum settings with 16xAA/AF at high resolutions (Crytek did say it would scale forward 1-2 years, and how it was when Far Cry came out rings a bell). Happy to be proved wrong on that though.
 
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