2900xt or 3870x2 ?

[Dicehunter]

i game at 1400x900 all the time, i play crysis at max everything DX10 but no aa and maintin a constant 30 fps quite easily

 

[willhub]

i game at 1400x900 all the time, i play crysis at max everything DX10 but no aa and maintin a constant 30 fps quite easily

1440x900 VERY HIGH?

 

[gurusan]

I think he means high.

No way he could do 30fps average with Very high

 

[willhub]

I think he means high.

No way he could do 30fps average with Very high

Yea was gonna say.

At 1280x1024 I was only just about managing 30fps in dx10 with all very high but shaders on high.

 

[Dicehunter]

Yes i do mean at very high, i havent changed my sig yet, i just upgraded to vista 64 and bought another 4gigs of ram, and no im not lieing before anyone says this its only 30fps for crying out loud not exactly super amazing.

 

[MR.B]

Well i cant see the new GTX being much better than the old one.If the old GTS and new one is anything to go by plus of cause the reviews that have been doing the rounds if you can beleave them and if you can the move from a old GTX to a new one would be just as bad a move.

What are you on about? theres no reviews of the 9800 GTX, it's not out yet.
The new 9800 GTX is basically two 8800 GTX's strapped together, so it's basically the same as having 2 8800 GTX's in SLI. So it's not going to be just a little faster.

 

[willhub]

Yes i do mean at very high, i havent changed my sig yet, i just upgraded to vista 64 and bought another 4gigs of ram, and no im not lieing before anyone says this its only 30fps for crying out loud not exactly super amazing.

Post some screenshots of very high with r_displayinfo=1 typed into console, this will show fps and other details.

 

[The Asgard]

The new 9800 GTX is basically two 8800 GTX's strapped together, so it's basically the same as having 2 8800 GTX's in SLI. So it's not going to be just a little faster.

I thought it was just an incremental upgrade from a GTS 512 or am I getting confused in my old age.

 

[gurusan]

^you're right. MR.B is confusing it with the 9800gx2...also they are 2 g92 gts cards, not gtx

 

[easyrider]

The new 9800 GTX is basically two 8800 GTX's strapped together, so it's basically the same as having 2 8800 GTX's in SLI. So it's not going to be just a little faster.

No its not.

The GX2 is two 8800 GTS strapped together.

The new 9800 GTX is basically a faster single GTS 512mb with DX 10.1

 

[LoadsaMoney]

No its not.

The GX2 is two 8800 GTS strapped together.

The new 9800 GTX is basically a slightly faster single 8800 GTS 512mb with the same DX 10.0, and with just the first 8 changed to a 9.

Fixed.

9 series don't have Dx10.1 as they are just 8800's, which we all know are only Dx10 cards.

 

[easyrider]

Fixed, 9 series don't have Dx10.1 as they are just 8800's with the first 8 changed to a 9.

Think you will find it supports DX 10.1

 

[jaykay]

Think you will find it supports DX 10.1

Correct. Like the 3800 have dx10.1 but the 2900 dont.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Ive never seen them having Dx10.1 mentioned, just Dx10, got a link ?

 

[jaykay]

Ive never seen them having Dx10.1 mentioned, just Dx10, got a link ?

I take back my comment and subsitute it with. No it only uses dx10.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Was gona say, as im sure the 8800 GTS 512mb is only Dx10.