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Basically, i play counterstrike source competitively, and is the main motivation for this question. My current problem:
- I suffer massive fps drops (200 to about 30-70) if i even touch AA or AF
- have to run in dxlevel 81 mode because of later ati cards creating mist and bad lighting effects on certain maps, consequently i suffer a bit of an fps drop, a lot if scoped in smoke.
So
I guess a new graphics card is in order, despite my friends who have ancient cards like 1900xts can run 4 AA and 8 AF. I also want a better card for future game releases as even cod4 struggles a bit on my card. I was hoping for some suggestions for what card i should get, around 100-150 quid is my budget.
Automatcially i would say get a 4850, but im 99% certain i would have to run source in dxlevel 81 mode (which makes the game look a tad worse, not important for playing, as long as it doesnt give me fps drops) but i am unsure whether to get a faster clocked 512 model, or a slower clocked 1024 model, or keep clear of ati alltogether and look for a second hand 8800GTX or watever.
Again, this will be primarily for playing CSS competitively, and also for movie making (so must be ok at rendering and making the game look pretty
)I play at 1280x1024, but will be upgrading to a 20/21 inch monitor in the future.
Im guessing 4850 1024 simply because 512 may not be able to handle full AA and will better for wen i get a newmonitor + rendering. But i dont know since i hear anything over 512 is only used at very high resolutions, despite how much AA. If anyone can tell me why my 3650 is so bad at AA/AF and/or suggest a better card then thanks in advance
Basically, i play counterstrike source competitively, and is the main motivation for this question. My current problem:
- I suffer massive fps drops (200 to about 30-70) if i even touch AA or AF
- have to run in dxlevel 81 mode because of later ati cards creating mist and bad lighting effects on certain maps, consequently i suffer a bit of an fps drop, a lot if scoped in smoke.
So
I guess a new graphics card is in order, despite my friends who have ancient cards like 1900xts can run 4 AA and 8 AF. I also want a better card for future game releases as even cod4 struggles a bit on my card. I was hoping for some suggestions for what card i should get, around 100-150 quid is my budget.
Automatcially i would say get a 4850, but im 99% certain i would have to run source in dxlevel 81 mode (which makes the game look a tad worse, not important for playing, as long as it doesnt give me fps drops) but i am unsure whether to get a faster clocked 512 model, or a slower clocked 1024 model, or keep clear of ati alltogether and look for a second hand 8800GTX or watever.
Again, this will be primarily for playing CSS competitively, and also for movie making (so must be ok at rendering and making the game look pretty
)I play at 1280x1024, but will be upgrading to a 20/21 inch monitor in the future.Im guessing 4850 1024 simply because 512 may not be able to handle full AA and will better for wen i get a newmonitor + rendering. But i dont know since i hear anything over 512 is only used at very high resolutions, despite how much AA. If anyone can tell me why my 3650 is so bad at AA/AF and/or suggest a better card then thanks in advance
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