2560 x 1600 Resolution

[Predicament]

Hey chaps...


When I build my gaming rig in a week, I will be using a Dell3007 running at native 2560 x 1600 resolution..

My rig would either consist of sandybridge architecture or AMD's bulldozer (depending on if it comes out in time )

My question is what kind of graphics card I should be looking to buy.


I am thinking the 6950 2 Gb (as the memory will come in handy @ this resolution)

 

[Garee]

Some games may stuggle with max settings at that resolution. You could always add a second 6950 at a later date though.

 

[666_Pounder]

If money isn't an issue then a 3GB 580 would be nice

 

[arc@css]

For that kind of res get thee best you can afford, especially if you're inclined to demand all eye candy in titles.

 

[Ladiesman417]

wait for the 6990!!!!! 6950 or 6970 no way is enough for that res!!!

 

[Laser man]

6990!!!!!

+1

Or just the best you are willing to pay, you'll regret it otherwise

 

[Predicament]

+1

Or just the best you are willing to pay, you'll regret it otherwise

Would my current setup be able to handle a 30 inch (2x 6800's in SLI)

Not for games - just for AOL, microsoft word, etc.

 

[mattjd]

Would my current setup be able to handle a 30 inch (2x 6800's in SLI)

Not for games - just for AOL, microsoft word, etc.

As long as it has a DVI-D socket a single 6800 will do.

 

[Predicament]

As long as it has a DVI-D socket a single 6800 will do.

On the monitor or gfx card?

I am using an XPS 600

 

[mattjd]

On the monitor or gfx card?

I am using an XPS 600

The GFX card.

From Nvidia's site:

Max Resolution is 2048x1536@85 Hz

So the answer is no unfortunately.

 

[Luke_Bowman]

Firstly i'd say wait for bulldozer. It save you valuable money to pay for 2 570's or 580's that youl need if you want to play max settings at 2560x1600

 

[Elric]

I use a 580 GTX with my 3007. With 2560*1600 pixels to push, I've learnt to just buy the best single gpu card I can.

Get a 3GB one if you can.

 

[sybaris]

such resolutions are but a mere dream to the rest of us.

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

you need a lot of power to drive that res. With only 896mb VRAM I cant turn more than 2x AA on in bad company 2/crysis without it maxing my VRAM permanently.

1 480 is similar FPS to a 295 in dx10, and a 580 is 20% better than that. If you want to be able to max everything in every game, then you want at least 2 of some of the best gpu's on the market. Although, things like fallout 3 (55fps max all, outside with 4x AA on one 295) and most other games one gpu will be fine COD etc run fine on one 295), its just things like crysis/metro, and probably newer games coming out like crysis 2 and battlefield 3.

So yea, get one with a decent memory size, minimum 1gb, preferably 1.5gb, bit more might help but beyond 2gb I doubt it will help much.