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1980x1080 gaming

jonathan may

jonathan may

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Hi i have a i7 920 running at 4ghz with 6gb of ram and a 4870x2
what sort of performance hit would i see going to 1980x1080 from 1680x1050
and how much would it improve how games look.
 
Stupot_ said:
Massive hit. You'll prob need a couple of 5970's to get reasonable framerates. Crysis is out of the question.
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What? That is complete BS.

You'll have better FOV and detail will be sharper, not sure if you'd notice it very much though. I do prefer it over 1680 myself.

4870x2 are great cards performance wise.
 
4870X2 will be fine - I run 2048x on my 260GTX SLI and it gives me consistantly well over 60fps with max detail in everything aslong as I stay below 16x AA... and personally I don't see a need for more than 4x in most games... the only exception really is crysis which averages about 55fps.
 
You have an awesome gaming machine, and even now a 4870x2 is more than up to the job at 1080p. Graphics will be noticably sharper and more detailed, and 4xAA will look super smooth. As for crysis, it's just a cack game that can't run maxed out on even the fastest SLI setup available still at a constant 60+ FPS, everything else will be totally smooth maxed out with 4xAA.
 
R34pz said:
You have an awesome gaming machine, and even now a 4870x2 is more than up to the job at 1080p. Graphics will be noticably sharper and more detailed, and 4xAA will look super smooth. As for crysis, it's just a cack game that can't run maxed out on even the fastest SLI setup available still at a constant 60+ FPS, everything else will be totally smooth maxed out with 4xAA.
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Agreed crysis is a cack game anyway:p
 
LeJosh said:
What? That is complete BS.

You'll have better FOV and detail will be sharper, not sure if you'd notice it very much though. I do prefer it over 1680 myself.

4870x2 are great cards performance wise.
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1920x1080 doesn't give you a higher FOV over 1680x1050, I think you would actually get less FOV as most games are Vert+/- between 16:9 and 16:10.
 
It's like an extra 15% worth of pixels to render over 1680x1050 so as a base line say that you'll lose 15% of your performance.

I also moved from 1680x1050 to 1920x1080p and the difference is quite noticeable, well it was to me anyway :)
 
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