7600GT with a 19" Widescreen

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:00

sorry i keep posting questions but i just want to be 100% sure i know what im doing.

im about to order an Acer AL1916WS 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-012-AC)

and im worried my current graphics card is going to be too slow.

1. The tft says its resolution is 1440 x 900. Will i have to play games with this?? my pc starts to suffer fps when kicking ass on bf2 with a lot of explosions, dust ect at 1152x864 75hz, which is why im worried it wont handle 1440x900 as well as i need it to.

2. at the moment i have to force on vsync or i get massive loads of tearing. but this also lowers fps. will i have to do this with the tft too?

3. it also says it runs 1440x900 at 60htz, 60HTZ!! WHICH I CANT STAND ON MY CRT!!!!!! will the 60htz on my new tft be as easy on the eye as the 85htz i get on my crt??

i well apreciate any feedback, thanx

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:11

yes your card will suffer on the new monitor if your running at its native rez since it has to render more pixels.

odd that your getting battlefield 2 problems cuz my card handles it fine at 1600x1200. i suspect your system has other issues that need addressing first.

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:13

also be cafeful some online games like battlefield 2 may not like widescreen resolutions. they may lock you down to 4:3 aspect ratio.

fullfat · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:17

bf2 lets you use WS resolutions, you just have to do it manually. its not perfect but better than nothing.
and if youve been playing at 1280x1024 and have been happy, you wont see any performance loss.

1280x1024=1310720
1440x900=1296000

so it will be effectively driving less pixels

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:20

he says he gets slowdown at 1152x864 so thats not right considering thats the rez i played at on my old 6800nu. this new 7600gt is amazing.

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:22

no iv been playing at 1152x864. i was hoping i could keep the resolution with the widescreen :/ bit of a newb, btw do you all play with vsync on?

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:25

vsync is always off when i play games. i just make sure i enable tripple buffering where ever available.

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:26

thats 1152x864 at 75htz.... if that makes a difference??

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:26

dont you see much tearing? what monitor you on

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:28

i got 21inch dell crt

not really seen any tearing when i was playing on my 6800nu at 1152x864 @ 120hz

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:36

120hz lol any point

lol i always thought tripple buffering only takes affect with vsync on, i just played some doom3 with vsync off, tripple buffering on and its so much better, thanx man youve made my day.

anyway this widescreen tft issue, will the 60htz on the tft look flashy compared to the 75htz on my crt?

60htz on my crt is too hard for my eyes.

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 14:39

no thats a mistake, forgot to disable it in game options

. still tears like a btch without vsync

fullfat · 1 Jul 2006 at 15:08

tft's dont suffer from lower refresh rates, i much prefer the 60hz of my tft than 85hz on my old crt

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 15:34

oh right wicked, so would the lower 60htz on the tft give an fps boost from the crt's 75ghz at 1152x864

Cyber-Mav · 1 Jul 2006 at 15:46

no refresh rate will not effect framerate. only level of tearing. more tearing will be apparent on the tft.

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 16:53

ok thanx, im getting their. slowly.

might have to buy a 7900gt then

was hoping i wouldnt have to

COME ON ENGLAND

SameSuspect · 1 Jul 2006 at 21:01

would this card be good enough to play bf2,css and fear at 1440 x 900 with a 80+ fps.

or am i dreaming :confused:

Raikiri · 1 Jul 2006 at 21:14

CSS, easy my 7800GT does at 1680x1050 (7600GT would do this)
BF2, shouldnt be a problem but would still be 50+ on a 7600GT
FEAR, Bit tougher - the 7900GT would handle it but the 7600GT might struggle a little with everything set to high

fullfat · 1 Jul 2006 at 21:34

fear is a system hog so doesnt scale well on lesser hardware, the game is badly put together imo.
i have to be honest here now, with my tft at 60hz i notice no tearing like i did on my old crt monitor, does it even aplly to tft's? im unsure...

Gashman · 1 Jul 2006 at 22:56

i have 20" widescreen LCD monitor, and when i only had single 7600GT it didn't have many problems with playing on monitor, only with lots with high AA and AF, now i have two, the problem has gone

7600GT for card of the year :rolleyes: