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Disappointing GPU upgrade.

Sycho said:
At higher resolution the jagged edges become harder to notice, it be a huge difference in image quality going from that res to 1920x1080 do it asap as you have the card to handle that res more than fine on many games.

At 2560x1440/1600 res you do not even need to use anti aliasing as it looks sharp enough as it is.:p[/url]
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Only if you maintain the same screen size. Generally the screen will increase in size with resolution so you still get the jaggies.
 
Will82 said:
The card is great so far. I've maxed out the CCC sliders (1050/1450) and it idles at 25c. It's also quiet as a whisper even when gaming. I'm not even using any kind of special cooling either. Stock Intel cooler and two case fans. In fact, just using this card has dropped overall temps a few degrees centigrade.

It's really just my monitor that's the issue now. Has anyone else experienced these horizontal flickering lines in some games using the cards VGA adapter? Google tells me it's a common issue and can solved by using HDMI or DVI instead, so hopefully that's the case. Weirdly, I own some of the games where the issue is mentioned but don't have the problem. Of the titles tested so far, it's only Far Cry 3 and GTA: EFLB where they appear, making 'em both unplayable, but I struggle to play those particular games anyway because of the jaggies at 720p.
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Could be screen tearing if your frame rate is above the refresh rate of the monitor, in which case vsync would indeed fix that problem.
 
I always use vsync but still get these lines in those two games. I looked it up and other people have mentioned the issue when using a VGA adapter with the Sapphire HD 7850, and that using DVI or HDMI solves it, which I plan to do anyway.
 
I had the same problem When I got my 7850, solved it by
swapping my dvi to an Hdmi cable.
 
Wow, I didn't realise people still used 1280 x 1024 monitors :o

When you can buy a 24 inch 1080p monitor for £120 there is no reason to stick with such a low res.

I really can't imagine running at any lower than 1080p these days. In fact, i'm considering going up to 1440p soon.
 
Just wondering, what is the rest of the system, CPU etc?

My own recent upgrade from an HD-5750 to the HD-7950 did not give me a huge improvement, pretty much at the same FPS for example on WoT. Due to CPU bottlenecking. Though I wonder if setting the refresh rate from 120hz to 60 may help.
 
My system is an i3 2120, Sapphire HD 7850 OC, 8GB TeamGroup Elite RAM and an OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W PSU - basically a budget gaming PC. I sourced it so I shouldn't have any bottlenecks. I thought the 7850 and i3 was known to be a good match up.

I mean it must just be the monitor because it's nearly ten years old. I just didn't realise when putting together the system that it could be held back by it.

Am I correct in saying that just upgrading to a 1080 one will equate to twice as many pixels on screen? That's surely gonna make a big difference visually if that's the case.
 
It's definitely the monitor then. Some games such as BF3 look much better but it's open world titles such as Far Cry 3 that look bad, particularly trees and anything with thin wires like pylons.
 
benwoodcock said:
sastubulbas, was that bottlenecking due to the q9550 or something else?
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Due to the Q9950 running stock with an improperly seated CPU cooler.
Game dependent though, WoT is what I play most at the moment, and an E8500 gave me a slightly higher FPS minimum.

Will82 said:
My system is an i3 2120, Sapphire HD 7850 OC, 8GB TeamGroup Elite RAM and an OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W PSU - basically a budget gaming PC. I sourced it so I shouldn't have any bottlenecks. I thought the 7850 and i3 was known to be a good match up.

I mean it must just be the monitor because it's nearly ten years old. I just didn't realise when putting together the system that it could be held back by it.

Am I correct in saying that just upgrading to a 1080 one will equate to twice as many pixels on screen? That's surely gonna make a big difference visually if that's the case.
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I think many here have hit the nail on the head regarding a long overdue monitor upgrade.
 
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