Hello, this is partly a monitor question too but I thought it would be better in graphics, since its mostly about video memory.
I'm thinking of buying a new monitor, one that runs at 1920x1200 (the Benq FP241W actually). At the moment I use a dual monitor set up with a 1280x1024 and 1152x864 together, so I would change to using 1920x1200 and 1280x1024 at the same time. This sounds like an awful lot of pixels to be processed by the graphics card...
I hear that the higher resolution you run your system at, the more graphics card memory you need to cope with it. So my question is: Is 512mb graphics ram enough? To be precise the card is a x1900xtx - 512mb.
I noticed theres a 1GB version of the hd 2900 xt and I do intend to upgrade to DX10 at some point, however this card is very expensive at the moment so I would rather wait for a few months at least if possible. If my current card is not upto it I think I will just leave it and not get either as I can't afford both at this moment.
Thanks in advance
I'm thinking of buying a new monitor, one that runs at 1920x1200 (the Benq FP241W actually). At the moment I use a dual monitor set up with a 1280x1024 and 1152x864 together, so I would change to using 1920x1200 and 1280x1024 at the same time. This sounds like an awful lot of pixels to be processed by the graphics card...
I hear that the higher resolution you run your system at, the more graphics card memory you need to cope with it. So my question is: Is 512mb graphics ram enough? To be precise the card is a x1900xtx - 512mb.
I noticed theres a 1GB version of the hd 2900 xt and I do intend to upgrade to DX10 at some point, however this card is very expensive at the moment so I would rather wait for a few months at least if possible. If my current card is not upto it I think I will just leave it and not get either as I can't afford both at this moment.
Thanks in advance