gpu/monitor question

[stinka]

Im going to get a belinea 22" widescreen i think, just wondering if my 7950gt will do the job at 1680x1050

thanks

 

[stinka]

anyone?

 

[melbourne720]

'do the job'? Could you be a bit more specific?

Windows - Should be fine lol
Doom 3 - Fine
Oblivion - Probably not.

Everything else somewhere in between...

 

[stinka]

cheers for the reply mate, sorry i ment will it handle the new games on high resolution

TBH i kind of expected to be told it would struggle with high res as it wont do high settings on nfs carbon or bf2142 on my 17"crt.

Say i was to get another 7950gt and go sli how much difference would that make and would it run highest settings on a 22"widescreen or should i just sell my 7950 and get a 8800gtx?

thanks

stinka

 

[KWJay]

With the rig you have mate i'd sell the 7950 and go for an 8800gts. I picked one up for a very reasonable price, which can be done with a little searching, and at 1680x1050 it rocks!!! MY NEC has never looked so good and it beats the pants off the Gainward 7900GT 512 Golden Sample SLi setup i had...

 

[melbourne720]

cheers for the reply mate, sorry i ment will it handle the new games on high resolution

No worries

TBH i kind of expected to be told it would struggle with high res as it wont do high settings on nfs carbon or bf2142 on my 17"crt.

Say i was to get another 7950gt and go sli how much difference would that make and would it run highest settings on a 22"widescreen or should i just sell my 7950 and get a 8800gtx?

For the games it runs well, it will run quicker. But Something like Oblivion (and FEAR I believe) the way the game is designed needs a different graphics approach than an nvidia 7 series. I would upgrade to an 8800 GTX/GTS if you can afford it.