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Graphics card for 1920 x 1200 gaming?

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I have just bought an Acer 22" monitor that runs on its native resolution of 1920 x 1200. I have a good spec system with a 512mb Zotac 8600GTS card, now the problem is at this resolution when using FS2004 I get 25fps where on the old monitor 1280 x 1024 I got 50 plus fps, same in COD4 I get a less smoother gaming performance. So I either go back to 4:3 monitor or up the graphics card. I would like to stay with nvidia.
btw the temps on my 8600GTS are 66 idle and upto 85 under load with stock fan and not overclocked. Is that high??
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Many thanks

My specs:

AMD Phenom II X2 550 (unlocked all 4 cores) 3.10GHz @ 3.60GHz
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard
Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 XMS3 PC2-1600C9 Ram
Zotac 8600GTS 512Mb DDR3
3x SATA hard drives
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler
XP Service Pack 3
 
The temp is average for most graphics cards, they do get hot!

An ATi 4890 or Nvidia GTX 285 would be your cards of choice. FYI, my GTX 280 runs most games fine at 1920 x 1200 and I allways have the AA + AF maxed in Nvidia control panel.
 
cheers for the quick reply, I was hoping to get away with something alittle cheaper...tight that I am :) I am runninga 550w PSU would that cope with the sort of card you suggest?
 
A GTX 260 or ATI 4870 would do almost the same job I suppose.

Depends what PSU, my 520 runs my GTX 280 amongst 5 HDD's and other things.

Also your sig is too big, 3 lines max. :p
 
Yes my mistake it should be 1920 x 1080.
Re temps well its a bigish case with large fan at rear and one on the side blowing onto the cpu cooler PSU has two fans one in and one blows out.
 
Thanks for the links, I am leaning toward the GTX not that I have any bad thoughts re ATI its just I use nHancer to perk up the textures in FS2004 otherwise the scenery can be a bit blurry.
Trouble is I have to see if I have room as the GTX seems a big card!
 
GTX275/HD4890

GTX285 is still over priced although some are at a good price like the asus onces, but you can overclock the HD4890/GTX275 by a lot

and rember the new gen cards are coming so try not to spend too much
 
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