How do you get 60+ minimum FPS?

[Perfect_Chaos]

is there a way around it? without crossfire or sli, since you buy a new card and a new game comes out say a few weeks/months later, the minimum fps on some games is awful.. say below 50fps, where it gets noticably laggy.

I'm planning on getting the X2800XTX when its released, though im sure much like every game with new cards that you always get the poor minimum fps.

is it always going to be like this with games or will it change some day? it is very annoying, and it feels like a waste of money after you buy a brand spanking new card to run those games.. yet the games still dominate the graphics card, im only talking 1024 x 768 resolution btw.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

A Conroe + 8800GTX rig will give you 60+ fps in most games at 1024x768 with max details and lots of AA/AF.

yes but thats for current games and no DX10, whats the point of buying a card that runs 60+ minimum on current games when it probably wont on DX10 games?

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Nope, just common sence.

i hate to say it but i agree with you here, i dont know why anyone else doesnt complain about it though.

Like ive been saying, if you want to play a new game with no slowdown then be prepared to buy a card thats out months later.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Moving back on topic, if you genuinely want 60+ MIN fps in all modern games, then you need obscenely fast hardware and play at fairly low settings. People forget that a game scoring say 100fps average in a benchmark will likely have a min fps of below 60fps. Yes it may run at over 60fps 90% of the time but when the going gets tough it will likely be running at say half of the average framerate. Some games (e.g. FEAR) do quote min fps so you can see this for yourself.

It's one reason when I get annoyed reading people's analysis of benchmarks and saying stuff like "scores over 60fps so will be smooth on silk on that card". Yes if it literally ran over 60fps all the time it might be but min fps is what matters.

So there you have it people, 60+ minimum fps CANT be done on new games with new cards. Not with a single card, not with 2 cards (for obvious reasons).

Nobody can claim a game runs smooth as silk, ok so it will sometimes.. but as you said once the action gets going you can expect a drop 30-40fps with a lot of stuff going on. Hardly smooth as butter is it?

Basically, you need to buy the game you want not when its released, but after a refresh of a graphics card is released.. otherwise anything less wont be good enough to keep it smooth.

This is the thing that really gets up my nose.