How many got 8800 for 1280x1024 res?

[Noxis]

Bottom line is I fancy a 8800GTS with some OCing to get a cheaper GTX for about the £300 mark. Seems an alright price in comparison.

I wouldnt mind a new monitor but as I am sure some people here will appreciate its a lot easier to upgrade a gfx card without the other half finding out than it is replacing the "TV like device" that will be blatantly different

Currently on a single 7800GTX 256mb.

 

[Noxis]

People just like to please you I am sure there are cheaper ways

 

[Noxis]

the 8800 is designed for 1600+ res

Utter tosh. nVidia engineers didnt sit there going "hmm ok now we need to make a card for that gaping hole in the market of people gaming at 1600x1200 res and bigger...."

They simply designed the fastest card possible at the time. With many games from the last couple of years the 8800GTS CAN do at 1600+ but there are still many games that the 7800GTX cant do at 1280x1024 at max with what I would consider acceptable FPS (40-50 min).

Being able to have v-sync and constant 60fps would be awesome, but I have to disable v-sync in order to make things smooth.

 

[Noxis]

i say go for it. if u got the cash buy it and enjoy the ride. Yes it will loose value with time. yes it is expensive but so does every single piece of gear including R600 when its out. If people did not buy new hardware we would still be playing rock paper and sissors

Nice greater good arguement there

 

[Noxis]

Ahh, But would we not just be playing rock rock and rock?



So sorry....


IMO..GO for it, Even if its overkill now, When you get a new monitor(girlfriend allowing ) It will be a lovely way to show off the new monitors capabilities, wink wink nudge nudge.

Wife now

agreed these two go hand in hand, i thought it was common knowledge too?

Unless its been fixed and I wasnt aware, but there always was a bug or problem on the nVidia cards where v-sync and triple buffering didnt work to sort out the issues when your frames drop below the monitor refresh rate (typically 60fps).

 

[Noxis]

Im playing all games max

heres some details regarding game performance

Renegade

Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Settings: Highest (Max)
FPS: 150 - 250 (Never lower than 150)


Battlefield 2142

Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Settings: Highest (Max)
FPS: 70 - 130 (Never lower than 70)


Rose Online

Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Settings: Highest (Max)
FPS: 60 - 120 (Never lower than 50 FPS in Zant and Junon)


3DMark 06 = 8196 Score


Will post more information for other games when get round to trying them

Link = http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=GX-036-BG

Came with FREE T-Shirt and Posters :good:

p.s got it overclocked to 625/950

Dood read the rules on sig size already Also i dont think your X2 is really at 4.6ghz is it?

But thanks for the info it helps, although your 3DMark06 score seems a little lower than I would hope. Although I guess without a conroe its hard to push it to 10k.