New gfx card, but what games

kg648 · 4 Sep 2010 at 07:22

Hi guys,

I have just upgraded from a 4850 to a 5850, I am struggling to find any decent graphics games to whirl it on - only tried Mafia 2 and bad company 2 so far.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Turambar · 4 Sep 2010 at 07:44

Assuming you have vista/Win7 then I'd say give Metro 2033 a go.

cainer · 4 Sep 2010 at 07:53

just cause 2 is pretty good for gfx, lil bit repetitive though

TNA · 4 Sep 2010 at 08:15

cainer said:
just cause 2 is pretty good for gfx, lil bit repetitive though

The first 10 hours or so is GREAT, but then the game has crap loads of missions that are all too repetitive and it gets boring

d_brennen · 4 Sep 2010 at 08:37

What's the rest of your system? GTA 4 is quite good and EFLC is worth it for Gay Tony alone. Needs a quad core really

Kenai · 4 Sep 2010 at 09:04

Is it not a bit backwards to buy the graphics card then try and find games to show it off?

Surely you buy a graphics card when you find your old one struggles, not just randomly?

You'll struggle to find much though, graphical development has slowed somewhat IMO, there is more power available than is needed. I think this is part of the reason nVidia and AMD have gone off on 3D and Multiscreen tangents, as last generations cards are still perfectly capable for 90% of gamers.

A few times i've thought about a 5850 or a GTX460 and then just think... why? Nothing I play has troubled my GTX260, so what's the point?

bledd · 4 Sep 2010 at 10:58

Kenai said:
A few times i've thought about a 5850 or a GTX460 and then just think... why? Nothing I play has troubled my GTX260, so what's the point?

Same here at the moment, my 260 is doing fine. I only really play TF2 / GTA4 / L4D / Grid etc, which all fly on it.

When Half Life 3 comes out, I'll get a new pc

Alex74 · 4 Sep 2010 at 11:03

Kenai said:
..Nothing I play has troubled my GTX260, so what's the point?

pfft, I'm still running an HD4670 @1280x1024 :cool:

. Maxes out Crysis no problem

Anyway, games to stress a 5850..Metro would be the one.

Otherwise, there are some interesting games to look forward to this year: F1 2010, Crysis 2, Civ 5..

WingZero30 · 4 Sep 2010 at 11:56

Assassin's Creed 2 has very nice graphics aswell. You will love the gameplay and big exploration of cities.

Metalface Mark · 4 Sep 2010 at 12:01

Just Cause 2 and Dirt 2 - Graphically and fun wise my favorite two games on the PC this year.

kg648 · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:13

Well, my 4850 was not quite cutting mafia 2 as much as i'd liked

ie the mission in china town, it was running at <10FPS but the rest of the game was fine.

( however runs fine on my 5850 )

kg648 · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:15

Thanks for the input though, going to try a few of the above - keep it rolling if you think of anymore, i was struggling going through game websites trying to find anything decent looking.

kg648 · 4 Sep 2010 at 14:16

d_brennen said:
What's the rest of your system? GTA 4 is quite good and EFLC is worth it for Gay Tony alone. Needs a quad core really

Q8300 with 8gb ram and obviously ATI HD 5850