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BF2 doesn't stretch to achieve WS, it crops the top and bottom. But you're still right about the FOV.

Thanks to you as well. I'm glad this didn't turn into a holy war.

Yup, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

That's impressive that ATI manages to keep power consumption so low. I wonder why it didn't jibe with my personal experience though. With the X850XTPE installed, my +12V line dropped down to 11.84V (as measured by MBM) while the 6800U caused it to go to 11.90V. And the X850XTPE was definitely...

Do you have a link to Tom's power ratings review of the X850XTPE? I couldn't find it on his site.

Let's do the math here: ATI's X800 series is roughly equivalent to the 6800 series, right? The X800 runs between 475MHz for the Pro to 520MHz for the PE while the 6800 runs from at 350MHz to 400MHz (ignoring the 6800NU, which isn't even a competitor). Now let's look at the X850XTPE, which...

I didn't actually touch the HS when I had the card, but the air coming out the back was _very_ warm. Also, the card noticeably increased the ambient temperature of the room after a while, much more so than my 6800U.

I had a Xtasy x850xtpe that ran at these temps too, so I quickly returned it. This is why I prefer Nvidia over ATI -- they are much more efficient, requiring less power and generating less heat.

The biggest problem with those big LCD's is you can't play any games at the native resolution with any kind of decent framerates, unless you have a dual 6800 Ultra SLI setup.

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For reference, I get 112 fps on the Source Stress Test (at 1600x1200, everything on high, reflect all, no AA, bilinear filtering) and 65 fps on the doom3 timedemo (1600x1200, everything on high, no AA or AF).

My system is: AMD Athlon64 3200+ on an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Mobo 1 GB of Kingston Value Ram BFG6800OC with all pipes enabled and overclocked to 400/800 A couple of 200 GB 7200 RPM drives SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS It definitely helps to set AA and AF to minimal settings. Personally, I...

For most games, I play at 1680x1050, no AA or AF on my BFG6800 (overclocked and all pipes enabled) and the frame rates are silky smooth on doom3, farcry, cs source, and most of half life 2. With NFSU2, I can play with everything maxed out and the game is still smooth. I don't think you need an...