Recent content by Kgen

I'm not considering upgrading my video card. I'm pondering upgrading the monitor and the consequences on my near future gaming :) I will upgrade in 6 month or so, when the new generation of cards will settle down price wise. So far I've seen some positive comments here, although my own...

About that overclocking, I'll throw in some numbers, in case anyone cares...I've found out my sapphire card does not allow core voltage changes. In my case it means 900/1100 is the highest I can go. I've took the WMD advice from last page and tested the whole OC deal using the Stalker COP...

Thanks! Funny enough, the 875/1200 I've got tested for 15 minutes under burn-in, didn't hold in TW2. The ATI driver started crashing and recovering almost immediately but funnily enough the game didn't crash, just froze and waited for the driver to recover :) I've took the memory clock back...

I understand we have an identical gpu/cpu combo. Great, exactly what I've been looking for :) I'd appreciate it if you could describe perhaps in slightly more detail how different games run for you at 1080p. As a matter of fact, AA is really not that important for me, but texture quality...

My understanding is that it happens because I have 2 monitors connected. Apparently, if I disable one of the monitors it shouldn't happen. Have to test it yet. Anyway, I've OC the card to 875/1200 and ran kombustor benchmark that comes with afterburner. The score improved by 12%. That's...

I understand. Thank you for your help! Edit: Also, your solution to OC problem I described is not perfect. The clocks are falling to 2D values even in games. For example, in TW2 it happens at the loading screens and then I get black lines and tearing. I'm using MSI afterburner.

I have a problem doing that since the card uses powerplay to fluctuate the clocks and that causes some stuttering and black lines in 2D. I've seen some ways to overcome that on the net, but nothing worked for me. Regardless, the question is whether or not the monitor upgrade is worthwhile. I'd...

Well, luckily I've got TW2, so I've decided to test this, and connected the PC to 1080p HD TV set. At 1080p the in game fps fluctuated wildly between 30 and 60 and yet stayed perfectly playable the whole time. Any dips below 30 were momentary. Obviously, low 30th are a little too low for comfort...

Thanks for your answer, but I'm not sure if it helps. On one hand you're saying it handled a slightly higher resolution on highest settings. On the other hand, you're talking about OC and turning down eye candy which is something I'd rather not do. At the end of the day we're talking about ~47%...

The question is, can your gear handle the newest games in highest settings and produce reasonably decent fps (even without AA, not that critical for me). Because, I'm fairly sure it will work fine on medium settings on the more demanding games...but I'd rather have higher quality graphics than...

Hey guys, I'd like to upgrade my 19" monitor (1280x1024) to a newer 23" one (1920x1080). Right now I'm using 5850 and it's excellent for pretty much anything this days on highest possible settings and AA/AF. With some pretty interesting games coming out next few months (BF3 and Skyrim for...