Hey folks,
So I recently changed up my 7800gt to an eVGA 8800gts 320mb, which overclocks easily to 612/2000 (I've gone as high as 650 / 2050, but that's pushing it a bit).
It's a monster in Bioshock. I went from being able to play at 1024x768 at medium details to being able to play at my native 1920x1200 with full details. I get a bit of slowdown occasionally, but it's not really distracting.
Oblivion is another story. With my old card, I could do 1920x1200 at medium-ish details and it was acceptable. With the gts, I can max details and it's usually very smooth (indoors), but in some intense areas like the more detailed cities, it lags badly, getting down to what feels like 12fps or so.
Supreme commander is t3h pwn. 1920x1200, 4xaa, and full details, where I could do low - medium with no AA before. Seems to be gorgeous (haven't tried a massive 8 player free for all yet
)
Hopefully Crysis will be good too. I do plan to do the step-up in a few months, assuming theres a faster alternative with (ideally) HD decode support as well by then!
I can't help but feel that it should be a lot quicker, since some reviews I read of stock GTS cards show them performing much better.
Am I getting owned by 320mb vs 640mb? Is my CPU holding me back? What do you guys think?
~MiSfit
So I recently changed up my 7800gt to an eVGA 8800gts 320mb, which overclocks easily to 612/2000 (I've gone as high as 650 / 2050, but that's pushing it a bit).
It's a monster in Bioshock. I went from being able to play at 1024x768 at medium details to being able to play at my native 1920x1200 with full details. I get a bit of slowdown occasionally, but it's not really distracting.
Oblivion is another story. With my old card, I could do 1920x1200 at medium-ish details and it was acceptable. With the gts, I can max details and it's usually very smooth (indoors), but in some intense areas like the more detailed cities, it lags badly, getting down to what feels like 12fps or so.
Supreme commander is t3h pwn. 1920x1200, 4xaa, and full details, where I could do low - medium with no AA before. Seems to be gorgeous (haven't tried a massive 8 player free for all yet
)Hopefully Crysis will be good too. I do plan to do the step-up in a few months, assuming theres a faster alternative with (ideally) HD decode support as well by then!
I can't help but feel that it should be a lot quicker, since some reviews I read of stock GTS cards show them performing much better.
Am I getting owned by 320mb vs 640mb? Is my CPU holding me back? What do you guys think?
~MiSfit
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