All of you who claim "REAL WORLD performance"

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Originally posted by: harpoon84

Originally posted by: agent2099

Originally posted by: dexvx
http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html

Last update was April 2006, so its still fairly recent.

95% of people (of 710,000 responses) were running 1280x1024 or below.

You have to look at their CPUs as well.


If you buy a $300-$500 CPU, are you going to be gaming at 1280x1024 and below?

Depends entirely on the game. Oblivion stresses the best GPUs at 1280x1024 w/HDR.

It also depends on the persons monitor, I'm still using a 19" CRT and the max res it displays at a good refresh rate (85Hz for me) is 1360x1024.

Non widescreen 17" and 19" LCDs also don't go over 1280x1024, so there's a lot of factors.

And truth be told, how many people will actually end up getting the higher end E6700/X6800 Conroes? Most will go the E6600 and below, I really don't see any reason other than bragging rights to go over an E6600, it just doesn;t make sense financially.

Absolutely agree.

To want to get the E6700/X6800 CPU would be mostly for bragging rights and to post your scores on ORB or something, running a phase cooler and SLI/Xfire setup.

I have a 17" and 19" LCD and I don't play at 1600x1900, mostly cause neither has that resolution a native resolution. But I can still play my games, and I really don't care much about the eye-candy, as much as staying alive while gaming.

I, honestly, am thinking about upgrading to the Conroe, but the best price/performance setup for me is the E6600 or lower. Maybe upgrade my server to the E6400, too. But I'll wait until the price(s) are official and the quantity stablizes first.