Im familiar with 3d cards, benchmarking and modes etc, Im a long term FPS player and have an aging sli system (below).
Im finding myself playing a 2d based application/world a lot more and realised I know absolutely nothing about NV or ATIs 2d performance these days, infact I dont even know how id benchmark this thing in 2d mode (not that i want to, but it has no timedemo and fps is capped at the server anyway).
So, since the 2d part seems to be similar in some generations of card im thinking an upgrade path might not involve buying the biggest 3d engine out there. I saw recently one of the roadmaps talking about improving the 2d but im buying a card already existing, maybe not even an 8800 if i dont have to, however i want it to run a lot of windows and not have it fall over just because im driving it a bit.
Who/where/what would i be looking at to get benchmarking/performance info on 2d capabilities of these things? Thanks for any info
Im finding myself playing a 2d based application/world a lot more and realised I know absolutely nothing about NV or ATIs 2d performance these days, infact I dont even know how id benchmark this thing in 2d mode (not that i want to, but it has no timedemo and fps is capped at the server anyway).
So, since the 2d part seems to be similar in some generations of card im thinking an upgrade path might not involve buying the biggest 3d engine out there. I saw recently one of the roadmaps talking about improving the 2d but im buying a card already existing, maybe not even an 8800 if i dont have to, however i want it to run a lot of windows and not have it fall over just because im driving it a bit.
Who/where/what would i be looking at to get benchmarking/performance info on 2d capabilities of these things? Thanks for any info