Best graphics card for 1600x900 resolution?

[tential]

Not sure why so many are suggesting 750ti. It is a great card for a weaker power supply, but the op ha a 650 watt. Considering that, I think the gtx660 would be a better choice, and provide a more noticeable upgrade from the 650ti.

That said, considering the CPU and resolution, I am not sure an upgrade from the 650ti is really needed or worthwhile.

750Ti review is fresh on people's minds.
So it's the first thing they think of.

 

[TreVader]

The 750ti would def do the job, although a 270 would do a substantially better one. It's not a bad recommendation, it's just not the best.

 

[lehtv]

750Ti review is fresh on people's minds.
So it's the first thing they think of.

Trust me, the most recent thing in people's minds is not a graphics card, arousing as it might be for nerds like us. :whiste:

 

[sxr7171]

No matter whether your GPU or monitor does it, you will be interpolating a 1600x900 framebuffer up to 1920x1080. This is going to cause artifacts/blurring, and reduce your image quality.

Its the kind of thing the Xbox One is known for.

 

[Anarchist420]

This is a bit of a thread-jack, but if the GPU is doing the scaling, wouldn't it end up outputting the monitor's native resolution? So you wouldn't get 75hz? OTOH, if you let the monitor do the scaling and display 1600x900, wouldn't you have added input lag?

my monitor does 75Hz signal with ToastyX's CRU. Monitor isnt doing scaling.

No matter whether your GPU or monitor does it, you will be interpolating a 1600x900 framebuffer up to 1920x1080. This is going to cause artifacts/blurring, and reduce your image quality.

"do not scale" setting is the same thing as 1:1 pixel mapping if i am not wrong.

 

[tweakboy]

Overclock that monitor. But I doubt it.

 

[NTMBK]

"do not scale" setting is the same thing as 1:1 pixel mapping if i am not wrong.

But you said that you had "perform scaling" set to "GPU", i.e. you are scaling on the GPU. Or have I misunderstood? Does your image only fill a 1600x900 pixel area of your monitor, or has it been scaled up to 1920x1080?

 

[flatty]

270x for gaming

 

[Anarchist420]

But you said that you had "perform scaling" set to "GPU", i.e. you are scaling on the GPU. Or have I misunderstood? Does your image only fill a 1600x900 pixel area of your monitor, or has it been scaled up to 1920x1080?

good catch... it should be called "perform scaling/centering", but my image is 1600x900 on a 1080p monitor. I adjusted the native res to 1600x900 @ 75Hz though, (with ToastyX's tool) so there is some interpolation going on. worthwhile, however, because i get 13.33ms vsync instead of 16.66ms vsync and it also reduces lag from the monitor's processing a little bit too. there is a noticeable difference and while it's not huge, it's there. i really wish my monitor had 4.25x as much bandwidth and did 288 hz signal (without frameskipping of course just as it doesnt do any frameskipping that i notice at 75Hz), used DisplayPort only, and that the panel was clear (but otherwise the same except maybe RGB10 native, faster pixel response, and used an RGBLED array instead of WLED). However, it is about as good as they make for me.