BrightCandle
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- Mar 15, 2007
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I am kind of disappointed with the level of performance the high end cards provide. I always expected from reviews I would have no issues hitting 60Hz with like 8x AA. In reality there are many sections of games where I need to turn then settings down to get decent game play. A man with 2x gtx 680 and my cpu should not be playing Planetside 2 at a hybrid of high and low settings. I should not be having to turn details down in mechwarrior online and BF3 should be possible in surround. I rarely even use msaa, its mostly smaa or fxaa because otherwise the frame rate is too low. The reality doesn't match much of the benchmarks done if you want a game to be playable throughout.
So I agree I think the sweet spot for getting most of the eye candy on for the very best PC gaming experience is in the high end cards as the game producers are finally kicking out games that hammer today's machines. You may want to spend less, but I would say do so if you need to spend less. If you don't genuinely have the cash then buying lower will get you playing with lower settings but its far from ideal as I am of the opinion 2x 680s isn't enough in the top end games.
So I agree I think the sweet spot for getting most of the eye candy on for the very best PC gaming experience is in the high end cards as the game producers are finally kicking out games that hammer today's machines. You may want to spend less, but I would say do so if you need to spend less. If you don't genuinely have the cash then buying lower will get you playing with lower settings but its far from ideal as I am of the opinion 2x 680s isn't enough in the top end games.