Can a 9800GT handle 1920x1080?

[Alex C]

My brother just ordered one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127387

And now he's interested in upgrading monitors from 19" to a 24" 1920x1080 monitor, but I'm not sure if the card can handle it. The only game he really plays is Starcraft, but he wants it to run Starcraft II well when it's finally released. I think he'd be happy with it if most games will run okay at medium settings. Can this card handle it, and if not, what's the max resolution this card can support and still have games be playable?

Thanks.

 

[yh125d]

My old one handled that res pretty well, just don't expect to be maxing out AA and whatnot. It's a very good performer for the money

 

[VulcanX]

Mine runs pretty well, i play most games on 1680x1050(i know 1920 is much higher) but i run it with AA 4x and AF 4x usually and runs sharp, so turn those off and possibly drop detail a lil and im certain he will run stuff no prob

 

[nenforcer]

Knowing Blizzard and their exceptional support of legacy GPU's, of which the 9800GT is not really legacy, I would suspect that he would be fine in Starcraft 2 with possibly the exception of turning down some of the graphical detail.

 

[FalseChristian]

Does he have an SLI mobo? If he does get 2 9800GTs and use AA and AF at 1920x1080. 2 of them are faster than a GTX 280.:thumbsup:

 

[techboie]

I have a HD 4850 and I wouldn't trust it over 1280x1024 or 1680x1050 at max. In fact, to play Crysis at high I would need to play at 1023x768. I prefer 1280x1024 with everything on High and Shadows on Low.

In short you can't manage that rez on a 9800GT unless you want to play titles of 2005 and before.

 

[TemjinGold]

Originally posted by: techboie
I have a HD 4850 and I wouldn't trust it over 1280x1024 or 1680x1050 at max. In fact, to play Crysis at high I would need to play at 1023x768. I prefer 1280x1024 with everything on High and Shadows on Low.

In short you can't manage that rez on a 9800GT unless you want to play titles of 2005 and before.

He's hardly playing anything remotely close to Crysis. If all he plans to play are Blizzard games, that card is more than enough.

 

[Jephph]

Originally posted by: techboie
I have a HD 4850 and I wouldn't trust it over 1280x1024 or 1680x1050 at max. In fact, to play Crysis at high I would need to play at 1023x768. I prefer 1280x1024 with everything on High and Shadows on Low.

In short you can't manage that rez on a 9800GT unless you want to play titles of 2005 and before.

He's not talking specifically about Crysis. Crysis is in a whole different ballpark when it comes to graphics.

Yes, in general for most games, the 9800GT will suffice at 1920x1080 with decent detail.

Also, remember that many games prefer a 16x10 resolution, so some games will stretch to fit a 1920x1080 resolution. If this monitor is mostly for gaming, you might want to look into a 1920x1200 panel. Just a thought.

 

[VulcanX]

Ok i disagree strongly here techboie, i know u own the card, but i was looking at selling my 8800GT and getting a 4850, and no ways can it perform so poorly, in benchmarks etc the 4850 outran the 8800GT in its bum hole! And i play on 1680x1050 no prob actually with AA x4 and AF x4 or sumtimes i switch that off if i see its getting too hectic, and i play FarCry2 , Crysis, CoD5, CoD4 anything really and at 1680x1050, so i dunno whats up with ur 4850 but that card is brilliant value for money

 

[Rinaun]

For 1920x1080 I would suggest the 4850 or higher.

"It doesn?t come as any real surprise that the 9800 GT isn?t a revolutionary piece of kit; no one really expected it to be. What it does well is what NVIDIA have become pretty good at in the mid-range department; offer a card for a competitive price that puts out some decent frame rates.

While the card is capable of gaming at 1920 x 1200, we would probably reserve the card for 22? monitor users and other gamers who run at around that 1600 / 1680 resolution. If you want to game higher than that with some decent detail, we would probably recommend that you save your dollars for another few weeks and upgrade to something like the 9800 GTX or the HD 4870."

http://www.product-reviews.net...hd-4850-graphics-card/

 

[techboie]

4850 can manage FC2 at playable FPS at 12x10 MAX no AA but nothing much higher. Crysis is the only game which is a problem.

 

[Insomniator]

Originally posted by: techboie
4850 can manage FC2 at playable FPS at 12x10 MAX no AA but nothing much higher. Crysis is the only game which is a problem.

I played and beat fc2 at 19x12/high. Maybe 2x AA even. Ultra high was choppy but I couldn't really tell the difference. Never tried multiplayer though, if the game even has it.

 

[techboie]

i am talking of ultra high. not high. how many FPS do you get in FC2 benchie at those settings? To me anything below 35-40 FPS is strongly unacceptable.

 

[AzN]

I have an 8800gts not much faster than a 8800gt and it can mostly handle 1920x1080 just fine. Except for Crysis and GTA4. Even Crysis I get 30fps @ high settings at that resolution which is pretty good considering it's pretty much smooth at 30fps. GTA4 I could easily do it if I had a quad core CPU. Everything else I can do 4xAA without much issues.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: techboie
i am talking of ultra high. not high. how many FPS do you get in FC2 benchie at those settings? To me anything below 35-40 FPS is strongly unacceptable.

I deleted farcry 2 within the first week. It was a sorry game.

There's not much difference between very high and ultra settings anyway.

 

[tvdang7]

i dont know about you guys but my 4850 runs a little choppy at timesat just 1600x1200. So yes its playable but for complete smoothness i would bump the rest down a little or get a stronger card. playing cod4 crysis ect.

 

[Jeff7181]

We don't know anything about Starcraft II performance yet so you're going to have to wait and see about that. As for other games, the 9800GT should be fine for most, even at 1920x1200. I have an 8800GT and I run all my games at that resolution... the only one that has problems is Fallout 3, but I'd rather reduce the detail settings than the resolution.

 

[TemjinGold]

I don't understand why this turned into a "can it run FPS games" thread. The OP wants to play STARCRAFT and its successor. Not some modern FPS. You guys are all recommending these overkill cards that would be a waste of money. Given Blizzard's history, I seriously doubt the 9800GT wouldn't be more than enough for SC2.

 

[Alex C]

Thanks for all the responses everyone, they helped a lot. The particular monitor he was looking at was an open box item on Newegg, but they ran out. It's probably for the best anyway, they've probably got stuck pixels or something. It was $200, and he can't afford to get it new at $300 so he might go with a 22" monitor at the same resolution. He's not in any rush though, so we'll wait until we can get a good deal on something.

 

[VulcanX]

Well what bout like a Samsung 2232GW or the likes? I bought one and happy as anything with it, works like a bomb, clear as anything,and supports HDCP which is a cool bonus! and 2ms response is another bonus but in any case glad u sorted that out

 

[techboie]

Well, the answer shouldn't be too difficult for you to guess anyway. If you can play a game at X rez, then he will play it as good if not better than you at X-1 rex.