Gtx 260sli (216) or Single gtx285 for 2560x1600

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: orson

Originally posted by: happy medium
some more benchies for ya

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...adeon-hd-4850-x2-2gb/4

the 260 sli setup is still scoring highly against the competitors only really beaten down by the
280's running in sli

in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R bench it is only 6 fps behind the 280's and 10-11 fps behind the 280 and the radeon in RD:G.

In fallout 3 the sli 260 setup does get raped at 8xAA but at 4x it is almost equal to the other high end cards.

:thumbsup:

But you don't need 8xAA at 2560x1600 and the only option i would go for amongst them would be the 4870 X2 which would compromise his folding and if he wanted to ever go x-fire he would need to change his mobo, whereas with price drops on the 260 he could possibly nab himself another for a cheap price in the near future with DX11 cards on the way.

:thumbsup:

 

[orson]

Originally posted by: happy medium

Originally posted by: orson

Originally posted by: happy medium
some more benchies for ya

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...adeon-hd-4850-x2-2gb/4

the 260 sli setup is still scoring highly against the competitors only really beaten down by the
280's running in sli

in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R bench it is only 6 fps behind the 280's and 10-11 fps behind the 280 and the radeon in RD:G.

In fallout 3 the sli 260 setup does get raped at 8xAA but at 4x it is almost equal to the other high end cards.

:thumbsup:

But you don't need 8xAA at 2560x1600 and the only option i would go for amongst them would be the 4870 X2 which would compromise his folding and if he wanted to ever go x-fire he would need to change his mobo, whereas with price drops on the 260 he could possibly nab himself another for a cheap price in the near future with DX11 cards on the way.

:thumbsup:

the 260's seem like a "happy medium" between the choices

 

[FalseChristian]

How many Voodoo2's SLIed would it take to match 2 GTX 285 in SLI? 500? 1000?

 

[happy medium]

before you go buy ,when is his birthday? The gtx275 is supposed to be released on the 2nd of April and is the true Happy medium fitting inbetween the gtx 285 and the gtx260. it also will drop prices on the gtx 260?
Something to think about?

http://www.hardware-infos.com/...hp?news=2801&sprache=1

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2284919&enterthread=y

 

[orson]

Originally posted by: happy medium
before you go buy ,when is his birthday? The gtx275 is supposed to be released on the 2nd of April and is the true Happy medium fitting inbetween the gtx 285 and the gtx260. it also will drop prices on the gtx 260?
Something to think about?

http://www.hardware-infos.com/...hp?news=2801&sprache=1

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2284919&enterthread=y

it's the end of next week so i can wait

 

[happy medium]

good luck n let us know how it turns out.:beer:

 

[alcoholbob]

Just make sure to keep his hands off of AA (don't need it at 2560x anyway methinks) and the 260s should do fine.

 

[MrK6]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
Just make sure to keep his hands off of AA (don't need it at 2560x anyway methinks) and the 260s should do fine.

The 260's will be fine with AA, even at 2560x1600. The only problem with AA on the GTX series is when you use 8xAA or higher, but that's due to the design of the chip itself. If you want more AA, just use 8xCSAA or 16xCSAA and it looks just as good .

 

[alcoholbob]

Originally posted by: MrK6

Originally posted by: Astrallite
Just make sure to keep his hands off of AA (don't need it at 2560x anyway methinks) and the 260s should do fine.

The 260's will be fine with AA, even at 2560x1600. The only problem with AA on the GTX series is when you use 8xAA or higher, but that's due to the design of the chip itself. If you want more AA, just use 8xCSAA or 16xCSAA and it looks just as good .

Depends on the game...Crysis on VH does use nearly 500MB of framebuffer at 1680x, without AA.

High resolutions tax the GPU...full scene, double-run AA...you're looking at additional 40C load temps