High res widescreen (1920x1200) gaming - will a 7900GTO cut it?

[MichaelD]

I purchased a Dell 2407WFP monitor (not shipped yet); hopefully my last monitor upgrade for the next 5 years at least. Needed the screen real estate for video editing...and the thought of playing Oblivion at 1920x1200 was a little appealing too.

I have a 7900GTO that has been fantastic at default speeds at 1280x1024; will it cut the mustard at 19x12?

Side note: My particular card won't overclock for squat. Coolbits will only allow a 10MHz Core and 15MHz memory overclock. :roll: So, I don't bother OCing it.

Will I be OK with this card, or is a 8800GTS in my future?

 

[n7]

Nope.

It will run older games nicely @ that rez, but not really gonna do so well with newer ones.

You can always run 1:1 pixel scaling though, meaning black bars around the sides of say, a 1600x1200 or 1680x1050 image, till you get a G80 or R600 card.

 

[MichaelD]

/wallet lets out ear-piercing scream of agony



Gee, I knew I wasn't going to be able to game at that rez w/all the eye-candy cranked up, but I was hoping for decent frame rates with say, no AA and maybe just 8xAF?

At 1280x1024 I get 60FPS+ in Prey with everything maxxed out. 4xAA, 16xAF, max details, the works.

 

[Captante]

Bad news is that even my 8800GTX gets pushed to the limit at 1920x1200 in some new games, most notably Oblivion in outdoor combat scenes with lots of swaying foilage ... however thats with every detail setting on maximum, every distance slider on maximum & HDR+AA with Quarls latest texture pack.

With your current GTO you'll either have to stick with older stuff or crank details way down in order to get decent framerates.

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks Captante and n7. Guess I need to go out to EBay and see what used 7900GTOs are selling for these days.

Oh well...when the monitor comes in, at least I can surf in style with a high frame rate.

Hmm, 8800GTX SLI! Oh wait...I don't have an SLI motherboard. Scratch that idea.