so i got this 8800GTX

[Piuc2020]

BFG10K: What's wrong with it? At 1280x1024, that 8800GTX is a great long term investment, a few years from now, GTXs will die at 1920x1200 but they will game quite fine at 1280x1024 eliminating the need to buy a new card. 9800 Pros still game somewhat decently at 1024x768. If its a short term investment (say like you'll upgrade next gen or next year) then yeah, a 8800 GTX on a 1280x1024 is overkill.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020
BFG10K: What's wrong with it? At 1280x1024, that 8800GTX is a great long term investment, a few years from now, GTXs will die at 1920x1200 but they will game quite fine at 1280x1024 eliminating the need to buy a new card. 9800 Pros still game somewhat decently at 1024x768. If its a short term investment (say like you'll upgrade next gen or next year) then yeah, a 8800 GTX on a 1280x1024 is overkill.

Not everyone has a very large monitor. I for one am still using a 19" LCD that I do not plan to upgrade or replace until it's dead. 1280x1024 is plenty fine. SUre the GTX may be alot of power for that resolution but you can max out AA and AF while still retaining excellent performance. Plus like was mentioned by Piuc, it will remain fast for this resolution for a while to come. No need to upgrade to the next big thing in order to sustain performance at 1920x1200.

 

[BFG10K]

What's wrong with it?

It's like driving a sports car only in rush hour traffic. Sure, it'll get you from A to B and you'll probably have a nice ride but it has much more to offer on the open road.

At 1280x1024, that 8800GTX is a great long term investment, a few years from now, GTXs will die at 1920x1200 but they will game quite fine at 1280x1024 eliminating the need to buy a new card.

By that same reasoning 640x480 makes the investment even "better" since the GTX will last even longer than it will at 1280x1024.

So if I'm reading your argument correctly you're claiming the poorer your display is, the better your GPU investment is?

This is actually the opposite of reality; the whole point of a fast GPU is to crank up the IQ where a lesser GPU can't. If you're CPU/display limited that advantage is reduced or even eliminated.

Not everyone has a very large monitor.

I never claimed otherwise. My point is pairing a high end GPU with a weakling monitor is wasted potential, kind of like someone never running more than 4xAA regardless of the game or the GPU.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

What's wrong with it?

It's like driving a sports car only in rush hour traffic. Sure, it'll get you from A to B and you'll probably have a nice ride but it has much more to offer on the open road.

At 1280x1024, that 8800GTX is a great long term investment, a few years from now, GTXs will die at 1920x1200 but they will game quite fine at 1280x1024 eliminating the need to buy a new card.

By that same reasoning 640x480 makes the investment even "better" since the GTX will last even longer than it will at 1280x1024.

So if I'm reading your argument correctly you're claiming the poorer your display is, the better your GPU investment is?

This is actually the opposite of reality; the whole point of a fast GPU is to crank up the IQ where a lesser GPU can't. If you're CPU/display limited that advantage is reduced or even eliminated.

Not everyone has a very large monitor.

I never claimed otherwise. My point is pairing a high end GPU with a weakling monitor is wasted potential, kind of like someone never running more than 4xAA regardless of the game or the GPU.

Well, let me put it this way. Some people would consider 50fps at 1920x1080 to be wickedly slow. So running at 1280x1024 isn't all that bad if that's what you have.

 

[Toadster]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

weird, all 3 demos peg out at 60fps 1280x1024x32bpp

Please don't tell me you got a 8800 GTX and that's the highest resolution your display supports.

lol - for now, yes! planning on a 24" display soon

 

[Aberforth]

try Lost Planet: Extreme Condition with everything set to max and High Quality shadows @ 1280 x 1024. It's gonna look great.

 

[Toadster]

Originally posted by: Laminator
Turn off vertical synchronization ("vsync").

i have it disabled in Riva Tuner 'forced off' - do i have to start quake differently?

right now i have this:
D:\GAMES\QUAKE_SW\glquake.exe -console -width 1280x1024 -bpp 32

 

[Toadster]

LOL - I just loaded Riva Tuner 2.05 and was able to get v-sync turned off...

I'm running at 989fps :rofl: that's 1200x1024!!!

 

[alcoholbob]

Lol, your GTX can run games like Crysis 2 at well over 30fps in 2010 at 640x480!

 

[Makaveli]

I would suggest putting it back in the box and sending it to me for further testing =)