What card do I need to be able to play 1920 x 1200

[Ksyder]

Thanks everyone for the solid info. I'm assuming the density on new hard drives is so high that the Raptor's performance isn't that much better anymore? Is this why everyone is recommending not to buy the raptor?

Edit, due to some recent acquisitions from various sources my upgrade for the time being will be an Abit ip35, an e6300 and 4gb of OCZ reaper ddr2. Which leaves me with a video card left to get. I'd like to go for a 4870/1gb ram. For my casual gaming (playing tf2 with friends once in a while, etc) hopefully this will be enough.

 

[vj8usa]

Originally posted by: Ksyder
Thanks everyone for the solid info. I'm assuming the density on new hard drives is so high that the Raptor's performance isn't that much better anymore? Is this why everyone is recommending not to buy the raptor?

Edit, due to some recent acquisitions from various sources my upgrade for the time being will be an Abit ip35, an e6300 and 4gb of OCZ reaper ddr2. Which leaves me with a video card left to get. I'd like to go for a 4870/1gb ram. For my casual gaming (playing tf2 with friends once in a while, etc) hopefully this will be enough.

That's WAY more than enough for TF2. My 4850 can handle that game with 12x AA at 1680x1050; it needs very little GPU power. OCing your CPU will probably help though if you play on big (32 player) servers.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: McRhea
If anything, in terms of playable framerate (minimum framerate), an SSD gives a bigger performance boost to Crysis than going SLI (the benefits vary although its not uncommon for only a small percentage boost to the minimum framerate).

http://images.anandtech.com/gr...090808151933/17331.png

http://www.pcgameshardware.com...2008/06/CPU_Crysis.png

Your second link doesn't work, but the first one just shows minimum framerate in the flyover benchmarks, which isn't indicative of gameplay. When actually playing the game SLI will provide a notable framerate boost, while the faster drive will do basically nothing but speed up load times.

Originally posted by: Ksyder
I'm assuming the density on new hard drives is so high that the Raptor's performance isn't that much better anymore?

Fast drives never mattered much for gaming other than in regard to load times, so while they are nice for making your system as fast as you can, when on a budget your money is far better spent on just about anything else.

 

[alcoholbob]

Originally posted by: kylebisme


Your second link doesn't work

http://www.pcgameshardware.com...4&page=1&show=original

but the first one just shows minimum framerate in the flyover benchmarks, which isn't indicative of gameplay.

So your saying it would have no effect on minimum framerate in "gameplay?"

When actually playing the game SLI will provide a notable framerate boost, while the faster drive will do basically nothing but speed up load times.

Do you have an SSD? Or SLI? I have both and I can attest to the effects they have on Crysis.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
So your saying it would have no effect on minimum framerate in "gameplay?"

It has a little effect when streaming speed holds the game up, but you don't fly across that island nearly as fast in gameplay so it isn't as much of an issue as in the flyby benchmark.

Originally posted by: Astrallite
Do you have an SSD? Or SLI?

Neither, but I have used SLI and other fast drive setups, and I get 5fps better than Anand's X25-M with my OS on one standard 7200rpm SATA drive and the game on another, even while getting a slightly lower average at the settings I play the game at.