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the combo deal knocks off another $20 so it is really only $150 after rebate for the 9800gtx and the ram combo deal.It is like only buying the card after the rebate so kinda like free ram with the $150 video card
Yeah that may be the best for you but I need to get ram so the 9800gtx deal is gonn abe the best for me.The more i think about the performance the less I care.
We all know that next year the new cards will be the same price and probably whoop ass compared to today's cards.
I like nvidia more then ati.Ati color is better and it doesn;t take a big hit with AA but my framerate dropping like flies is what made me sell the 4850.It made me a little pissed off after reading so much good about the card.I dont know maybe it was my cpu,but now I have a fast cpu so I should be good to go for awhile now
I think you had a different problem. I'm running a 4850 with an X2 5000+ at 3ghz and there are ZERO framerate drops in ANY of the games I've played (including CoD4). At low resolutions AA is a huge benefit, and ATI's CFAA is a perfect fit. 12xCFAA/8xMSAA/24xCFAA are all very real possibilities in terms of playability, even on demanding games (I played GRID with 8xMSAA at 1280x1024 and I was still CPU limited at around 50FPS)
But its your money, spend it how you want.
That is what I have been thinking but I was hearing hd4850.
I am gonna come right out and say it I am biased towards nvidia.My experience with the 8800gt and the hd4850 showed me that the nvidia cards run smoother.
Bman123, you're saying that at a low res you're more CPU dependent? I was going to get the E7300 CPU and that 9800GTX that you were talking about. If so, should I just get a cheaper GPU and a better CPU myself if I have a low res monitor?
Bman123, you're saying that at a low res you're more CPU dependent? I was going to get the E7300 CPU and that 9800GTX that you were talking about. If so, should I just get a cheaper GPU and a better CPU myself if I have a low res monitor?
I've noticed, both at 1280x1024 and 1680x1050, that in the vast majority of games anything more than 4X AA isn't necessary for decent edge smoothing. Well, I suppose if you keep your nose three inches from the screen trying to find jaggies it may be, but for normal gameplay, regardless of GPU, any more is a waste of resources for very little benefit.
Personal opinion I know, but I do have an EVGA GTX 260 "FTW" Edition that can easily handle max AA in any game I play with my new 22" monitor. Again, I notice very little benefit with the monitor a couple feet from me. 4X AA is plenty. This is with Oblivion, Lord of the Rings Online, WoW, Fallout 3, Gothic 3, Two Worlds, etc... And with larger screens high levels of A.A. are just overkill. Nice marketing exercise to tout "superior high resolution AA", but that's about all it is.