Capable for light gaming?

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JamesL

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I have a 256mb HD3850 on my desk, and pairing it with 2gb of ram & a e8400 @ stock.

I still have to buy a monitor, and I'm not sure if the hd3850 can handle 1920x1200.
Up until now, I've been using integrated graphics on my laptop to play counterstrike, starcraft, halo, frozenthrone... so as you can tell, I'm not an avid gamer.

Now, there are a couple games like UT3, GoW, Oblivion, I would like to be able to play on mid settings if possible at playable... say... ~30'ish frames per second.
Is it do-able on a 24-incher? how bout like.. low-mid settings at 25-ish fps?
 
You should do fine at lower settings. You don't have to run it at full 1920 x 1200 on a 24". I have a 24" and 28" and if you can run it at 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900 or 1680 x 1050 it still looks good. For most games, you should be good with that 3850.
 
HardwareGuru said:
You should do fine at lower settings. You don't have to run it at full 1920 x 1200 on a 24". I have a 24" and 28" and if you can run it at 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900 or 1680 x 1050 it still looks good. For most games, you should be good with that 3850.
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Thanks!
If I play it on a non-native, lower resolution, can it be played in window'ed mode? Does it depend on the game?
 
It depends on the game. So far GOW, UT3, Crysis I know allow you to play it in window'ed mode. I'm pretty sure other games also allow you to do this. I am just mentioning a few games that I know and played that can do this.
 
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