Need new video Card

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Shivers

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Hi guys,

Currently have an 9800gt but wanting to upgrade, currently play at 1680x1050 and wanting a card that will give me great fps with aa and af, any ideas?

Current system is

E8500@ 4ghz
Asus P5Q-E
4 GB DDR2
Corsair HX520
BFG 9800GT OC
 
GTX260 perfect upgrade for that res to allow you to use the highest in game quality settings.
It also has nearly 1GB ram so can hold more textures etc so games like GTA IV will run with better quality than a 512MB card.
 
Hi,

I was looking at between 285GTX and 4870X2...which is best out of those 2?
 
Drakan290 said:
Neither.
Your monitor would not take advantage of either graphics card, too low res.

Pick up a GTX 260 or 4870.
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actually since his cpu is good enough he would get more oomph for Crysis DX10 and Clear Sky Dx10 maxed out and AA with a gtx285. other than those 2 games a gtx260 is more than plenty for 1680x1050.
 
Shivers said:
is my psu powerful enough for a 285gtx?
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should be no problem if you only have one hd and one dvd because the rest of your system is pretty basic(for high end) except for the overclocked cpu. Im not sure how much that oc on your cpu uses but your system with a stock e8500 and gtx285 would not even pull 300 watts at the wall under gaming load.
 
HX520 is plenty efficient for a GTX 285, but your resolution is lower why pay so much for it? And I wouldn't get it just to max out one or two games, a video card is supposed to be a smart investment. A 260 or 280 at most seems to be a good trade in price/performance.
 
Well im now considering moving up to 1920x1080 as might purchase a new monitor, would 285gtx still be fine at that res?
 
At 1920x1080, I think the GTX 285 destroys everything, I heard it's supposed to max out Crysis Warhead just eye-to-eye and still get above 30FPS. Definitely a good choice.
 
Yep, a 285 will fly at 1080p.

I'm using a 20% overclocked 8800GT at 1080p and its fantastic for most games, many I can run at max quality.
However there are some games that need mid quality or no AA and a few that need a faster card really to get all the lovelyness (ie Crysis).
Tomorrow I will own a new 55nM GTX260 and expect it to be able to run all quality settings maxed with mid to high AA.

I'll report back on how good it is if you like?
(I'm on E8400@4.1GHz, X38, 4GB, XP32)
 
Nenu said:
Yep, a 285 will fly at 1080p.

I'm using a 20% overclocked 8800GT at 1080p and its fantastic for most games, many I can run at max quality.
However there are some games that need mid quality or no AA and a few that need a faster card really to get all the lovelyness (ie Crysis).
Tomorrow I will own a new 55nM GTX260 and expect it to be able to run all quality settings maxed with mid to high AA.

I'll report back on how good it is if you like?
(I'm on E8400@4.1GHz, X38, 4GB, XP32)
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you wont be playing Crysis DX10 on very high settings especially with aa. you will be able to run Warhead on all enthusiast DX9 settings though but aa isnt going to happen there either.
 
cannondale06 said:
you wont be playing Crysis DX10 on very high settings especially with aa. you will be able to run Warhead on all enthusiast DX9 settings though but aa isnt going to happen there either.
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Heh, I know, not with the default configs I cant.
I'll be using custom settings for more or less the same result with higher fps :)
I'm on DX9 until Windows 7.
 
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