Upgrade advice needed. CoD4 and the future

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ebeattie

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Hi all.
Specs:
AMD FX-60
2gigs Corsair XMS
8800 GTS (G90) 640mb
DFI Lan Party

Ive been reading the reviews for the G92 cards the last few months and would like to see what you guys think.

As it stands, Im running the G90 640mb version of the 8800 GTS. I had been running onboard audio with a worn install of Vista 32bit. I formatted and reinstalled and included an X-Fi PCIe sound card. COD4 runs awesome now at 1920x1200 with everything on and maxed.

IF and a big IF I decided to go with one of the new G92 cards, do any of you think that I would see any differences? I dont think so, but I figured Id at least come and see what you guys thought.

As for future games, if Crysis is any indication (played through after the reinstall and...wow did it bring my GTS to its knees) would the best thing to do be to wait for the new 9 series?

I guess if the 9 series is an optimized G92 version of the 8800 GTX/Ultra I think Ill wait till the next round of fresh cards.

But would the 8800 GTS G92 be a valid upgrade for the next year or so, or would an overclock of my current card tide me over enough to get me thought till the next batch?

Appreciate the opinions!
 
Nope, definitely not in my opinion. In regards to COD4, the difference would only be between 5-10FPS. Not worth a good $250-$300 for that. If you gonna spend $200+, it should be becuase it makes a noticeable difference NOT on just 1 game you want to play but, on other games as well.
 
the more I think about i, the more I agree with your thinkin there hardware. I downloaded ntune and Ill see what I can cook up with that!
 
It would be a waste of money to upgrade with that setup specifically for COD4.

COD4 uses a modified Quake 3 engine. Which isn't very graphically or CPU intense, except at very high resolutions with everything maxed.

The best COD4 players which have fantastic setups don't even play with any eye candy on. In fact, most play at 800x600 with no AA or AF enabled on a CRT lol.

Before you put your hand in your pocket, I would personally try and overclock what you have, maybe spend a few bucks on a new CPU cooler.

You should be able to get a steady 125 FPS with your setup. Here's some commands that you should do.

/cl_maxpackets 100
/com_maxfps 125
/cg_drawlagometer 1
/cg_brass 0
/cl_packetdup 0

Everything should be disabled all those Glow effects and such. You should be able to max out Anistrophic filtering with Triliner with no AA enabled and maintain 125fps.
AA is nice but.. it kills your frames with any type of smoke around you.
 
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