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Sugarcane   12-17-2006 at 11:08:33 AM

Looks like I'll be going with the standard upgrade:

E6600
965P board
1 or 2gb ram, undecided on that

If I throw the X1950xt in there, will games @ 1600x1200 be playable? The whole point of my upgrade is to play everything at that resolution. I'm hoping this card can do that. $250 is a lot easier to swallow than $450 for an 8800.

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Sugarcane   12-17-2006 at 12:21:43 PM
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If I can hit 35-40fps with minimal eye candy, I'd be happy.

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strangestranger   12-17-2006 at 01:31:03 PM
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you forgot to mention which games. i'd say in quite a few modern games you should be able to hit that fps with maximum eye candy.

EDIT:http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=519&model2=586&chart=215

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Track   12-17-2006 at 02:10:24 PM
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Youre saying the highest-end ATI graphics card cant do 20 FPS at 1600x1200??? Thats insane.

Look at benchmarks, u can hit 50 FPS in F.E.A.R. at 1600x1200 with 4xAA!

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Sugarcane   12-18-2006 at 12:48:24 AM
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Here's a list of games that I'm playing or will get around to:

Sid Meier's Railroads
BF2 and BF2142
Madden 2007
FEAR & EP expansion
Company of Heroes
Warhammer 40k series
Medievel II Total War
Half Life 2 Episode 1
Call of Duty 2

Oblivion doesn't do anything for me. Think the x1950xt or something cheaper will handle these @ 1600x1200? I don't need 80+fps, just something in the playable fps range. Thanks again:)

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strangestranger   12-18-2006 at 12:59:32 AM
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the only ones im not sure of are company of heroes or medievel II. they, if im not mistaken are RTS games so i can't say for certain how they will perform as they aint included in most benchmarks. they are also cpu limited in alot of cases.

the others should be fine.

EDIT: a few benchmarks. http://www.techspot.com/review/32-msi-geforce-8800gtx/page4.html
http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6158594/index.html
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTIxOCwxMiwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=

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Sugarcane   12-18-2006 at 01:35:21 AM
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Great, thank you much:)

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randomizer   12-18-2006 at 01:42:21 AM
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Quote :

If I can hit 35-40fps with minimal eye candy, I'd be happy.


I think I'd rather go 1280x960 with medium-high eye candy. But thats just me, and honestly, who cares what I think :roll: .

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gudodayn   12-18-2006 at 02:54:30 AM
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I am pretty sure a X1950XT would handle most current games @1600 x 1200 OK ~

But, does your monitor support it?

I was using an 19" Sony CRT right up until 2 weeks ago and bought a 22" wide screen LCD and I noticed the 22" max. resolution would only go up to 1680 x 1050 where as the 19" Sony CRT can handle 1920 x 1440........

I too, ran all my games @ 1600 x 1200.....Call Of Duty 2 / Company of Heroes / NFS - Carbon on the CRT with a 7900GTO

I now play games on the CRT and uses the LCD for movies, net browsing, etc.

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kaen   12-18-2006 at 05:05:42 AM
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You shouldn't have much problems at that resolution as long as everything isn't maxed out (depending on game)

Also, the benchmarks on this site only have the XTX version with is 512MB so it should have an easier time playing at higher resolutions.

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Sugarcane   12-18-2006 at 07:58:25 AM
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Yep, I have a Dell 2001fp, native 1600x1200 and a 2005fpw, native 1680x1050. I swap between them, since some games don't support widescreens:(

I just noticed Newegg dropped the 8800gts to $399 after a rebate. Now I'm scratching my head!

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parge   12-18-2006 at 08:22:05 AM
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I bet you will see choppy framerates in sid miers railroads, that game gets well bogged down as you get towards the end of a level, no matter what graphics card you have

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Sugarcane   12-18-2006 at 08:28:11 AM
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I've noticed that as well. Just when I've built my "empire" up, adding or deleting tracks causes a delay of 2-3 seconds. I have no idea why I like the game, still fun for some reason:)

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markymoo   12-25-2006 at 03:17:08 AM
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for all dumbos the xtx is not the xt!!! the vga charts only list the xtx.

yes you can play all games at 1600 with playable frame rate

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GeneticWeapon   12-25-2006 at 07:38:37 AM
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I play all my games @1600x1200 with adaptive AA and a massively overclocked/overvolted X1900GT.

No problems.

http://i10.tinypic.com/2s6udtl.jpg

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