8800 GTXs "wasted" on 19" LCDs??

I can see why that would be true of today's games, 8800's being overkill @1280 res. But I'm going to upgrade ~March to get a Vista system ready for the 'best' Crysis experience. I guess my question is, would you all be factoring in upgrading from a 19" lcd monitor too? Would you agree if I didn't I'd be 'wasting' my 8800?

(A follow up... I've got a Samsung 970P, what monitor would you all go for if you had say ~£500 to spend to make Crysis look great? Seems to me that 'gaming' monitors are fast but generally not great with colour, which would seem a real shame with such a good looking game as Crysis!)

Thanks, appreciate your advice!!

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No, I think getting a 8800gtx will not be overkill. For the reason that games will always be evolving and it may not be long until that power is fully needed for your 19" resolutions.

Reply to bruce555

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No, I think getting a 8800gtx will not be overkill. For the reason that games will always be evolving and it may not be long until that power is fully needed for your 19" resolutions.

But what about now, and even for Crysis? Will someone on a 19" displaying 1440 X 900 or 1280 X 1024 notice any difference between a GTX or a GTS?

I thought the real performance of a GTX was at the very highest resolutions, and the GTS at very high resolutions. I wonder if a GTS is overkill for a 19". (Besides the benefit that is is DX10, though that is no benefit now).

Reply to methimpikehoses

The 8800GTX is definitely overkill for 1280 x 1024.

The upside is that the GPU should last you until DX11 cards hits the market in a few years from now if you limit yourself to 1280 x 1024 resolution. But that depends on what you consider acceptable performance two or three years from now.

Reply to jaguarskx

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The 8800GTX is definitely overkill for 1280 x 1024.

The upside is that the GPU should last you until DX11 cards hits the market in a few years from now if you limit yourself to 1280 x 1024 resolution.

? Why would it be overkill if you added all the AA and AF filtering and dynamic lighting and shadows to the mix? Id rather game at 1280x1024 with candy on then 1600x1200 or higher with no graphics goods turned up?

By the way. Good thread to the op

Reply to amddiesel

Bruce, how does you machine run? must be sweet FPS!
Anyway, i think the 8800GTX is no over kill for these day. Oblivian and Crysis seems like the really going to stretch the cards legs! Im planning on getting one, just going to wait for the R600( it seems like its going to be heavy on the power though!) and c how it stands against the no1 gpu.....! For the screen, it does make a huge dif! Getting a 19" is simply a over kill at 1280x1024.... a good 17" will save you a few $ or you could spend it on a high quality 17" too! Anyway, Sounds like you going to have lots of fun with that GTX.....

Reply to leroy_101

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The 8800GTX is definitely overkill for 1280 x 1024.

The upside is that the GPU should last you until DX11 cards hits the market in a few years from now if you limit yourself to 1280 x 1024 resolution.

? Why would it be overkill if you added all the AA and AF filtering and dynamic lighting and shadows to the mix? Id rather game at 1280x1024 with candy on then 1600x1200 or higher with no graphics goods turned up?

By the way. Good thread to the op

yes, i totally agree.

i wouldn't say its overkill. i'd say you're moreso future-proofing yourself since as the more graphics intense dx10 games come out, it'll be harder for the 8800 to provide all the eye candy at higher resolutions. 1280x1024 seems to be the sweet spot where you can expect most of your eye candy, even several months down the road while at 1600x1200 you might compromise eye candy for resolution

Reply to chonga

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Bruce, how does you machine run? must be sweet FPS!
Anyway, i think the 8800GTX is no over kill for these day. Oblivian and Crysis seems like the really going to stretch the cards legs! Im planning on getting one, just going to wait for the R600( it seems like its going to be heavy on the power though!) and c how it stands against the no1 gpu.....! For the screen, it does make a huge dif! Getting a 19" is simply a over kill at 1280x1024.... a good 17" will save you a few $ or you could spend it on a high quality 17" too! Anyway, Sounds like you going to have lots of fun with that GTX.....

No way, Leroy. Try using a 30 inch Apple Cinema display and see if you want to go back.

BIGGER SCREEN = MORE IMAGE = MORE INFORMATION = BETTER GAME

Seriously.
-cm

Reply to celewign

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BIGGER SCREEN = MORE IMAGE = MORE INFORMATION = BETTER GAME

Seriously.
-cm

Right, but not everyone here can plunk down $1500+ for a display like that... the question was regarding a 19". If you have a 30" anything, then of course the GTX will be strutting it's stuff and be well worth it's high price tag.

Reply to methimpikehoses

Oh, don't get me wrong, I do NOT have a Cinema display. I have a mere Acer 1440x900 display.

My point was that the larger the screen the more information is displayed. Unless you have a miserable computer, get the largest screen you can afford.
-cm

Reply to celewign

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? Why would it be overkill if you added all the AA and AF filtering and dynamic lighting and shadows to the mix? Id rather game at 1280x1024 with candy on then 1600x1200 or higher with no graphics goods turned up?

It would still be an overkill (for most games) because there should still be plenty of raw power left at 1280 x 1024 resolution. At that resolution this GPU should last a few years since newer games will always push the graphics envelop. But that also depends on the acceptable minimum level of eye candy. I'm sure in 4 years or so the 8800GTX will be considered an entry level GPU performance wise.

Reply to jaguarskx

I also agree, I dont think its overkill as I game on my system in the sig with a 19" when everyone told me I shouldnt. Now that games like Rainbow Six Vegas are out and other demanding games my lower res is helping me out alot and a year ago when I bought this card it destroyed everything I was playing.

great gaming LCD = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001085

Best,

3Ball

Reply to 3Ball

The cards do shine at higher resolutions, and with ALL the eye candy enabled.

If you stay 19", the gts will do fine, if you move to Dells new 22", or another to the 24", you are into GTX territory.

Reply to Granite3

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The 8800GTX is definitely overkill for 1280 x 1024.

I dunno- FSX can still smoke my 8800GTS when I crank-up everything. I am using an E6300 OCd to 3.15GHz; 2GBs Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 at 4-4-3-9-2T-500MHz; 8800GTS; eVGA 680i; 3x WD2500YS RAID 5; X-Fi Platinum, 19" Gateway VX900 CRT (Yup that's right! Probably made in the late 90s!).

Word.

Reply to NewbieTechGodII

When I bought my evga 8800gtx I also upgraded my monitor.

SCEPTRE X20WG-Naga Black 20.1" 5ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 Built in Speakers http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824112006

eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130072

Before my upgrade:

My old monitor was terrible. The BenQ isnt bright and the color is off alot.
BenQ FP731 17'' LCD Monitor http://www.pricegrabber.com/search [...] d=1134070/

GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Silent Pipe II, Lead Free Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125025

Reply to rivalneighbour

Nice machine.

Word.
-cm

Reply to celewign

Grazie. It got over 40K on 3d Mark 2001SE...for what it's worth. But everytime I OC the GPU it reverts back to its original settings at reboot!

Oh, and the machine this one replaced only got like in the 300s!

Reply to NewbieTechGodII

It just seems to me that running a 27 or 30 inch badass Dell lcd will cripple the 8800gtx with aa on af on.. Isnt the resoltion like 2700 x something like that? You have to sli 2 8800 gtx's to run a game badass on screens like that right?

Reply to amddiesel

2560x1600
I believe you need dual 8800 GTX's to get "good" performance in Oblivion at that resolution, but we won't really know until we see DX10 performance on the 8800 GTX. It might actually get more frame rates and look better in DX10 than in DX9 - only a few weeks will tell.

Reply to NumenorLord

Yup, from what I understand, SLI is really meant to push very high FPS on those massive displays some people have (oh, how I hate them! ).

I think we've all seen where SLI isn't the "be all, end all", for performance. And Quad SLI is routinely spanked because of all of the technical issues and software porting that is required. Sorta like QuadCPUs.

Still, nothing wrong with getting an 8800GTX to power a single monitor. After all, if it doesn't have to sweat on lighting-up a billion pixels on a 30" display, it can spend more attention to giving you a helluva visual experience.

I got the GTS because (a) I was near my self-imposed budget, (b) if I got the GTX, I wanted the water-cooled version (and then, see (a)), and (c) newer and better cards will be coming out soon anyhow, so go with the lower-priced model.

Reply to NewbieTechGodII

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I can see why that would be true of today's games, 8800's being overkill @1280 res. But I'm going to upgrade ~March to get a Vista system ready for the 'best' Crysis experience. I guess my question is, would you all be factoring in upgrading from a 19" lcd monitor too? Would you agree if I didn't I'd be 'wasting' my 8800?

(A follow up... I've got a Samsung 970P, what monitor would you all go for if you had say ~£500 to spend to make Crysis look great? Seems to me that 'gaming' monitors are fast but generally not great with colour, which would seem a real shame with such a good looking game as Crysis!)

Thanks, appreciate your advice!!

NOT an overkill if you like eye candy.

Here are a few reasons:

-oblivion
-rainbow six vegas
-Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
-splinter cell
-call of duty 2
-8XAA
-16XAF
-Gamma Correction AntiAliasing
-Transparency AntiAliasing:Supersampling