8800gtx @1280 x 1024resolution a waste???

[knowsitall]

i got a 16inch viewable crt screen. i plan on buying a 8800gtx with my income check soon. the max resolution of my crt monitor is 1280 x 1024. it has a refresh rate of 85Hz i believe. I was wondering if anyone knows if that graphics card would basically "bottle neck" my monitor? I also would like to know if anyone knows if the evga 8800gtx is easily hooked up to a hdtv? would gaming be good on a 55inch hdtv? and finally would anyone be able to guess wut score i would get on 3dmark06 with the following rig i will have shortly::
8800gtx evga stock
Pentium d (805 @ 3.8-4.0 )
Evga 680i
800mhz gskull 1024mb
Segate 320gb 7200rpm sataII

I m guessing 8000 3dmark 06?? i could be way off..
thnx.

 

[pmr]

Since you didn't search and I am in a good mood, I did the job for you:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1446540#1446540

 

[sirheck]

no it wont bottle neck your monitor.

and yes it will work with hdtv and a 55 inch monitor.

 

[Blacken]

I don't see 1280x1024 being as much of a waste as the 16 inch monitor.
Anti-alaising can help cure the 12x10 resolution.

 

[dipz]

just a quick question off-topic here. you guys with widescreen monitors, when gaming at 1280 x 1024, do you set your monitor to remain at a fixed aspect ratio or do you let it stretch to fit your screen? my native reso. is 16:10 (1440 x 900) and 1280 x 1024 will need to be stretched to maximise all screen space. most games i play support my reso, and most that don't support it look ok when stretched at 1280 x 1024. just wondering what you guys do.

 

[chuckshissle]

It's perfect for it? Smooth gaming at highest quality.

 

[waylander]

Whether it's worth it or not is up to you but I personally would not. The cpu and 1 gb of ram will bottleneck your system anyway so whether your monitor is the issue is moot.

 

[iluv2fly]

just a quick question off-topic here. you guys with widescreen monitors, when gaming at 1280 x 1024, do you set your monitor to remain at a fixed aspect ratio or do you let it stretch to fit your screen? my native reso. is 16:10 (1440 x 900) and 1280 x 1024 will need to be stretched to maximise all screen space. most games i play support my reso, and most that don't support it look ok when stretched at 1280 x 1024. just wondering what you guys do.

Try 1280 x 960.

That resolution looks really good on my Sceptre 22 inch widescreen 16:10. Let us know if it worked.

 

[knowsitall]

I don't see 1280x1024 being as much of a waste as the 16 inch monitor.
Anti-alaising can help cure the 12x10 resolution.

hm can you explain yourself furthur?? i have a 17inch monitor (16inch screen) that is 12 x 10. Is 1280x1024 a waste on 16inch screen? what are you trying to say?

 

[Parge]

i got a 16inch viewable crt screen. i plan on buying a 8800gtx with my income check soon. the max resolution of my crt monitor is 1280 x 1024. it has a refresh rate of 85Hz i believe. I was wondering if anyone knows if that graphics card would basically "bottle neck" my monitor? I also would like to know if anyone knows if the evga 8800gtx is easily hooked up to a hdtv? would gaming be good on a 55inch hdtv?

8800gtx evga stock
Pentium d (805 @ 3.8-4.0 )
Evga 680i
800mhz gskull 1024mb
Segate 320gb 7200rpm sataII.

ok, the GTX may be a little bottlenecked by the processor, depending on the game, but I wouldnt worry about it. The monitor is fine for the GTX, it may be overkill in frames per second terms at the moment, but as you start seeing Crysis/Alan Wake etc you will be glad of the extra power.

Oh and in regards to the HDTV, it will look ok depending on your distance away and what games your playing. Try it and see!

 

[pmr]

just a quick question off-topic here. you guys with widescreen monitors, when gaming at 1280 x 1024, do you set your monitor to remain at a fixed aspect ratio or do you let it stretch to fit your screen? my native reso. is 16:10 (1440 x 900) and 1280 x 1024 will need to be stretched to maximise all screen space. most games i play support my reso, and most that don't support it look ok when stretched at 1280 x 1024. just wondering what you guys do.

If the game doesn´t support 16:10 I'll use always some kind of patch or edit the .ini file

 

[dipz]

I found a way to change the reso. in F.E.A.R. and it was simple and works. I just hope it is that easy for other games that don't support WS. Thanks for the suggestion. BTW to the guy further above, I didn't see a 1280 by 960 res but thanks anyways.

 

[pmr]

I found a way to change the reso. in F.E.A.R. and it was simple and works. I just hope it is that easy for other games that don't support WS. Thanks for the suggestion. BTW to the guy further above, I didn't see a 1280 by 960 res but thanks anyways.

And for further questions I advise you to go here:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/

They have all the answers

 

[Blacken]

I don't see 1280x1024 being as much of a waste as the 16 inch monitor.
Anti-alaising can help cure the 12x10 resolution.

hm can you explain yourself furthur?? i have a 17inch monitor (16inch screen) that is 12 x 10. Is 1280x1024 a waste on 16inch screen? what are you trying to say?

Well, 17 inch monitor - 16 inch viewable as you said. Regardless, it's not huge. The bigger the viewable, the better at at higher (more dense) resolutions.

Anti-alaising is a process done by your computer to smoothen out edges as lower resolutions produce "zags". This is why (imo) having a 12x10 max resolution is not waste - the 8800 can clean the picture up. Though having a bigger resolution will not make games any smaller as it does to windows (smaller bars, icons, ect.), your 16 inches of viawable is - as you won't see the full effect. It's like having HDTV on a 10inch screen. Know what I mean?

Basicaly man, if you have to compress your nose against the screen to see something, you need a bigger monitor

 

[knowsitall]

ah ha.. great information on this thread. thanks alot everyone. I have another question. the tv i want to hook my pc up to is a 1080i 55 inch with the game run smoothley on such a tv? what resolution is hdtv considered?

 

[knowsitall]

ok, the GTX may be a little bottlenecked by the processor, depending on the game, but I wouldnt worry about it

yah i agree the pentium d 805 @ 3.8-4.0 probally is a bottleneck. But i plan to upgrade to a quad 6600 when price drops this summer i hope/heard.

 

[ma2ha3]

why would anyone want to buy 8800GTX for low res other than 24" LCD or 30" LCD. Is beyond me.

Totally not worth it.

you can get 7950GT for 200 and volt mod it to 7800 GTX performance level.

Which was GOD only a year ago and cost 550 if you can find it at all.

550 a year ago to 200 now. more than 50 percent drop in a year.

If your car or house drop 50 percent a year, you will commit sucide with katana.


those people who paying two 8800 GTX , for SLI is totally ridiculous.
that 1100 dollars performance will worth less than a 200 dollars card in two years time.

Yes, i am going to get one 8800GTX for my 30 inch LCD, but that is because unplayable fps at 2560x1600, but even that i still thinking of waiting until march where price will drop new card coming out.
2 8800GTX is totally out of the question.

SAVE THE PLANET. Dun use too much power. Lower your green footprint.

 

[harmattan]

Unless you are playing at 1900x1200+, a 8800gtx will be serious overkill for current games.

Pick yourself up a 1900gt.

I actually don't mind paying the extra money for top-of-the-line sli. I enjoy the ability to play games at max. Also, in terms of power usage, it's nice piece of mind that there'll be nothing left for the generations after me :twisted: I work hard and am American. I thus have the right to have 15 kids, drive a hummer, and keep at least one faucet in my house running at all times. No if I could just figure out where I put that bucket of chicken skins

Really though, for the time I get to use my PC for gaming, the power draw of sli is a drop in the bucket.

 

[rumrunner42]

Ok....Its like this,
For a 8800GTX running low resolutions, it can and will do the job quite nicely. Since the card is not having to pump crazy resolutions its not going to have to work at its max capacity. Your processor will in fact not be feeding its insatiable appetite for data in order to process. So essentially your frame rates will depend on the speed at which your processor can supply it data. You will actually have the card waiting on data from the processor from time to time...Which necessarily isnt a bad thing. Just so long as you can get 60fps, then who cares about frame rates? Just play the game and enjoy knowing that when new and more complex games come out, you will definitely have the horsepower to render all the graphical goodness. Furthermore running your computer on a HDTV is doable..Just make sure you have the right connections and or dvi to hdmi converters. Mitsubishi micro displays have actual DVI inputs, while samsung displays have HDMI inputs on the rear connections panel. And before you ask, you will not lose any quality using a converter because its all a digital connection. You either have all of it or nothing at all. Hope this helps. With the tv though, you might have to tweak graphic driver settings to get the best picture on your TV. just mess with it and youll get it mate!
Cheers*

 

[sresener]

I dunno I use a 8800gtx on my projector set at 1280x720 and the nice thing im able to do is crank the aa up to 16 which really makes games like oblivion look great at the lower resolutions. And even my old x1900xt can't do oblivion with half the aa on its own

 

[AKJ]

When using a 8800GTX on a 1280x1024 monitor, one would most probably need to enable verticle sync (prevents texture tearing etc)..

When this feature is enabled, the gfx card will "sync" the FPS to the refresh rate of the monitor.. So, if you run at 75Hz refresh rate, you'll sit with 75FPS, which is perfect.. Now, maintaining that FPS no matter what the game is throwing at the card is the ideal situation.. So, in my opinion, a 8800GTX and a 1280x1024 monitor is NOT a waste at all... Its perfect..

 

[AKJ]

Thats impressive.. But dont you think oblivion is poorly written? Maybe? :?

 

[pmr]

why would anyone want to buy 8800GTX for low res other than 24" LCD or 30" LCD. Is beyond me.

I said this in another thread and I'll say it again:

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

 

[Parge]

I disagree, the x1950xt would be a better buy than the x1900gt

for once you and I agree taco, any of the 19...XT range would be a far better buy than a GT, especially at current prices!

 

[sirheck]

is mr taco back to sniffin something again :lol: