I have been planning on building a new gaming rig, here are the components I have in mind (certainly open to changes, but to give you an idea what I want to spend):
However, I am also wanting to upgrade my 19" Samsung 930B (1280 x 1024) to a 24" Dell or similar (1920 x 1200) - or a jump of nearly DOUBLE the pixel count.
My concern is even with the (base level) GeForce 8800 I am thinking about, the video card will struggle to keep up with this massive monitor. Unless the game is physically not capable of running at the native resolution of the monitor, I would ALWAYS run the games at this size. Crysis, STALKER, FEAR, HL2, GTA IV, etc. are all the sort of stuff I play, and I play them as much for the graphics as the game itself.
Question is: will this video card be able to keep up with this monitor? If not, will the 640 MB version do the trick, or do I need to go for the GTX?
Also, I do a lot of Photoshop (have a Canon 30D) and 2D/3D AutoCAD, so this monitor is ideal.
Any advice? Is the video card going to be OK for a 24" panel, or do I need to step it up?
Thanks!
However, I am also wanting to upgrade my 19" Samsung 930B (1280 x 1024) to a 24" Dell or similar (1920 x 1200) - or a jump of nearly DOUBLE the pixel count.
My concern is even with the (base level) GeForce 8800 I am thinking about, the video card will struggle to keep up with this massive monitor. Unless the game is physically not capable of running at the native resolution of the monitor, I would ALWAYS run the games at this size. Crysis, STALKER, FEAR, HL2, GTA IV, etc. are all the sort of stuff I play, and I play them as much for the graphics as the game itself.
Question is: will this video card be able to keep up with this monitor? If not, will the 640 MB version do the trick, or do I need to go for the GTX?
Also, I do a lot of Photoshop (have a Canon 30D) and 2D/3D AutoCAD, so this monitor is ideal.
Any advice? Is the video card going to be OK for a 24" panel, or do I need to step it up?
Thanks!