Guys,
Could you please help me with this question that is bugging me a lot...
I'm planning to upgrade my computer and everything seems to be already defined, except for the video cards.
Upgraded system will be an I7 920, 12gb Ram, 6 HDs, Corsair 1000HX PSU, X-Fi Titanium and all the other basic stuff. (using parts that I already have plus some that I'll buy).
Right now I'm running a pair of 8800GT SLI in a 24" monitor 1900x1200 and a 19" 1280x1024, playing games like Crysis, Fear 2, Fallout3, GTAIV, World in Conflict and others...
Also I do a lot of video encoding, media server, background downloads, photos, backup, web surfing, etc... almost all at the same time.
Now the question is:
Should I:
- Buy a pair of GTX 260 216SP and SLI it, keeping one 8800GT for Physx only,
- Buy one GTX 285 (or the 275), keep the 8800GT for Physx and wait many months to SLI the GTX 285,
- Keep the 8800GT SLI in the upgraded system and wait for something else better to come up later this year,
- Give up on Nvidia/Physx and go with an ATI setup...
I would like to have a computer that would play games at 1900x1200 (not planning to change the monitor in years...), with or without AA (I don't care that much about AA, as long I have all the details/special effects enabled) and 30+/60+ FPS (depending on the game, of course) for, at least, a couple of years...
My budget for the VCards is about 340ish USD.
Thanks!
Could you please help me with this question that is bugging me a lot...
I'm planning to upgrade my computer and everything seems to be already defined, except for the video cards.
Upgraded system will be an I7 920, 12gb Ram, 6 HDs, Corsair 1000HX PSU, X-Fi Titanium and all the other basic stuff. (using parts that I already have plus some that I'll buy).
Right now I'm running a pair of 8800GT SLI in a 24" monitor 1900x1200 and a 19" 1280x1024, playing games like Crysis, Fear 2, Fallout3, GTAIV, World in Conflict and others...
Also I do a lot of video encoding, media server, background downloads, photos, backup, web surfing, etc... almost all at the same time.
Now the question is:
Should I:
- Buy a pair of GTX 260 216SP and SLI it, keeping one 8800GT for Physx only,
- Buy one GTX 285 (or the 275), keep the 8800GT for Physx and wait many months to SLI the GTX 285,
- Keep the 8800GT SLI in the upgraded system and wait for something else better to come up later this year,
- Give up on Nvidia/Physx and go with an ATI setup...
I would like to have a computer that would play games at 1900x1200 (not planning to change the monitor in years...), with or without AA (I don't care that much about AA, as long I have all the details/special effects enabled) and 30+/60+ FPS (depending on the game, of course) for, at least, a couple of years...
My budget for the VCards is about 340ish USD.
Thanks!