Hi all,
I'm in a predicament over a graphics card. I have fully water cooled system (except PSU) which includes a Q6850 and an 8800GTX.
I look at the various benchmarks that put the 8800GTX up against the newer cards that are availble and can see that's it's a bit of a dog in comparision these days. I have money burning a hole in my pocket!
But....then I look at the games I currently have and know that in most cases - my rig runs them extremely happily even at 2560X1600 (where allowed). Farcry 2 and Fallout 3 both perfectly fine (Crysis at full whack may be a push at full res). I'm not running OC'd. I just feel that maybe games development isn't what it used to be and developers limit us to what the consoles can handle?
So the question is why upgrade? Are the new cards just for benchmarking? The 285GTX and 4870 are in contention but am I just plain wasting money? Hmmmm
I'm in a predicament over a graphics card. I have fully water cooled system (except PSU) which includes a Q6850 and an 8800GTX.
I look at the various benchmarks that put the 8800GTX up against the newer cards that are availble and can see that's it's a bit of a dog in comparision these days. I have money burning a hole in my pocket!
But....then I look at the games I currently have and know that in most cases - my rig runs them extremely happily even at 2560X1600 (where allowed). Farcry 2 and Fallout 3 both perfectly fine (Crysis at full whack may be a push at full res). I'm not running OC'd. I just feel that maybe games development isn't what it used to be and developers limit us to what the consoles can handle?
So the question is why upgrade? Are the new cards just for benchmarking? The 285GTX and 4870 are in contention but am I just plain wasting money? Hmmmm