Hello,
i am just getting into computer gaming, i'm used to playing games on my Xbox 360 on my 42 inch LCD, which i also use as a computer monitor, i use a wireless mouse/keyboard from my sofa and use my arm rest as a mouse mat.
I have noticed that games don't look as a impressive on a large high resolution tv, which is one of the main reasons i am interested in pc gaming, the graphical quality being better.
My present system is a Q6600, 2 GB DDR2 Ram, 8800GT, MSI G31M3 Mobo ,600 Watt PSU.
The motherboard has no ability to change CPU voltage or perform other overclocking operations sadly, i've considered purchasing a new one.
What i really want is to be able to play Crysis Wars online with no skipping on max settings.
It's come to my awareness that resolution has something to do with graphical quality.
If resolution is taken to mean number of pixels diplayed, then i can see that this makes sense.
What has thrown me off a little, is that i have always associated resolution with the size of windows explorer and desktop, i figured if i set the resolution on games higher it would make things harder to see.
I haven't tested this out, but maybe someone could clear up this matter for me.
My motherboard has a single Pci-e slot, so it seems if i don't want to buy a new motherboard the ATI 5970 would be the best choice and going by this benchmark chart i found through google;
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5970,2474-8.html
It performs similarly to 2 x 5870 Crossfired.
This seems a better option than purchasing two crossfired cards, as it would save me money by not having to replace my motherboard and also, i have observed the 5970 would be cheaper than two 5870 cards.
According to the benchmark report above, this card alone is still not capable of enabling a playable experience at crysis's highest possible resolutions.
I still don't really understand what the deal with resolution is so i'm not really not sure what significance this has.
I'm intrigued by the idea of possibly crossfiring two 5970's;
"The "All Resolutions" performance summary graph simply doesn't do justice as HD 5970 CrossFire gets irrelevant, and CPU-limited in lower resolutions. 2560x1600 seems to be the only resolution where having a pair of these will allow you to splurge on eye-candy like never before."
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/ati-radeon-hd-5970-crossfire-tested-4-way-cf-67820/
This might enable me to play crysis at the highest possible resolution, but ofcourse at this point i'd be looking at replacing my motherboard and furthermore, according to what's written above, quite possibly my processor aswell.
It's an upgrade path i could think about.
Would a 5970 work well with my system?
And also, could someone please explain to me what the importance of resolution is and what differences one might expect from the resolutions utilised for testing in the above benchmark comparison.
Thanks,
Mpyra
i am just getting into computer gaming, i'm used to playing games on my Xbox 360 on my 42 inch LCD, which i also use as a computer monitor, i use a wireless mouse/keyboard from my sofa and use my arm rest as a mouse mat.
I have noticed that games don't look as a impressive on a large high resolution tv, which is one of the main reasons i am interested in pc gaming, the graphical quality being better.
My present system is a Q6600, 2 GB DDR2 Ram, 8800GT, MSI G31M3 Mobo ,600 Watt PSU.
The motherboard has no ability to change CPU voltage or perform other overclocking operations sadly, i've considered purchasing a new one.
What i really want is to be able to play Crysis Wars online with no skipping on max settings.
It's come to my awareness that resolution has something to do with graphical quality.
If resolution is taken to mean number of pixels diplayed, then i can see that this makes sense.
What has thrown me off a little, is that i have always associated resolution with the size of windows explorer and desktop, i figured if i set the resolution on games higher it would make things harder to see.
I haven't tested this out, but maybe someone could clear up this matter for me.
My motherboard has a single Pci-e slot, so it seems if i don't want to buy a new motherboard the ATI 5970 would be the best choice and going by this benchmark chart i found through google;
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5970,2474-8.html
It performs similarly to 2 x 5870 Crossfired.
This seems a better option than purchasing two crossfired cards, as it would save me money by not having to replace my motherboard and also, i have observed the 5970 would be cheaper than two 5870 cards.
According to the benchmark report above, this card alone is still not capable of enabling a playable experience at crysis's highest possible resolutions.
I still don't really understand what the deal with resolution is so i'm not really not sure what significance this has.
I'm intrigued by the idea of possibly crossfiring two 5970's;
"The "All Resolutions" performance summary graph simply doesn't do justice as HD 5970 CrossFire gets irrelevant, and CPU-limited in lower resolutions. 2560x1600 seems to be the only resolution where having a pair of these will allow you to splurge on eye-candy like never before."
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/ati-radeon-hd-5970-crossfire-tested-4-way-cf-67820/
This might enable me to play crysis at the highest possible resolution, but ofcourse at this point i'd be looking at replacing my motherboard and furthermore, according to what's written above, quite possibly my processor aswell.
It's an upgrade path i could think about.
Would a 5970 work well with my system?
And also, could someone please explain to me what the importance of resolution is and what differences one might expect from the resolutions utilised for testing in the above benchmark comparison.
Thanks,
Mpyra