16 ms LCD and GF6800GT, bad combo?

jmabe

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Hi,

I currently own an ATI9800PRO VGA, and a BENQ FP931 LCD.

I'm considering upgrading my VGA to a GF6800GT, but a friend of mine stated that I would not get much FPS increase, because the LCD would limit it to 60 everytime.

Is he right? If so, what should I do, replace the LCD?

Thanks in advance for the answers...
 
Is he right?
Yes and No.

The LCD refresh rate will be capped @ 60hz, but you would experience the same for some CRTs where they are capped at certain resolutions. However unlike CRTs you can't dumb the resolution down to a loewer level to improve framerates withouth the drawbacks of interpolation (which has improved but still sucks IMO). Even if the card can average around 60hz, the advanatage of the better card would be for minimum framerate, which is more important for smooth gaming.

Alot of it depends on the resolution. IF your LCD is 1024x768 you might not push your card too hard with older games and may not notice a difference, but for newer games the R9800P barely maintains good framerates @ 1024x768 with all the effects turned on. So newer games this may be more of an issue as you go forward.

The best solution for gaming is still CRT IMO, but unless you currently feel you're missing something or you notice something bad (ghosting, etc), then I don't see any reason to replace your LCD.


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I don't think WE's are any good at 16x AF, try dropping it to 8x AF. :tongue:

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