1920x1200, 8800 GTS 640MB or 2900 1GB?

Looking to game at 1920 x 1200 resolution on a 24" monitor.

What would be best for me at that resolution:

ATIOR Nvidia

I previously thought the 8800 GTS was better than the HD 2900 until a saw some benchmark comparisons saying otherwise.

Could anyone tell me which is better for my needs and if it's not too much trouble give some links to reliable benchmark webpages?

Thanks.

wait for the 8800GT and2950XT to come out inoct. and nov. they wil be betterstylezclip

sorry but for that res you need a 8800 GTX. anything lower would be a compromise in quality, ati currently cant run that res as good as the gtx. filmography

Do you think i should wait for the GT and 2950? Will those be better at that resoluton?Pangster007

nope, they are high-mid ranged cards and neither will beat the GTX. your best bet is to just wait for those cards which come out october 29th and november 15th respectivly, they both cost $200-250 and just get a monitor that can support 1680x1050 resolution. you will definetely feel the age of your card if you game at 1920x1200 for more than a year, its a very demanding resolution.

[QUOTE="Pangster007"] Do you think i should wait for the GT and 2950? Will those be better at that resoluton?filmography

nope, they are high-mid ranged cards and neither will beat the GTX. your best bet is to just wait for those cards which come out october 29th and november 15th respectivly, they both cost $200-250 and just get a monitor that can support 1680x1050 resolution. you will definetely feel the age of your card if you game at 1920x1200 for more than a year, its a very demanding resolution.

im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxedIQT786

not crysis tho..

[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxedstylezclip

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Sounds like i may have to just get the GTX then because i really want the higher res. When's the best time to buy, you think?Pangster007

well now really, you wont see a price drop or a gtx killer anytime soon so why wait.

oh and to the guy that max crysis at 1920x1200 mind you that not only is that with no AA(aa doesn't work in beta) but also in dx9 mode on high. you wont be able to do that with very high in dx10 with AA cranked all the way up.

More VRAM = better at higher resolutions. Go with the 2900.

Fun Fact: There are no more ATI cards, the 2900 is from AMD.

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[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxedIQT786

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Good luck playing on High in DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200 with a 2900xt... ;)

As for the topic starter, you're gonna need a 8800 GTX to run things well at that resolution(like someone else said), especially Crysis.

[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="stylezclip"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxed-PlayStation3-

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Good luck playing on High on DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200... ;)

thank you i will if i can run the crappy beta the full game should run even better

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[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="stylezclip"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxedIQT786

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Good luck playing on High on DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200... ;)

thank you i will if i can run the crappy beta the full game should run even better

You do know that the beta doesn't support DX10?

[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="-PlayStation3-"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="stylezclip"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxed-PlayStation3-

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Good luck playing on High on DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200... ;)

thank you i will if i can run the crappy beta the full game should run even better

You do know that the beta doesn't support DX10?

yes i know lol but the dx10 version will run better as the crytek guy said

yes i know lol but the dx10 version will run better as the crytek guy said

IQT786

still no AA or very high, you ran the beta on high. anyways you will find out in a week.

[QUOTE="IQT786"]

yes i know lol but the dx10 version will run better as the crytek guy said

filmography

still no AA or very high, you ran the beta on high. anyways you will find out in a week.

there is aa and very high means dx10 it's locked

there is aa and very high means dx10 it's lockedIQT786

AA doesn't work, even if you enabled it, there will be no effect

I'd go with the 8800GTS 640MB. nVidia's newer drivers have really improved performance from what I've heard.

Not to mention the 8800GTS is an amazing overclocker, people get it up to like 650/950 on stock cooling. :P

[QUOTE="IQT786"]there is aa and very high means dx10 it's lockedfilmography

AA doesn't work, even if you enabled it, there will be no effect

it does work put it on 4x or 8x

I'd go with the 8800GTS 640MB. nVidia's newer drivers have really improved performance from what I've heard.

Not to mention the 8800GTS is an amazing overclocker, people get it up to like 650/950 on stock cooling. :P

Hiryuu_

it does work put it on 4x or 8x

IQT786

I dont know why I bothered but I got the thread where they confirm what I'm saying.

http://www.forumplanet.com/crysisbeta/topic.asp?fid=25135&tid=2087361

"AA is not available in current beta build - turning it on does nothing"

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[QUOTE="IQT786"]there is aa and very high means dx10 it's lockedIQT786

AA doesn't work, even if you enabled it, there will be no effect

it does work put it on 4x or 8x

You must be pretty clueless, if you bothered to read the email you got when you signed up and go read the FAQ in the beta forums, you would see that the developers said that there's no AA...

Plus, you have a bottleneck: your CPU. It came out 2 years ago, it's a alittle outdated. I guarantee you that you can't play on High settings with DX10 at 1920x1080...

[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="filmography"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"]there is aa and very high means dx10 it's locked-PlayStation3-

AA doesn't work, even if you enabled it, there will be no effect

it does work put it on 4x or 8x

You must be pretty clueless, if you bothered to read the email you got when you signed up and go read the FAQ in the beta forums, you would see that the developers said that there's no AA...

Plus, you have a bottleneck: your CPU. It came out 2 years ago, it's a alittle outdated. I guarantee you that you can't play on High settings with DX10 at 1920x1080...

lol yeah diss my cpu i only have this because im waiting for the phenom we will see if i can max it or not whean the game comes out

Neither.

Wait for RV670 and CrossFire two of them (RV670 should cost $200 to $250).

[QUOTE="Pangster007"] Do you think i should wait for the GT and 2950? Will those be better at that resoluton?filmography

nope, they are high-mid ranged cards and neither will beat the GTX. your best bet is to just wait for those cards which come out october 29th and november 15th respectivly, they both cost $200-250 and just get a monitor that can support 1680x1050 resolution. you will definetely feel the age of your card if you game at 1920x1200 for more than a year, its a very demanding resolution.

[QUOTE="IQT786"][QUOTE="stylezclip"]

[QUOTE="IQT786"]im playing at 1080p aka 1920x1080with the 2900xt all games run maxed-PlayStation3-

not crysis tho..

yes crysis

Good luck playing on High in DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200 with a 2900xt... ;)

As for the topic starter, you're gonna need a 8800 GTX to run things well at that resolution(like someone else said), especially Crysis.

In the latest titles it seems like the 8800gtx isnt that far ahead of the hd2900, its not like another world altogether. You might be overestimating the gtx, unless you plan on giving it some hefty overclock, and then you would justify the premium price difference between the 640mb gts and gtx.Crysis might very well wipe out ALL current single card setupsat the very top resolutions.i think you could rule out hefty aa on max settings dx10 at 1900X1200.

"Good luck playing on High in DX10 at 1920x1080/1920x1200 with a 2900xt... "

With no aa or maybe even just 2x aa your in with a good shout with a 2900xt i think. AA performance makes it lookterrible but its as good as a 640 mb gts with it disabled/just a small amount. Dont forget it wasnt designed for conventional aa but for future methods of implementation. Driver revisions for DX10 are very promising. Probably has quite some potential left in it, its on catalyst 7.10 now, by the end of the year performance might have really improved (even more than it already has - can provide links if your interested). Its such a complicated GPU that its taken until now for ati to get good functionality and compatibility worked into the driver, and 7.10 is perhaps their first genuine stab at optimising performance.