8800gts 320mb: man enough for Crysis?

I'm using Crysis as a next gen dx10 benchmark. I can only play up to 1280x1024 res on my 19inch flat panel.

If I get a low range core-duo, is the 8800gts 320mb version going to be man enough to play this sort of game?

What have they been running the Crysis demonstrations on? Should I wait it out for another 6 months and get a somewhat faster cpu and gpu?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

I'm using Crysis as a next gen dx10 benchmark. I can only play up to 1280x1024 res on my 19inch flat panel.

If I get a low range core-duo, is the 8800gts 320mb version going to be man enough to play this sort of game?

What have they been running the Crysis demonstrations on? Should I wait it out for another 6 months and get a somewhat faster cpu and gpu?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

tcarruth

Awesome, thanks alot guys.

Crysis requires a 7900GT for optimum performance. So you do the math whether 8800 can run it or not.TheDarthvader

[QUOTE="TheDarthvader"]Crysis requires a 7900GT for optimum performance. So you do the math whether 8800 can run it or not.Cyborg-21

I'm using Crysis as a next gen dx10 benchmark. I can only play up to 1280x1024 res on my 19inch flat panel.

If I get a low range core-duo, is the 8800gts 320mb version going to be man enough to play this sort of game?

What have they been running the Crysis demonstrations on? Should I wait it out for another 6 months and get a somewhat faster cpu and gpu?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

tcarruth

I did some research since I was considering this card and I dont think 320 will be enough for future games. In many benchmarks its the level of aa that makes a bigger difference than resolution. At 1280 you need 4x to get rid of the jaggies completely.

The 320mb will most likely cause stuttering at max details in Crysis no matter the res.

Here are some benchmarks. Keep in mind that even though some are even, the 320mb card is probably not as smooth as the 640.

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2007/test_nvidia_geforce_8800_gts_320mb/9/#abschnitt_call_of_duty_2

I did some research since I was considering this card and I dont think 320 will be enough for future games. In many benchmarks its the level of aa that makes a bigger difference than resolution. At 1280 you need 4x to get rid of the jaggies completely.

The 320mb will most likely cause stuttering at max details in Crysis no matter the res.

Here are some benchmarks. Keep in mind that even though some are even, the 320mb card is probably not as smooth as the 640.

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2007/test_nvidia_geforce_8800_gts_320mb/9/#abschnitt_call_of_duty_2

Cranler

Crysis requires a 7900GT for optimum performance. So you do the math whether 8800 can run it or not.TheDarthvader

[QUOTE="TheDarthvader"]Crysis requires a 7900GT for optimum performance. So you do the math whether 8800 can run it or not.NeDi2004

^That's a nice prediction on their part. I hope that holds true. (which it should, CryEngine is V.good)Gregoroth

Then why do some of those benchmarks have up to a 15fps difference at 1280 between the 320 and 640mb with 4xaa? If he wants jagged edge free gaming the 320mb will not suffice in future games.

Guru 3d says: There's another thing to keep in mind though, upcoming games that require massive amounts of texture memory can be an issue. A good example in our test run was GRAW; the GTS 640 MB model performed way better on all levels thanks to the fact it had enough memory. With upcoming DX10 titles like Crysis I'm confident that a larger framebuffer will really start to matter, a 512Mb graphics card would have been the way to go here.

Tweaktown What is interesting though is that it’s obvious that the extra memory does make a difference in certain areas and with such texture driven and highly intensive games like Crysis coming out soon, the more onboard VGA memory the merrier.

Then why do some of those benchmarks have up to a 15fps difference at 1280 between the 320 and 640mb with 4xaa? If he wants jagged edge free gaming the 320mb will not suffice in future games.

Guru 3d says: There's another thing to keep in mind though, upcoming games that require massive amounts of texture memory can be an issue. A good example in our test run was GRAW; the GTS 640 MB model performed way better on all levels thanks to the fact it had enough memory. With upcoming DX10 titles like Crysis I'm confident that a larger framebuffer will really start to matter, a 512Mb graphics card would have been the way to go here.

Tweaktown What is interesting though is that it’s obvious that the extra memory does make a difference in certain areas and with such texture driven and highly intensive games like Crysis coming out soon, the more onboard VGA memory the merrier.

Cranler

Ok I'm going to hold off until quad cores bring down the price of the faster core duos and the 8900 and R600 series drop the price of the 8800 gtx. Basically I'm trying to achieve what I did with my last pc an athlon xp 6600gt- that had real lasting performance (3-4 years). Thanks for all of your advice guys.

Tom