i have a geforce 8800 320mb and 4 gb of ddr2 ram and an intel core 2 e6600, i havent assembled the computer yet but is that future proof enough and can it at least play most of the current games and new coming games at least at the higher settings? thanks.
i have a geforce 8800 320mb and 4 gb of ddr2 ram and an intel core 2 e6600, i havent assembled the computer yet but is that future proof enough and can it at least play most of the current games and new coming games at least at the higher settings? thanks.h2owizard
depends on the resolution of your monitor. if you are playing on 1280x1024 then you will be fine. the only thing that is too much would be your ram, unless you really need 4gb you wont need that much for gaming.
you'll do fine with that rig for a while. at least today :] who knows about these things anymore when new stuff is coming out every month or two. there are these rumours about a 1 teraflop card coming out from NVIDIA, but we'll see. and we'll see if there are even games coming out in near (or further) future that's even gonna need one.
Yea your fine for a few years. I mean look at the X850XT and 6800ULTRA there still doin ok ya know? There 2 gens old now and still pretty good I think high end cards last for 2 gens before stuff becomes un-playable
Yea your fine for a few years. I mean look at the X850XT and 6800ULTRA there still doin ok ya know? There 2 gens old now and still pretty good I think high end cards last for 2 gens before stuff becomes un-playableLouieV13
yea your right about them lasting 2 gens untill it becomes unplayable but people these days want to see amazing graphics and stuff. i think it depends on the person unplayble to one person might mean below20 fps to another it could mean below 10 fps, it depends on you whether you dont mind have a choppy framerate.
There is really no futureproof in GPU business, new and more powerful GPU's come out in less than a year, you are futureproof if you dont mind playing on medium settings, but I doubt any GPU right now can last you two years on max.
There is really no futureproof in GPU business, new and more powerful GPU's come out in less than a year, you are futureproof if you dont mind playing on medium settings, but I doubt any GPU right now can last you two years on max.deniiiii21
Agreed. As of now, that card is "futureproof". However, once Nvidia's/ATI's next line of cards are released, it will be time for an upgrade.
firefly, i dont really need to upgrade that much because for me as long as my pc is stronger than my 360 and can do better graphics that it can do then im happy :)
[QUOTE="LouieV13"]Yea your fine for a few years. I mean look at the X850XT and 6800ULTRA there still doin ok ya know? There 2 gens old now and still pretty good I think high end cards last for 2 gens before stuff becomes un-playableyoyo462001
yea your right about them lasting 2 gens untill it becomes unplayable but people these days want to see amazing graphics and stuff. i think it depends on the person unplayble to one person might mean below20 fps to another it could mean below 10 fps, it depends on you whether you dont mind have a choppy framerate.
Yeah i had a 6800 GTX by XFX and it ran oblivion on high.
6800 GTX Oblivion on High, I dont know about that.deniiiii21
There is no 6800GTX,but there IS a 6800 Ultra,but there is NO WAY a 6800 Ultra can get high in oblivion,you practically need a 8600 or 8800 or a X1950XT to get high in that game.
A high-end card like a 8800 can max out games for at least 1 or 2 years easily. You don't have to upgrade just because a new generation of card comes out. No game is out yet that can bring a 8800 to its knees (except if you use rediculously high AA and AF settings at very high resolutions).
Moreover, a 320MB 8800GTS is only a few frames behind (if any)the 640MB version in resolutions like 1600*1200 or higher.
Technically 8800 could max out games in 2 years if the stupid devs took time to optimize the games a lil more just like they do on ps3 or xbox360, but there is no way a 880GTS can max out games 2 years from now, first of all it cant even max out some games today, Dirt, CoH, just a few of top of my head, you can max them out but your framerates arent there
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