Whats with all these GPU's?

I just watched this video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HGxjMY8b3sg

and it made me laugh inside. If this basic card on this guys basic PC can run most of these new games maxed at 30 fps why do people want very expensive cards like the 8800GT SLI-ed? The only reason i could see is to play at huge resolutions.

Well you need to factor in that he is playing at a resolution that is ludicrously low unless one has an old 15" CRT monitor. You'd have to take a few upward steps before a resolution would be considered "huge".

Most people are using 19+ inch monitors for gaming and prefer something no smaller than 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. That's a lot more pixels to render than 1024x768.

Well you need to factor in that he is playing at a resolution that is ludicrously low unless one has an old 15" CRT monitor. You'd have to take a few upward steps before a resolution would be considered "huge".

Most people are using 19+ inch monitors for gaming and prefer something no smaller than 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. That's a lot more pixels to render than 1024x768.

WDT-BlackKat

Exactly. These games were running in pretty low resolutions and he was receiving FPS in the 20's and 30's, which isn't good lol. With more expensive cards, whether it's just one or multiple cards in SLI/Crossfire, you'll be able to receive much higher FPS at higher resolutions (so the game will look much better and will run smoother).

how do you think the same card and setup would perform at 1280x 800?

wouldnt it still be about the same?

yeah! i have that card also.

i really think gaming at low resolutions is fine as long as theres 4 or 8 or even 16aa on. when i played cod 4 first time, it was set to 600 by 800 with like 8aa and it looked briliant! way better than 1280 without aa. i think anyway!

Well you need to factor in that he is playing at a resolution that is ludicrously low unless one has an old 15" CRT monitor. You'd have to take a few upward steps before a resolution would be considered "huge".

Most people are using 19+ inch monitors for gaming and prefer something no smaller than 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. That's a lot more pixels to render than 1024x768.

WDT-BlackKat

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Well you need to factor in that he is playing at a resolution that is ludicrously low unless one has an old 15" CRT monitor. You'd have to take a few upward steps before a resolution would be considered "huge".

Most people are using 19+ inch monitors for gaming and prefer something no smaller than 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. That's a lot more pixels to render than 1024x768.

yoyo462001

Yes but compared to other resolutions, that is "ludicrously low" Untill i see him repeat that performance at 1600x1200 or at least 1280x1024 im not going to be impressed.

I think the FPS are much lower than what he is displaying on the screen, most games looked like they were in the low barley playable FPS, but I really couldn't tell because of the horrible compressed video.

He could even have been gaming at the lowest possible resolution without any AA and we would not be able to tell the difference.

Most games could be played with a 8600Gt no news there, the thing I would like to know is how fast and how good settings, this type of videos is useless for that.