And the power consumption is comparable?Bryan_Williams

It might help if we knew why you wanted to know about power consumption in the first place, though. Your motivation can help us help you more effectively. :)

Boz

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Nobody has asked the OP what games he's playing. The jump to 1080p isn't going to affect him with that card if he's just playing World of Warcraft. Mr. Pickle, the games in your "Now Playing" list are all XBox360, but it looks like you're an FPS fan, so if you're playing FPS titles on the PC 1080p will be an issue if you're looking to run everything on its maximum settings at the native resolution. You'll have to ratchet down certain details, like anti-aliasing.

Personally I find gaming to be acceptable outside the native resolution with FPS titles (RTS and RPGs, not so much), but your mileage may vary.

Happy gaming,

Boz

All very nice but this doesn't work with a lot of motherboards that come with a brand model like dell, acer, hp , packard bell and a lot of others. They use custom motherboards which you can't find anywhere on the internet. Plz read the post for you reply.

evildead6789

No, not all brand PC manufacturers are using proprietary motherboards. Dell motherboards are typically made by Foxconn. MSI makes a lot of Acer motherboards as well as Packard Bell boards (Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Acer, I believe). Even "custom" motherboards like those produced by HP are based off reference designs. As a result, CPU-Z should still tell you the chipset being used by your motherboard, even if the motherboard is from a proprietary manufacturer. Give it a shot; it's a pretty amazing little program.

Happy gaming,

Boz

OP asked numerous questions which were unanswered.

HOW HAS EVE OR RIFT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS TOPIC? PEOPLE???

I asked for Wow OR DDO. Then I asked for download size.

Answer please...

moonwolf1

Big difference. 50% more heigth and width, 2.25 times as many pixels.

6_Dead_360s

That being said, if you have a 42" screen at 720p, a 63" 1080p screen (approximately) would have the same number of pixels per square inch. :o

Boz

At first I was like, "What the heck is this user doing bumping this old thread?" But you know what? I like finding out what you inevitably decided; thanks for the update. I think you made a good decision, here.

Boz

Any thoughts on what mouse is included?

I have to imagine anyone buying this card is already going to have a nice mouse, so I'm confused. :?

Boz

If I'm so hard up for cash that I need to save up for a video game, I imagine I shouldn't be spending money on video games in the first place.

Boz

Bribing
The question here is whether publishers have ever or if they regularly bribe writers for positive reviews. The answer here is most assuredly yes; there are simply too many games, publishers, reviewers, and review sites for this not to have happened at some point. There is no internal affairs for game reviewers, after all. :P

Fake Reviews
Further, game publishers are almost certainly populating player reviews with their own glowing praise (or, in the case of competitors, venomous hate). This is well-documented in other markets, so it's most certainly happening here (particularly where video game reviews are highly qualitative).

Conflicts of Interest
Finally, any game site that accepts advertising dollars from a game publisher has a conflict of interest when reviewing their games. Give them a poor review, and they may pull funding. Give them a glowing review for a poor game, and be accused of integrity issues and pandering to sponsors. Your parent firm may or may not be angry (Gerstmann-gate 2007)

The only real way to know if a game is good, then, is to go play it yourself. Still, I like Gamespot's reviews and reviewers.

Boz

This question is not much different than asking, will I notice a difference between 640x480 and 1024x768? The more tangible difference is felt based on how you are using your monitor:

1. The closer you sit the more pronounced the difference between the two
2. The larger the screen the more pronounced the difference between the two

You will notice huge differences in desktop use - video games, photo editing software, etc. - at higher resolutions than you will with movies, but the difference is always there. Note also that running games at 1080p (1920×1080) is going to take a lot more horsepower than 720p (1280×720)

Boz