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vargis14 wrote:I second this suggestion.I suggest you save up another $100 for a 7950 series card...they have 3 gb of vram and overclock well.
Airmantharp wrote:Step one: stop believing and test it for yourself! I had an HD4870 1GB running my 2560x1600 panel for about a week, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well it ran. Your GTX460 is over twice as fast; just pay attention to settings that will gobble up VRAM like high-resolution textures and anti-aliasing other than FXAA.
Step two: if step one fails, what do you mean by run? We need to know this before we can help you, and we need to know more about your system (basically, everything).
I.S.T. wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Step one: stop believing and test it for yourself! I had an HD4870 1GB running my 2560x1600 panel for about a week, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well it ran. Your GTX460 is over twice as fast; just pay attention to settings that will gobble up VRAM like high-resolution textures and anti-aliasing other than FXAA.
Step two: if step one fails, what do you mean by run? We need to know this before we can help you, and we need to know more about your system (basically, everything).
His GPU is definitely quite a bit faster but his VRAM is basically too low. He needs a card with at least 1gig of RAM for smooth frame rates.
MastaVR6 wrote:Consider using a display port cable, VGA/HDMI will end up upscaling, IDK if dual DVI is available on your monitor, single DVI is also insufficient. I learned about these issues connecting a Dell U2711 monitor.
Airmantharp wrote:MastaVR6 wrote:Consider using a display port cable, VGA/HDMI will end up upscaling, IDK if dual DVI is available on your monitor, single DVI is also insufficient. I learned about these issues connecting a Dell U2711 monitor.
Both his monitor and video card support dual-DVI, he won't have a problem.
SpartanCaptain wrote:Airmantharp wrote:MastaVR6 wrote:Consider using a display port cable, VGA/HDMI will end up upscaling, IDK if dual DVI is available on your monitor, single DVI is also insufficient. I learned about these issues connecting a Dell U2711 monitor.
Both his monitor and video card support dual-DVI, he won't have a problem.
Yes the monitors only input will be Dual-dvi.
And as far as keeping the video card I have, I may try it. But it seems unlikely I will be able to power the games at frame rates over 30fps.
SpartanCaptain wrote:diablo 3
borderlands 2
left for dead 2
i have the new battlefied but I don't play it often
Im not against keeping my card. I just don't want the new monitor to arrive and then not be able to game. But I guess I could at the point just drop the settings.
Chrispy_ wrote:When mine arrived back in the summer I had available to try:
- GTX460 768
- 6850 1GB
- 6950 2GB
- 7950 3GB
At native res, I stopped trying at the 7950. BL2 is probably the most demanding of the games you listed because of the heavy shader use on an older engine. Even with some settings turned down (AO, DoF and FXAA off) the framerate dips a bit in explosion-heavy combat, but it's definitely decent, spending most of the time at 60fps.
For current games on a 27", I would suggest a 7870GHz or 660Ti as a minimum. Given some of the deals on 7950's at the moment, I'd only pick up a 7870 if it was at a really good price.
SpartanCaptain wrote:You said you tried it on a gtx460 768, were games even playable at full resolution?
SpartanCaptain wrote:Well, I was going to wait and see what results I got on my gtx460. But decided I didn't want to have to lower settings to play games.
Took the advice here and got a hd7950
shaq_mobile wrote:7950 3gb. runs great. outperforms the 7970 at high res.
Chrispy_ wrote:shaq_mobile wrote:7950 3gb. runs great. outperforms the 7970 at high res.
Why's that? I avoided the 7970 because I couldn't justify the extra 50% cost for what is basically a pretty small performance boost, but I thought the 7970 had more or equal everything.
Is it because 7950's overclock higher than 7970's or is there something else I'm missing? My 7950 gives up at about 960Mhz, though I'm only giving it the 20% extra powertune limit as allowed in the catalyst control centre, and I assume that's still on stock voltage.
Chrispy_ wrote:shaq_mobile wrote:7950 3gb. runs great. outperforms the 7970 at high res.
Why's that? I avoided the 7970 because I couldn't justify the extra 50% cost for what is basically a pretty small performance boost, but I thought the 7970 had more or equal everything.
Is it because 7950's overclock higher than 7970's or is there something else I'm missing? My 7950 gives up at about 960Mhz, though I'm only giving it the 20% extra powertune limit as allowed in the catalyst control centre, and I assume that's still on stock voltage.
Bauxite wrote:Chrispy_ wrote:shaq_mobile wrote:7950 3gb. runs great. outperforms the 7970 at high res.
Why's that? I avoided the 7970 because I couldn't justify the extra 50% cost for what is basically a pretty small performance boost, but I thought the 7970 had more or equal everything.
Is it because 7950's overclock higher than 7970's or is there something else I'm missing? My 7950 gives up at about 960Mhz, though I'm only giving it the 20% extra powertune limit as allowed in the catalyst control centre, and I assume that's still on stock voltage.
Hyperbole, its easy to OC a 7950 to beat a stock 7970. Obviously a 7970 can overclock even further all else being equal.
Chrispy_ wrote:SpartanCaptain wrote:You will be happy, I think. HIgh or Ultra is fluid for everything except Crysis 2, and that's because Crysis 2 is a terrible, badly-written, boring and inefficient excuse-for-a-game.
SpartanCaptain wrote:Bauxite wrote:Chrispy_ wrote:Why's that? I avoided the 7970 because I couldn't justify the extra 50% cost for what is basically a pretty small performance boost, but I thought the 7970 had more or equal everything.
Is it because 7950's overclock higher than 7970's or is there something else I'm missing? My 7950 gives up at about 960Mhz, though I'm only giving it the 20% extra powertune limit as allowed in the catalyst control centre, and I assume that's still on stock voltage.
Hyperbole, its easy to OC a 7950 to beat a stock 7970. Obviously a 7970 can overclock even further all else being equal.
This isn't true. 7970s do not have the same overclocking headroom. They may be able to equal and sometimes slightly pass but it isn't like they just all out beat the 7950.
shaq_mobile wrote:Please stop using the internet, for all our sakes.7950 3gb. runs great. outperforms the 7970 at high res.
DarkUltra wrote:I recommend a single gpu setup and lower graphics settings so you avoid judder.