Well, I run everything now, everything I bother to play including Crysis (I sacrifice frame rate for the juicy details, I guess I could get better framerates by lowering the details but then it would be just another game), so I have no need, general or otherwise for it.
The physics completely chafe the setup, though. Blowing up houses with the rocket launcher and such, at times it'll grind it to a halt. We all know what part of the system runs the physics currently.. So Nehalem will cure that.
Yes bottlenecks are still very alive. I hope it does cure some of things when it comes to 3D performance, 40% was just great but then again we have to sit and wait for the overall 3D performance.Originally Posted by bowman
Well, I run everything now, everything I bother to play including Crysis (I sacrifice frame rate for the juicy details, I guess I could get better framerates by lowering the details but then it would be just another game
The physics completely chafe the setup, though. Blowing up houses with the rocket launcher and such, at times it'll grind it to a halt. We all know what part of the system runs the physics currently.. So Nehalem will cure that.
Metroid.
Not true35FPS on Crysis @ 1920X1200 without AA?
If that's true, I'll be keeping my 640MB GTS. And I'm on 1920X1200, so this is really disappointing if true.
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GAR,let's say u already have 2x9800GX2 and a 30" monitor.
Would you change your setup or it's not worth it?
Yes or No could work
Is Quad sli still buggy as fcuk?GAR,let's say u already have 2x9800GX2 and a 30" monitor.
Would you change your setup or it's not worth it?
Yes or No could work
I'd guess that the GTX 280 would scale much better..
Unless u use your system for COD4 only,definitely would NOT recommend it
i guess SLI scales (much)better than QSLI
Let's hope these cards are exactly what we want them to be, because we can now confirm that the 4800 Series will kick some serious a$$: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=190987
Perkam
this is an easy answer.... make the changeGAR,let's say u already have 2x9800GX2 and a 30" monitor.
Would you change your setup or it's not worth it?
Yes or No could work
at your resolution, a couple of gtx 280's should give you an enormous improvement
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3dmark06(or any for that matter) isn't exactly a true indication of gaming performance. After all, ati holds 3dmark06 presently, but they don't hold number 1 in actual games.
I hope we see a serious battle this round though, as everything after the G80 was just boring, while at the same time it HAS been really nice to be able to max out everything(except crysis) with a card bought almost 2 years ago, it really has been stale for awhile now technology wise. As such, IF ATi can pull an upset(and not just benchmarks, but gaming, where it REALLY matters) then we'll finally see a real fight once again.
Dilly, Why am I the one breaking this news:3dmark06(or any for that matter) isn't exactly a true indication of gaming performance. After all, ati holds 3dmark06 presently, but they don't hold number 1 in actual games.
I hope we see a serious battle this round though, as everything after the G80 was just boring, while at the same time it HAS been really nice to be able to max out everything(except crysis) with a card bought almost 2 years ago, it really has been stale for awhile now technology wise. As such, IF ATi can pull an upset(and not just benchmarks, but gaming, where it REALLY matters) then we'll finally see a real fight once again.
Official GTX 280 Tri-SLI Vantage marks from VR-Zone (Note Official, not rumoured)
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=287887
EDIT: Fixed. Ty.
Perkam
Last edited by perkam; 06-12-2008 at 02:01 PM.
I think you posted the wrong link there perky, that's to your thread about the HD 4800 marketing site being up, and the 15k 06 score for the 4800(not sure if it's 4850 or 4870).
The score doesn't impress me much, mainly because it's with a 4 ghz quad. It's pricing though should make it very nice indeed though.
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Link works now. I'm not sure how Vantage is about scores(I run vista, but I don't benchmark period), but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that they're still massively cpu bottlenecked. Just bringing their cpu up to 4 ghz jumped the score by 4k... 3 ultra high-end cards at 1280x1024 is definitely going to be bottlenecked regardless of what cpu you throw at it presently, unless you throw some LN2 at it.
Last edited by DilTech; 06-12-2008 at 02:05 PM.
Damn 3 x 280's @ 1280x! I wonder if the score wouldn't actually rise if the res/settings were increased (didn't that happen with GX2's on 3d06?)
Dilly's right. You would need a 5Ghz Intel Quad to begin to take down the bottleneck with three of them.
Perkam
What kind of clocks on a C2D will we need to alleviate any bottleneck while running a 280GTX?
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That depends on what you mean Yukon Trooper.
If you're talking about "logical" gaming, with high resolutions with AA/AF, then nothing.
A Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.6GHz is more than enough.
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Yeah Quad SLi is still not a good choice, and a big waste of money sorry to say, an SLi of GTX 280 will be a much better choice, scaling will be much improved, i would ebay those cards asap while you can still get some value for them, once GTX 280 comes out, prices will drop.GAR,let's say u already have 2x9800GX2 and a 30" monitor.
Would you change your setup or it's not worth it?
Yes or No could work
Froogle's starting to show some...
GTX 260 896MB $423 USD: http://store1.alrightdeals.com/Commo...d.96MB___73300
etc.
can someone give me a link to a gtx280 box ?
some idiot in youtube is arguing that gtx 280 is 9900gtx and gtx 260 is 9900gt
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I had seen one of an Asus GTX 280 here, but I can't find it offhand.
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uhm... i think higher, much higher.
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i dont. for graphics bound games, another 1gHz on cpu speed makes squat worth of difference to fps
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Aren't there situations though where even in GPU bound scenarios, sli'd GX2s have benefited from a cpu clock boost?
depends on the game, and ive seen no proof, whether cpu plays a factor for the paricular game.
sli'ed gx2's arent my concernif you have 2x gtx280's then chances are you'll have a 4gig cpu anyway.
Last edited by adamsleath; 06-12-2008 at 11:58 PM.
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