"John Ward"
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Nov 13, 2007, 10:41 AM
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Just for the time being, have a look at the Core2Duos (the faster ones).
For the time being, better than the Quad Core CPUs, mate, IMHO.
JW
<markm75c@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194967895.794811.120410@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 12, 10:58 pm, "John Ward" <jrmw...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>> Hi notspecified,
>>
>> True, but the 8800 Ultra is handy for larger resolutions, such as
>> 2520 x
>> 1600, on a Dell 30" widescreen monitor.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ward"notspecified" <notspecif...@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:MPG.21a295ad64c8ebbb9896c6@localhost...
>>
>>
>>
>> > In article <1194887241.664921.86...@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>> > raam...@gmail.com says...
>> >> On Nov 12, 11:58 am, "PPS" <p...@none.net> wrote:
>> >> > The new 8800 GT or the 8800GTS, stay away from the GTX
>>
>> >> > <markm...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> >> > messagenews:1194885993.843053.130010@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > > Given my Dual Core2 1.86 CPU and 4gb of memory.. What would be the
>> >> > > best video card to get the smoothest frame rate with full details
>> >> > > turned up on everything? I'd also probably run this in a window..
>> >> > > so
>> >> > > I could utilize both of my two widescreen LCDs... I'm also
>> >> > > guessing
>> >> > > i
>> >> > > would probably going with 1920x1200 style resolution (i used to
>> >> > > run
>> >> > > at
>> >> > > 1024x768, but now with 1080p and wide screen, i'd probably want to
>> >> > > max
>> >> > > these out).
>>
>> >> > > I'm guessing the 8800GTX with 512MB of memory (probably $600)?
>>
>> >> > > A few months ago, from what I read, even the top of the line card
>> >> > > at
>> >> > > the time could handle things at full detail level and still
>> >> > > maintain
>> >> > > at least 30 fps.
>>
>> >> > > Cheers- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> >> > - Show quoted text -
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>> >> what's wrong with the gtx ? I have 2 with no problems
>>
>> > Depends on if you want to throw your money away or not for the same
>> > frame
>> > rates. In FSX at
>> > 1600x1200x32 the 7900GTX gets the same frame rates as an 8800 Ultra.
>> > Of
>> > coarse the new 8800GTS
>> > will give you the same frame rates, DX10 capability, for a small
>> > fraction
>> > of the price of an Ultra.
>> > FSX is all about the CPU, not the GPU. That may change with FS11 and
>> > DX10.
>>
>> >http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=709...-
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> I should have mentioned, currently i have an 8600GT with the 1.86
> cpu.. Maybe for now the cheaper bet is to swap CPU's.. actually.. i
> was kinda hoping to go quad core and 2.6ghz.. but this may not be too
> beneficial, as far as multicores go for this application anyway.
>
> The price is low, relatively speaking though.. i think they are under
> $300 or $350 now for that cpu.
>
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