small question

Disciple20 · 11-04-2007, 07:12 PM

does my monitor effect my gpu?

if i just bought a 8800gt do i have to worry about my monitor being able to keep up?

dont know specs of monitor sorry, its old(3-4year) its a dell.........

oregon · 11-04-2007, 07:15 PM

Nope, it works the other way round. Your GPU supplies information to your monitor, so in order to run a monitor at high resolution, you need a GPU that can supply alot of information. The 8800GT does this very well.

However, in order to use the 8800GT to it's full potential, you may need a monitor with higher resolution. On your current monitor, it should run very fast.

Disciple20 · 11-04-2007, 07:17 PM

so to get full potential, id want a good monitor but itll still work for now? ok thats good, i just bought a good starteer rig so i can upgrade later.

Thanks

**oscaryu1** · 11-04-2007, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disciple20

does my monitor effect my gpu?

if i just bought a 8800gt do i have to worry about my monitor being able to keep up?

dont know specs of monitor sorry, its old(3-4year) its a dell.........

Widescreens can gain some FPS...

An slow response monitor will give you alotta ghosting...

11-04-2007, 07:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Disciple20 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 44	small question does my monitor effect my gpu? if i just bought a 8800gt do i have to worry about my monitor being able to keep up? dont know specs of monitor sorry, its old(3-4year) its a dell.........

11-04-2007, 07:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
oregon Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 999	Nope, it works the other way round. Your GPU supplies information to your monitor, so in order to run a monitor at high resolution, you need a GPU that can supply alot of information. The 8800GT does this very well. However, in order to use the 8800GT to it's full potential, you may need a monitor with higher resolution. On your current monitor, it should run very fast. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

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11-04-2007, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Disciple20 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 44	so to get full potential, id want a good monitor but itll still work for now? ok thats good, i just bought a good starteer rig so i can upgrade later. Thanks