is this a good graphics card? over kill i know, i know...

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well, see, thing is, i cant max out games...sadly...i get low FPS now due to my huge monitored and its resolution. I cant have more than 1 card so i need the best card out there since i cant have the power of 2.
 
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well the best out there is the ultra.. you could wait a while for somthing new but i dont know how long that will be:)

besides u have an 8800GTS?? thats an awesome card.. maybe buy a smaller monitor for the time being and wait for somthing new:)
 
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well, see, thing is, i cant max out games...sadly...i get low FPS now due to my huge monitored and its resolution. I cant have more than 1 card so i need the best card out there since i cant have the power of 2.
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I really don't see how this is possible....

A standard DVI cable has 167Mhz (thats millions) of bandwidth. So lets say you are running at 1900 x 1200 @ 80hz, you would be using approximately 182Mhz of bandwith, so you would need to use a better DVI cable. Dual link bandwidth cables can run up to 3 channels per RGB, each channel at 167MHz. So perhaps your cable is the problem.

What resolution do you run at?

1280 x 1024 @ 75 hz only needs about 98Mhz of bandwidth which a standard single link DVI cable can easily handle.

The other problem could be a monitor that can not handle it or it has a bad response time or a really bad contrast ratio.
 
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wait a sec.. I dont get this.. you measure bandwith in MHz,.. but how exacly do you fit the pixels in there? (not saying you're wrong ofc, jsut havnt seen it before)
 
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you can measure bandwidth as the amount of signal (in audio/visual terms) a cable can handle. Where as in computer networking, its how much data it can stream. Its all data because its all digital.

Your PCI bus has a bandwidth, your front side bus is bandwidth. Those are measured in Mhz.
 
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using VGA adapter. my new monitor didn't come with DVI and i been told DVI doest really make it better.
 
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using VGA adapter. my new monitor didn't come with DVI and i been told DVI doest really make it better.
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The difference between DVI and VGA is small, many people cannot even see the difference.

I myself wouldn't get an Ultra, just buy a GTX and OC it yourself. But if i'm not mistaken the Ultra does have one or two core advantages over the GTX, such as a higher pixel fill rate and total bandwidth.. Still not worth it IMO
 
Geoff

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using VGA adapter. my new monitor didn't come with DVI and i been told DVI doest really make it better.
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If you are using a large monitor with a really high resolution and/or high refresh rate, you will need DVI or else it will bog down.

I'm not sure if you already told us, but what resolution are you using for gaming?
 
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[-0MEGA-];705726 said:
If you are using a large monitor with a really high resolution and/or high refresh rate, you will need DVI or else it will bog down.

I'm not sure if you already told us, but what resolution are you using for gaming?
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I noticed a small difference when I switched from VGA to DVI, I have a 19" and a crappy X1300PRO.
 
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1680x1050 and the one i listed is the highest OC out of all of them and cost the least. good deal to me...
 
Geoff

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1680x1050 and the one i listed is the highest OC out of all of them and cost the least. good deal to me...
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I wouldnt consider that a super his res. I dont see why your 8800GTS and C2D cant play games on high settings though..
 
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[-0MEGA-];705835 said:
I'm curious, what games do you say you can play "maxed out"? Because Quake 4 isnt all that demanding in terms of the newer games that are out there.
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I thought that, too. Check drivers
 
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Also, before spending $620+ on a new video card, I would overclock your video card as it may allow you to turn up the settings a bit higher on some games. You should be able to hit a core clock of 660Mhz pretty easily.
 
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i OC mt card as far as it can go, the Hi res. I know it is. ever since that the games ran fine.
 
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i OC mt card as far as it can go, the Hi res. I know it is. ever since that the games ran fine.
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How high were you able to overclock it? My previous 8800GTS was able to reach 660/1980.

Ask yourself this. Is it worth spending an additional $600+ so I can turn up the settings a bit more then I can now? IMO I would at least wait until the 8900 series comes out before you think about upgrading your video card.
 
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