Gaming at 1600x1200

I chose to go with the 9600xt with 256MB(I has the same choice as you.) as
opposed to the 9800 pro with 128 MB. Haven't gotten it yet though. Should be
here on tuesday.

My recommendations for you depend on what you think you'll need for the
future. Will you think you'll need more speed, or more memory? I Chose
memory.

"cv" wrote in message
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im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

On 4/23/2004 8:48 PM Bill brightened our day with:

I chose to go with the 9600xt with 256MB(I has the same choice as you.) as
opposed to the 9800 pro with 128 MB. Haven't gotten it yet though. Should be
here on tuesday.

My recommendations for you depend on what you think you'll need for the
future. Will you think you'll need more speed, or more memory? I Chose
memory.



Well I'd say you made the way wrong choice. By the time you actually
need a card with 256 Mb the 9600 won't be able to hack it.

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Steve [Inglo]

Inglo wrote:
On 4/23/2004 8:48 PM Bill brightened our day with:

I chose to go with the 9600xt with 256MB(I has the same choice as
you.) as opposed to the 9800 pro with 128 MB. Haven't gotten it yet
though. Should be here on tuesday.

My recommendations for you depend on what you think you'll need for
the future. Will you think you'll need more speed, or more memory? I
Chose memory.



Well I'd say you made the way wrong choice. By the time you actually
need a card with 256 Mb the 9600 won't be able to hack it.

I would tend to agree, plus the 9800 pro has considerable more horsepower.


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Don Burnette

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:31:12 -0700, cv wrote:

im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

You will be seriously hampered trying to run state of the art games at
1600x1200. You would be better off waiting for the next generation of
cards, but you won't get those for $200.
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"Bill" wrote in message
om...
I chose to go with the 9600xt with 256MB(I has the same choice as you.) as
opposed to the 9800 pro with 128 MB. Haven't gotten it yet though. Should
be
here on tuesday.

I would send it back and get the 9800Pro, the 9600XT has no where near the
ability of the 9800Pro, or the 9700Pro for that matter. I am talking about
gaming at 1600x1200 here too.

Speaking from experience here as my bro has a 9600XT and I have a 9700Pro


My recommendations for you depend on what you think you'll need for the
future. Will you think you'll need more speed, or more memory? I Chose
memory.

When textures are so big you need 256Mb of memory on the graphics card, the
fill rate of the 9600XT won't be able to keep up anyway, you would probably
need the 9800XT. More speed would be the best choice at this point in time
with the current range of video cards.

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"cv" wrote in message
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im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

Honestly, no current card runs 16x12 well, at least not in the games I play.
For $200 there is no way you will run well at that res.

Many games will run well at 1600 with a 9800pro, but you will likely have to
turn off AA (no big deal at 1600) AF and vsync.

Mike

"cv" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:28:41 +0100, Andrew spamtrap@localhost wrote:

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:31:12 -0700, cv wrote:

im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

You will be seriously hampered trying to run state of the art games at
1600x1200. You would be better off waiting for the next generation of
cards, but you won't get those for $200.

Thanks for all the advice. Its not for hard core games mainly (first
person shooters) i only play them once in awhile but others which are
not as demanding. I plan to buy it in 2-3 months so the price should
drop 10%-15% for the older cards as the new ones come on the marker.

Andrew wrote:
You will be seriously hampered trying to run state of the art games at
1600x1200. You would be better off waiting for the next generation of
cards, but you won't get those for $200.

Andrew is correct. I have the FP2001 display (and what a beauty!).

I have been researching the exact same things as you are the past few
months. Here are my conclusions and ideas on what *I* am going to do:

1. No video card on the market can get you great framerates at 16x12
with full AA/AF.

2. The new NVidia 6800 can get you good framerates at AA/AF. I assume
the new ATI card will as well.

3. The 9800 Pro is the best option on the video card market right now
if you take performance and price into consideration. There is none
other even close.

4. If you want a great card right now for $200 get the 9800 Pro. It
may not run everything you want at 16x12 (with no AA/AF) but it will run
quite a few things at that res and settings.

5. 1024 and 1280 both look great on the FP2001. Even though native is
16x12 I see no significant degredation in quality running at 1024 or
1280. This monitor scales down extremely well.

My advice? Go with a 9800 Pro right now and wait until the end of year
to grab a nextgen card. By that time both Nvidia and ATI will have
their "cards on the table" and we can see who has won.

"cv" wrote in message
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im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

I have the 2001FP and a P4-2.2 and I recently upgraded to a 9800Pro that I
picked up for $189. It works well with most games. For example I played
Far Cry with most of the settings at highest and it wokred pretty well,
though there were a couple of sections where I had to bump the resolution
down to 1280x960 in the "windowed" mode.

Jarg

Andrew left a note on my windscreen which said:

im planning to buy the dell 2001fp and with a native resalution of
1600x 1200 i want to get a card that can run games well but on a
budget under $200.
look like the 9600xt or 9800pro can do the job. any recomendations?

You will be seriously hampered trying to run state of the art games at
1600x1200. You would be better off waiting for the next generation of
cards, but you won't get those for $200.

I tend to disagree. Far Cry for example runs at ~30fps on 1600 on my
9800 Pro. Certainly playable by many people's standards. Of course,
YMMV.
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