The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/06/03/asus-demos-far-cry-2-at-3-840-x-2-160/1


Typical Asus. Let's show off what 4GB can do by using a crazy resolution only available on Special order $25,000 monitors. Oh look, no AA! Now I wonder what it is in Far Cry 2 that owns video memory? Is it resolution? A single HD4870 gets 26fps at 2560x1600. Doesn't look like it. Is it AA? Well, enable 8xAA and both Quad SLI and Quad CF get less than 10fps.

 

But what about Uncharted 2 and The Last Guardian? If you haven't seen those two in action I suggest you look up the E3 footage on YouTube

That aside, Gran Turismo 5 is looking amazing...

If you haven't seen the E3 footage of that either then this should be your first port of call The graphics manage to look even better than in Prologue, and there were a couple of amazing little reveals in the footage:

1) It'll have NASCAR (I don't care about that, nor does it seem any other non-american does, but I've seen some people getting excited about it...)

2) It's got rally - looks like they've even nabbed the WRC license (I'm excited about this one)

3) It's. Got. Damage. (I fail to see how ANYONE could not be happy about that)

Also, details of the PSP version were given at the Sony conference which gives us a rough idea of what we're going to be looking at in the PS3 version: There'll be 35 individual tracks (or 36, I can't actually remember which) with around 60 variations to those overall and... wait for it... eight hundred bloody cars

So, yeah, PS3 version should have even more than that

 

What is the extent of the damage exactly? I'm still a GTPlanet member but sort of stopped paying attention when it was revealed GT5 would be 5 years behind the 2-years delayed GT4, it's too long to keep eyeing up every little fact.

 

There pretty much hasn't been any info till now And we don't know - in the trailer it showed a rally car in one scene and when the camera panned round to the front of the car the bonnet was a bit crumpled etc. (looked like a low speed impact had caused it) As far as i know, no one knows anything more yet.

 

Also, oh dear.

Cryostasis
2560x1600
All in game settings minimum
Minimum-Average frame rate
HD4870X2: 12-31
GTX285: 6-31
GTX275: 6-27
HD4890: 7-20
HD4870: 7-18

 

Wow... Well, that game's terrible anyway

Here's a screengrab of what we actually see:



And here's a YouTube link to watch the whole thing Only two minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbm3RD6MI4&feature=related

 

See this is it, the last I heard was that damage would only be applied to rally cars...

 

Haha xD

Oh well, maybe they still can't stand the sight of their exotics getting a scratch on them Guess we'll have to see with time.

 

sony motion, the fusion of the wimote and natal!

nice idea, if i bit ripped off lol.

God of war 3 is teh sex, id take it over my shisha right now! and thats saying ALOT. im probably looking more forward to that than MW2.

MAG on the PS3 looks good.

MSG for the 360 looks brilliant aswell.

Soul calibur V should have kratos which would be just win!.

 

Yeah, there are way better levels on God of War 3 and MAG than the ones they showed off, off

 

Well you wait for a decent racing game to come along and then about 48 come along at once.

 

Actually, I think you'll find there's only 47

And one game I forgot to mention - Heavy Rain

 

Haha that's been a long time coming

Omg I can't play it now. Too much freedom of choice >.<

Haha what causes that? I'm sure my rig could handle it higher than that. 1920 x 1200 was cake. Is it sucking video memory at that res? Also notice how multi-GPU is used better with higher settings. Are there high settings results?

Nah be nice. It was alright

OMG I thought I saw stock cars in there :O OMGOMGOMG now I'm excited

 

As usual I'm a day behind. You guys with your racing games! (I'm too uncoordinated to play games like that! No actually, I did try Need for Speed about 5 years ago - not bad! I outran the cops a couple times. I imagine they're wayyyy better now.)

Now we're getting somewhere.

Please elaborate just a bit, Sam. A noise like a message. You mean a little tiny bell like on a cell phone text message - which I never know I have until months later? Remember, I'm the guy who can't yet hear the tank around the next bend. And when my headphones are on - it is VERY noisy in my little head - so what does a noise like a message sound like?

But still, thank you very much, at least that's a start!!

Well that's better than "Everybody is dropping out of school and becoming a gang-banger" Hahahaha

Do they have gang bangers in Wisconsin? Estuansis, I'll catch you next week.

Tell me more guys, about this message noise. Maybe I can turn it up or customize it to play a rock 'n roll song or something that makes it different from ALL THE NOISE that is already going on in the game, lol.

Duhhh! Right! That's the same thing I did last time. You know, I just thought that everybody would have played by now but of course I'm wrong - I will fix that in one minute, thanks. Christ - I had to fix two posts. "Get ya Spoiler City right he-uh!"

There it is, Sam's new monitor, lol.

That, forum buddies, is British sarcasm so thick you could butter your toast with it!! Hahaha!

 

1920x1200 Cryostasis: (Minimum/Average fps)
GTX295: All High, 16xAF 08(single instance)12/42
HD4870X2: All Medium, no AF 02(Single instance)14/44
GTX285: All Medium, no AF 14/42
GTX275: Medium*, no AF 16/43
HD4890: All Low, no AF 07(double instance)13/32
HD4870 1GB: All Low, no AF 07(single instance)12/29
GTX260: All Low, no AF 09(single instance)13/37

* Normal Maps Low, Shadows Off

Cryostasis 1680x1050
AA/AF values not stated, non-forceable, estimated at 2x8 or 2x16
All nvidia tests performed with PhysX enabled due to broadband performance benefit

GTX295: All High, Motion Blur & Reflections On (note, they were off for all tests at higher resolutions), AA, AF 17/45
HD4870X2: All High, MB/R Off, AF only, 01(single instance)09(single instance)15/39
GTX285: All High, MB/R Off, AF only, 13(single instance)17/42
GTX275: All High, MB/R Off, no AA/AF, 11(single instance)15(single instance)16/38
HD4890: High Tex/SpecMap, Medium NorMap/Shadows, 12(single instance)15/36
HD4870: High Tex/SpecMap, Low NorMap, No shadows, 12(double instance)15/34
GTX260: High Tex/SpecMap, Medium Normap/Shadows, 14(single instance)16/39


PhysX Impact
GTX295, 2560x1600 Maximum
PhysX enabled: 12(double instance)15/44
PhysX disabled: 13(single instance)14(single instance)15/40

GTX295, 1680x1050 Maximum, AA+AF enabled
PhysX enabled: 18/45
PhysX disabled: 08(single instance)14(single instance)16(double instance)19/43

GTX285, 1680x1050 Maximum
PhysX enabled: 13(single instance)17/42
PhysX disabled: 10(single instance)17/40

GTX275, 1680x1050 Maximum
PhysX enabled: 11(single instance)15/38
PhysX disabled: 02(single instance)15/38

GTX260, 1680x1050 High [no specific settings info available]
PhysX enabled: 14(single instance)16/39
PhysX disabled: 05(single instance)11(single instance)13(single instance)16/39

Shader Model settings
GTX295, 2560x1600 Maximum
SM4.0: 12(double instance)15(single instance)16/44
SM2.0: 14(single instance)16/33

HD4870X2, 2560x1600 Maximum
SM4.0: 12(single instance)13/31
SM3.0: 02(single instance)04(single instance)08/18
SM2.0: 02(single instance)05(single instance)08/17

Top-end Maximum Settings comparison
1680x1050 Maximum, AA+AF enabled
GTX295: 19/45
HD4870X2: 13/36
GTX285: 10(double instance)14(double instance)16/32

High-end Maximum settings comparison
1680x1050 Maximum, no AA or AF
GTX275: 13(single instance)14(single instance)15/35
GTX260: 11(single instance)13(double instance)14/31
HD4890: 06(single instance)07(single instance)12(single instance)/13/28
HD4870 1GB: 02(single instance)10(double instance)11/24




Rich: The noise that Steam makes when you receive a message is damn deafening, it drowns out almost anything. It annoys me. If it came through, you'd have heard it.
Unfortunately, a P56QHD4 costs about $40,000. Granted, the fact that the UK currency against the dollar soared this week shaved the price of that by about £4000 made it a lot cheaper, but still, a bit too much even for me

 

LOL not really. We have some gangs in Milwaukee and Madison but not much else. Mostly wiggers and wannabes.

Haha I bet if they were realistically priced you would have one by now. But so would I

I get a kick out of the fact that they're advertised as monitors

 

They have to be. A 56" TV doesn't even cost $4000 let alone $40,000.

 

WOWIE ZOWIE LOL! I notice that the pixel pitch is substantially different than the typical 20-30" monitors. Why is that, and what does it mean? OK, I think I understand what it means, but why is it so significantly different on a larger monitor?

By the way, this is where I obtained the info

P56QHD4 Specifications as follows:
* 56" LCD : 3840x2160 w/Quad DVI input
* LCD Panel : 56.2" a-si TFT Active Matrix
* Resolution : 3840x2160
* Pixel Pitch : 0.324 mm
* Brightness : 500 cd/m (Typical)
* Contrast : 1200:1 (Typical)
* Viewing Angle (H/V) : 176/176
* Operating Temperature : 5-35C
* Operating Humidity : 20%-80% (no condensation)
* Power Voltage : AC100-240V 50/60Hz
* Power Consumption : Max 500W (500VA)
* Dimensions (WxHxD) : 1341x797x132 (mm)
* Weight (without stand) : 50 kg
* Function : Backlight Control
* Inputs : Single DVI x 4ch
* Input Signal : 3840x2160 (1920x1080x4ch)
* Refresh Rate : 48Hz/50Hz/60Hz

 

It's because the pixels are bigger. There's twice as many pixels but the monitor's over three times the size.

 

But...why would they make um larger? Why not use the same technology thats employed in say...MY MONITOR lol!