The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

perhaps his monitor is low resolution. My brothers monitors max, is 1024 x 768. Its a 17" LCD.

 

It's quite possible, but the vast majority of 17" LCDs were 1280x1024.

 

So how would a GTS 250 compare to an 8600Gt? I think that calling the GTS250 as such, could be misleading. The GTX 260 is awesome to say the least. if the 250 is nowhere near the performance, then that is misleading. At least to the untrained eye... LOL!

 

The GTX260 216-core is probably around 30% faster than the GTS250 1GB. The 512MB version I'm not sure, maybe 35-40. I'm not saying the GTS250 is alone in being mediocre value for money, the GTS250 is in fact the best value card nvidia offer right now, despite being massively outclassed by the HD4850. The GTX260 is worse. Sure, it's a powerful card, but it costs an absolute fortune. You can get an HD4890 for less than the price of a GTX260.

 

And now the funny part. LOL! YOU recommended Nvidia at the time of my purchase. Due to GTA IV favoring Nvidia hardware. Its ok. I don't regret my purchase. Not in the least. Perhaps it was slightly spendy. The way I see it, is I've had ZERO troubles with this card. If I had bought anything else, who knows...
I guess in the near future though, I'll be trying ati out even on the GTA IV machine But code has probably changed since then.

 

If GTA4 is all you play, the GTX260 will always be a better card than the HD4870. It just carries quite a hefty price premium. That's more of an issue now than when you bought your card really. It was a much closer call at that time whether Geforces or Radeons were better value, but now, until I see some price drops show up, the GTS250 is the only geforce anyone should ever even consider buying, and that's only because the HD4850 isn't available in the UK any more.

 

Hmmm. Perhaps I should stick with the 260 for now then. And when the next killer game comes out, that's optimized for ati, THEN I'll consider an upgrade Usually Games have to be EPIC for me to even give them the time of day. They have to make serious headlines LOL! I haven't even played Left 4 dead II that much. Paid nearly 50 bucks for it too LOL!

 

so sam, what games favour the gts250? And no, 1024 x 768 resolution on my 19inch LCD is good enough for me. Well, maybe because I have 'untrained' eyes. LOL

 

19" screens usually produce either 1280x1024 or 1440x900 - I'd recommend trying them, even if you don't use such a resolution on your desktop as it will make things much clearier and probably easier to see. In all but the most demanding games, the GTS250 can easily handle this.
As for games where the 250 comes out on top compared to the HD4850, mainly nvidia-biased titles, GTA4, Cryostasis, Batman Arkham Asylum, and pretty much any game that supports PhysX (whether you use PhysX or not).

 

OMG Battlefield BC 2 came out. The reviews say it's amazing. Can't wait to play it on PC

 

Interesting, as everyone I've spoken to says it's mediocre...

 

does anyone here plays starcraft? I can't wait for starcraft 2!! But they changed so much that it will take me decades to get use to.

 

How many of you have seen the new movie Zombieland? What was the first thing you thought of when you saw the cover? LOL! For me it was TOTALLY left 4 dead. 4 people with weapons totally did it for me. LOL!

 

Hehe, Zombieland is an amazing film. The fairground bit was superb.

 

This is the reason why I played left 4 dead! Zombieland is awesome!

 

I'd been playing Left 4 Dead for about 10-11 months when I went to see Zombieland, hence I was absolutely spellbound by it.

 

LATE!

been playing it for a past 2 weeks

though at 1920 x 1200 on the lowest settings, at DX9 i get about 40 FPS avg, going to abotu 25 during heated fights and explosions.

 

That's only about 60-85% change from all minimum to all maximum with 8x AA then. Yet more disappointment.

 

wrost thing is trees cant be seen though on all low so sniping is a bitch, the trees are liek massive triangles lol. its disgusting.

 

Screenie? If the game looks unplayably bad at low settings that's retarded. Even Crysis can look half-decent at 1920x1200 on a 4870.