Many games won't play on full at high res with those cards... It really has nothing to do with dual monitor support and everything to do with FPS.
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Many games won't play on full at high res with those cards... It really has nothing to do with dual monitor support and everything to do with FPS.
Many games? Orly? Please name some because I'm playing a number of new releases on highest settings with no probs at 1080p using a GTX570.
Yes frank007, I have a GTX570 Phantom Edition and overclocked it can play any games I throw at it on highest settings. Haven't played through Metro 2033 yet but having played the intro on highest settings at 1080p, I have experienced no noticeable drop in FPS whatsover. I chose a high-end OCed GTX570 because it seems to outshine the low-end GTX580s.
What fps do you get in metro? Do you have it on full graphics and in dx11? Don't think so but if you do, wow. I still have to test metro on my new rig.
Yes rly. And 1080 isn't high res.
Edit: in your opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthSWNT
High res does not refer to a specific resolution. Most people would consider 1080p to be high res.
but when a resolution is in the middle, surely you would call it middle-res? high res refers to high res... like you know, higher than normal?
You would consider 1080p to be in the middle? Have you checked the drop-down list when applying resolutions in a game/windows? If 1920x1080 is in the middle then you win. If not, well then, er, ja.
It is. And this isn't a contest, maybe that is the wrong attitude to have? I prefer to think of this as discussive (forum).
It's not a contest but you're putting forth a non-sensical view. Google high res or high res wallpapers. A majority of those will be in 1080p or it's 16:10 equivalent. You state that 1080p is the norm. This is definitely not the case as yet. Most things are rendered in 480p and 720p at best. Anything greater than 1080p is usually a multi monitor set up anyway so I'm confused as to the point you are trying to make. Maybe we should take it back to the beginning, what exactly were you trying to say about about 'those' cards?
I'm sorry if my tone is coming off as hostile. This is a problem with text-based discussions.
I agree that they can be bad at relaying tone.
480p and 720p are video sizes based on standards of DVD and Bluray videos and TV.
When i think of high res (and not the common 1080/1050 vert line monitors) i think of 1200 and 1600 and beyond.
In gaming there is almost always something better: more fps, higher res, more shaders, more anti-aliasing, more dpi, new game engines, etc. So saying only multi-monitor support is what is better isn't entirely true, +edit: because then nVidia would be really bad with its measly tri-monitor support compared to ati with six :P
What i could say though is that it may not be a large gain for the amount you pay, for eg. the 590 is not a huge amount faster than a 570.
But if you really take that stance, the 570 isn't that much better than the 560... which isn't that much better than the 480.
Where is it that you draw the line?
Your budget is the only really important thing... and sticking to it can be difficult.