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The fastest card for a 1680 resolution monitor ?
Hi guys,
I'm looking to upgade my Radeon 1900XT. I've recently upgraded my whole computer with a faster mobo and CPU. Here are my specs.
720W PSU
Athlon Phenom 9850 Quad Core (2.5Ghz per CPU)
4GB RAM
64bit Windows Vista Premium
1680 Widescreen Asus Monitor
With those specs in mind which card would go best with it. I use my computer mainly for gaming, as well as my work with MS office etc. Games I'll most likely be playing this year include
Starcraft 2
Diablo 3
Dragon Age
Dawn of War 2
Fear 2
GTA 4
etc
I always play my games at either the highest or 2nd highest settings. I don't want to end up getting a card that is overkill for this resolution.
Thanks for any help.
um what is your chipset? is it ATI or Nvidia? if its ati a HD3870 will run all of those quite well and if its Nvidia a..... 9800GT? i know you can get a HD3870 for about $130
Manufacturer/Model
Acer, Aspire M1201\Custom Build
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Acer Micro-ATX Motherboard
Memory
2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 PC6400 @ 800mhz Dual Channel SLI Edition (4-4-4-12)
Graphics card(s)
ATI HD3870 with 512mb GDDR4
Sound Card
Realtek HD 7.1 Onboard Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Acer X223 Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1680 X 1050
Hard Drives
320gb Western Digital SATA II (Ubuntu 9.10)
500gb Seagate SATA II
1tb Seagate SATA II (Vista Home Premium)
PSU
ULTRA X3 600 Watt Modular
Case
NZXT Tempest (The Airflow King) 2x 140mm Fans, 4x 120mm Fans
Cooling
1x 135mm In PSU, 1x 70mm On CPU, And 1x 120mm On GPU
Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder X5
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
Internet Speed
6 Mbs Down 1 Mbs Up
Other Info
AVerMedia 1500MCE TV Tuner
Logitech X540 5.1 Surround Sound
im coming for cake
Vista Guru
Gold Member
for 1680x1050 the recommended cards IMO are ....
9800GTX+ or GTX260(NVIDIA)
HD4850 or 4870 512mb (ATI)
the GTX260 & 4870 are recommended for 1920x1200 & above, so they shoot a little below their weight at 16x10 but will still perform exceptionally well....
SK
Manufacturer/Model
ME.....
CPU
Q9450 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard
P5K PREMIUM
Memory
8GB 1066mhz buffalo firestix
Graphics card(s)
HD 5970
Monitor(s) Displays
20'' syncmaster
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA IDE
160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA 2
PSU
XCILIO 850w
Case
unknown ATX
Cooling
Arctic cooler pro 775
Mouse
logitech cordless optical
Keyboard
logitech EX110
Internet Speed
2mb
true but are those not overkill?
Manufacturer/Model
Acer, Aspire M1201\Custom Build
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Acer Micro-ATX Motherboard
Memory
2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 PC6400 @ 800mhz Dual Channel SLI Edition (4-4-4-12)
Graphics card(s)
ATI HD3870 with 512mb GDDR4
Sound Card
Realtek HD 7.1 Onboard Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Acer X223 Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1680 X 1050
Hard Drives
320gb Western Digital SATA II (Ubuntu 9.10)
500gb Seagate SATA II
1tb Seagate SATA II (Vista Home Premium)
PSU
ULTRA X3 600 Watt Modular
Case
NZXT Tempest (The Airflow King) 2x 140mm Fans, 4x 120mm Fans
Cooling
1x 135mm In PSU, 1x 70mm On CPU, And 1x 120mm On GPU
Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder X5
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
Internet Speed
6 Mbs Down 1 Mbs Up
Other Info
AVerMedia 1500MCE TV Tuner
Logitech X540 5.1 Surround Sound
im coming for cake
Vista Guru
Gold Member
with the way things are moving at the moment, the GTX260 & 4870 will be in their element @ 1680x1050 very soon.
as developers produce more & more intensive games... your GPU power must rise with demand, if not you'll have to drop your settings or res, grabbing one of these higher end cards will just ensure a great frame rate for longer....
''its better to have & not need, than need & not have''......
SK
Last edited: Jan 20, 2009
Manufacturer/Model
ME.....
CPU
Q9450 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard
P5K PREMIUM
Memory
8GB 1066mhz buffalo firestix
Graphics card(s)
HD 5970
Monitor(s) Displays
20'' syncmaster
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA IDE
160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA 2
PSU
XCILIO 850w
Case
unknown ATX
Cooling
Arctic cooler pro 775
Mouse
logitech cordless optical
Keyboard
logitech EX110
Internet Speed
2mb
Manufacturer/Model
Acer, Aspire M1201\Custom Build
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Acer Micro-ATX Motherboard
Memory
2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 PC6400 @ 800mhz Dual Channel SLI Edition (4-4-4-12)
Graphics card(s)
ATI HD3870 with 512mb GDDR4
Sound Card
Realtek HD 7.1 Onboard Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Acer X223 Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1680 X 1050
Hard Drives
320gb Western Digital SATA II (Ubuntu 9.10)
500gb Seagate SATA II
1tb Seagate SATA II (Vista Home Premium)
PSU
ULTRA X3 600 Watt Modular
Case
NZXT Tempest (The Airflow King) 2x 140mm Fans, 4x 120mm Fans
Cooling
1x 135mm In PSU, 1x 70mm On CPU, And 1x 120mm On GPU
Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder X5
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X6
Internet Speed
6 Mbs Down 1 Mbs Up
Other Info
AVerMedia 1500MCE TV Tuner
Logitech X540 5.1 Surround Sound
To xor or not to xor
Vista Guru
true but are those not overkill?
And the prices of a 9800GTX+ are really low atm.
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Built
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Motherboard
XFX MB-750I-72P9 NF750i
Memory
4096MB Corsair XMS2 PC-5400
Graphics card(s)
ASUS Nvidia Geforce GTX470
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar DX
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 24" S2409W & Dell 20" E207WFP
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 1680x1050
Hard Drives
750GB Western Digital Caviar Black & 500GB Samsung
PSU
750 watt Thermaltake Toughpower
Case
Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Edition
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT Cooler, 6x 120mm Chassis Fans
Mouse
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
Keyboard
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Internet Speed
100Mbps
Other Info
abit airpace 54mbps wireless PCI-E x1 card
Eye know, eye know
Vista Guru
Gold Member
From personal experience a 4850 is definitely not overkill for 1680x1050.
Manufacturer/Model
Self Built
CPU
i7 3770K HT ON 4.7GHz
Motherboard
P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3
Memory
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz
Graphics card(s)
2x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce SLI
Sound Card
X-FI Forte + ATH-AD900
Monitor(s) Displays
x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
Screen Resolution
1920*1200 / 1920x1080
Hard Drives
2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0)
PSU
Corsair AX1200W
Case
Lian Li PC-V1020A
Cooling
NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14: Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme
Mouse
Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
Keyboard
Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine Cherry MX Black
Other Info
Laptop Specs:
Clevo Sager P170HM //
17.3 Matte 1920x1200 //
i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz //
Dedicated GTX 485M //
240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray //
Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
PC Geek
Vista Guru
Gold Member
gentlemen, my gpu struggles with gta4 at 1920x1080 on medium settings, so overkill is impossible with the card suggestions here.
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Build
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
Motherboard
Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
Memory
8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics card(s)
EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
PSU
Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
Case
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
Mouse
Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
Keyboard
Logitech generic keyboard
Internet Speed
16Mb Sky bb
Other Info
Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
