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Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards

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On 2011-04-03, Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:50:04 +0100, Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 2011-04-03, Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Just a note to say that I tend to agree with all your points:
>>>>
>>>>Native res on flat panels
>>>>   Being able to scale the res to acommodate for heavy games is
>>>>   really useful.
>>>>
>>>>Greater than 60FPS needed for immersion
>>>>   I played UT2003 at over 10O FPS and it just feels so silky
>>>>   smooth at that rate. Not to mention it never dips below 60.
>>>
>>> Yep... I am playing some titles at 90-150fps with all graphics maxed,
>>> and experiencing immersion levels that I haven't felt in a long time
>>> (saying a lot for someone like me that seems to be growing
>>> increasingly stoic about so many things).
>>>
>>>>Can I ask the spec of your machine? CPU, RAM?
>>>
>>> Surely -- bought this rig a couple of years ago, but the basics are
>>> i7-965 running at stock speeds with turbo mode enabled (which means it
>>> runs at 3.4ghz+ most of the time with no intervention on my part), 6GB
>>> RAM, Windows7 64bit and of course the GTX590.  It's the vid card that
>>> makes the difference, pretty much all of the core i7 chips that have
>>> come out recently are worthy, and at at a price point much lower than
>>> I paid for the 965 extreme edition when it came out 2 years ago. 
>>>
>>>>My nice CRT died 6 months ago and I'm using an old 4:3 CRT while I try
>>>>and decide what to do next (hence my thread about choosing LCDs
>>>>earlier in the week). I'm dreading launching hundreds of pounds on a
>>>>new pair of LCDs and feeling shopper's remorse when they arrive and
>>>>fail to tick all the boxes.
>>>
>>> I haven't really looked around to see if anyone is still making or
>>> offering CRTs.  The one I've got now is holding up well enough, and
>>> I've got two more in storage (hopefully age or the elements do not get
>>> the best of the other two while not in use, but if it happens, it
>>> happens).
>>
>>This review of the 120Hz VG236H from ASUS is quite glowing:
>>http://www.anandtech.com/show/3842/asus-vg236h-review-our-first-look-at-120hz
>>
>>Does anyone know that screen or know of a better one?
>>
>>It supports NVidia's 3D Vision, but I'm still running XP so that's not
>>going to be possible for me. I don't really want to buy Windows 7.
>>That said, even without the 3D, the 120Hz is an attractive feature.
>
> If I ever do replace my CRT for gaming I think it's going to need to
> be 1200 pixels high.  Just me maybe, but 1080 vertical really cramps
> my style.

I don't think there's any such animal as a 120Hz flat screen at 1200
pixels high.

Here are a load of people at tomshardware lamenting the same thing:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267326-15-monitor-120hz-1920x1200

-- 
-Toby
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

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nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 18:50 -0400
  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2011-03-31 20:04 -0400
    Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 21:19 -0400
  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 21:04 -0400
    Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 21:26 -0400
  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards "Lou" <Nospam@nospam.net> - 2011-03-31 21:17 -0700
    Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 00:39 -0400
  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 00:43 -0400
  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Brunon Bluthgeld <brunon99@o2.pl> - 2011-04-01 08:51 +0200
    Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 09:20 -0400
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        Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 11:54 -0400
          Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-01 12:27 -0400
            Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards PW <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> - 2011-04-01 14:34 -0600
            Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 21:07 -0400
              Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com> - 2011-04-02 17:38 +0100
                Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 01:23 -0400
                Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com> - 2011-04-03 18:50 +0100
                Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 14:58 -0400
                Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com> - 2011-04-03 21:32 +0100
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      Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Christian Brandt <brandtc@psi5.com> - 2011-04-07 10:55 +0200
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  Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-06 06:18 +0000
    Re: nVidia GTX 590 impressions / impact on games of highend cards Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 12:39 -0400

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