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

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On 2011-04-02, Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:27:38 -0400, Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:54:09 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
>><rstowleigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You brought up another very important point about native resolution.
>>>All of my other computer use, including software development, requires
>>>high resolution, so I typically want a 1920x1200 resolution for work.
>>>But for gaming, I like the ability to switch to whatever resolution
>>>looks and plays the best.  On a graphically demanding game, it might
>>>mean bumping down to 1280ish resolution, which looks like relative
>>>crap on an LCD with a native res of higher.  It wouldn't be as big of
>>>a problem if I were just stuck with a native rez LCD of 1280x1024, but
>>>does anyone actually use one that small anymore?
>>>
>>>Also, sometimes you find the geometry scaling of certain games is not
>>>perfect across all resolutions.  Like maybe if I play at 1600+, the
>>>enemy becomes too small at long distances, so I want to drop back to
>>>1280 without image loss, etc.
>>>
>>>It's that flexibility that you have with CRTs.  Sometimes when I hear
>>>of folks bemoan the decline of PC gaming, I wonder how much LCDs have
>>>contributed to the downfall of action FPS gaming, while seemingly
>>>genres that lend themselves well to LCDs (MMORPGs, RTS etc) seem to
>>>thrive.
>>
>>Maybe I'm just not that picky, but I've never had an issue with any of
>>the interpolation/non-native res stuff. I run Crysis at 1680x1050 for
>>90% of the game, then have to drop it down to a much lower resolution
>>when you get the hideously ugly and optimized alien things on the air
>>craft carrier. It looks like Playstation 1 graphics, but must be made
>>of 30 billion microscopic polygons. LOL
>
> Dropping it down is what I hate so bad on a monitor that's not
> designed to do it.  Doing 1280x1024 on a 21" CRT actually looks quite
> crisp (below that starts to look bad) because of the size of the
> display.  But honestly, the fact that it needs to be dropped down at
> all sort of exemplifies the scenario I've recently "rediscovered"...
> and that is when a game is running at 90 or 100 fps, when you hit
> those areas that are heavy on polygons, you're probably never going to
> drop below 60fps.  And, if you can do all this with graphics maxed,
> you are operating at a level of immersion that really brings back the
> fun in PC gaming.
>
> I know, everything I'm discussing in this thread is predicated on my
> newfound ownership of a graphics card that costs seven hundred clams,
> and thats a full two hundred more than the most I have ever spent on a
> video card in the past.  And you can have a decent experience in many
> games at a much lower price point in PC gaming, but my issue is that
> I'm no spring chicken any more and it takes a lot to excite me.  This
> graphics card has really brought back a lot of the wow factor that
> made me a gamer in the first place, and I'm guessing has pumped about
> 2-3 more years of useful life into my current PC without further
> upgrades (and when viewed in that light, $700 is not such a bad deal).
>
> Eye candy aside, the feeling of realism you get inside the game when
> the environment is so fluid really makes a tremendous difference in
> overall enjoyment.
>
>>The only thing I do is keep a little list of resolutions that are
>>close to 16:10 because I hate when things look stretched or
>>smooshed... Like if a game won't run right at 1680x1050, I'll drop it
>>down to 1280x800 then work backwards from there.
>
> I've noticed a handful games are starting to categorize possible
> resolutions under the aspect ratio, like choose 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 etc
> then the available resolutions appear under that.  Seems like a good
> trend.

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.

Can I ask the spec of your machine? CPU, RAM?

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.



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

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