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Public Forum => Talk Back => Topic started by: crazydog on October 01, 2008, 07:08:42 PM

Title: My new baby
Post by: crazydog on October 01, 2008, 07:08:42 PM

Hooray! I got my new card.
eVGA 9800GTX 512MB

Currently running ~60C idle

CoD4: 1440x900, 4x AA: 30-200 FPS
Assassin's Creed: 1440x900 max settings 30-50FPS
Crysis: 1440x900, 8x, AA, High settings <=20FPS    Medium Settings: >=20FPS (Crysis WARHEAD was giving me crazy bad graphics)
TF2: 1440x900, 16xQ CSAA, Max settings: >=60FPS (BTW, the 16xQ CSAA looks awesomely better than 4x AA)

More info:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

Here's some pics, I'll be right back with some FPSs from various games.

Box w/ plastic wrap
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/plastic.jpg)

Box w/o plastic wrap (:P)
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/noplastic.jpg)

Card by itself
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/card.jpg)

Card w/ dime for reference
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/carddime.jpg)

Card w/ old card top view
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/cardold.jpg)

Card w/ old card side view
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/cardoldside.jpg)

Card in my case (Takes up 2 HDD bays! Had to do some serious relocation)
(http://www.lookpic.com/files/case1.jpg)

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: hakksaww on October 02, 2008, 08:19:56 AM

holy toms hardware.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: Hitman Smurf on October 02, 2008, 10:15:19 AM

Whats your average/max framerates in TF2? I was expecting way more than > 60 out of this card. I figured it would easily run a steady 120-150.
Good choice on EVGA though  :headbang1: ...they make great cards. Make sure you download Precision  (http://www.evga.com/precision/default.asp) to tune it, check the temps and set your fan speeds

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: WidowMaker on October 02, 2008, 11:31:17 AM

The source and orangebox engine is also dependent on the CPU as well. If he has an older cpu then it will bottleneck the graphics card with source.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: crazydog on October 02, 2008, 12:35:07 PM

60FPS is the lowest it gets to.
For example, staring at the sky gets me ~200 FPs

I have the (discontinued) lowest end Core2Duo processor.
That's probably what's up next to upgrade...or just overclock the one I have now.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: Video_Master on October 02, 2008, 01:40:26 PM

I love when people ask what others framerates are and they do not ask what size monitor or the resolution it is running at and also what OS and patch level they are at cause all of that information comes into play when determining FPS.  Also what are the settings on the game as well.  There are 8 different setting for AA alone.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: crazydog on October 02, 2008, 01:46:13 PM

Well I did mention the resolution and game settings in the OP. :P
It's a 19" widescreen monitor


I got 8505 3DMarks
3848 SM 2.0
4520 HRD/SM 3.0
1652 CPU

I forget what my old card got, but I did notice some dramatic FPS increases in the tests.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: Hitman Smurf on October 03, 2008, 01:25:42 AM

From what you told me, that processor seems to be your main bottleneck. 1.whatever Ghz just won't cut it...time to OC that bad boy!...or get a new one, so you can get those high steady framerates we all crave.

Title: Re: My new baby
Post by: Earl on October 04, 2008, 09:50:06 AM

Congrats on the new arrival Crazy!!...I wish I had some extra cashola to do some upgrading...ahh well someday...lol....enjoy!!!