EPTOn April 07 2010 13:19 StorrZerg wrote:
well he needs a new card ne ways if he ever wants to play beta
well he needs a new card ne ways if he ever wants to play beta
my laptop can play it pretty well
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CaucasianAsian
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my laptop can play it pretty well | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
then again, you probably need it for extra monitors anyways... | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
If it's skipping parts of the movie or something I would try a different player (VLC, Mplayer DivX etc) and update video codecs and drivers to the latest just to be sure its video card problems and not anything else. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Railz
United States1449 Posts
Either way, I use a GTS250 overclocked if you're still in the market for one. It can run 1600 x 900 | ||
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FragKrag
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KingofHearts
Japan562 Posts
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
Find your price and then go up the list until you hit the price you want 4650 < 4670 ~ 3850 < 3870 < 4830 ~ 5670 < 4770 < 4850 ~ 5750 < 4870 ~ 5770 | ||
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11599 Posts
On April 07 2010 16:20 Railz wrote: Video cards don't really effect effect video - It is mostly ram and bottleneck speeds on the motherboard (or even the player) Either way, I use a GTS250 overclocked if you're still in the market for one. It can run 1600 x 900 1600 x 900 is too small, i want something that can support at least 2 monitors at 1900x1200 | ||
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Sadistx
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On April 07 2010 13:03 LuckyFool wrote: I have a friend who built a pc last summer (2.5k budget) and bought three of those. He's set for the next decade and a half. It will be completely obsolete in 4 years. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On April 07 2010 13:23 FragKrag wrote: Try using Mplayer, Media Player Classic, or VLC player. I'm not convinced that you actually need a new graphics card just for movie watching. then again, you probably need it for extra monitors anyways... No, when you have a bad card and you watch HD shit, it will load really slow and if you try and skip around or your card is struggling to play it it skips or lags or whatever. On April 07 2010 15:01 mahnini wrote: i stopped using VLC because it lags for HD stuffs What do you use instead? | ||
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AyeH
United States534 Posts
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AyeH
United States534 Posts
I have a laptop I bought 5 years ago during my sophomore year of HS. I thought it would become obsolete. Funny thing is it runs every game I throw at it (except Crysis because even some GPUs nowadays cant handle Crysis). Sure, they'll be much better technology but the old tech will still do work. | ||
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Sere
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Not sure how it will run SC2, but I'm running fine on Medium settings with my three year old integrated card, so I'd guess it will run it on High. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On April 08 2010 06:13 G4T0R4D3 wrote: I have a laptop I bought 5 years ago during my sophomore year of HS. I thought it would become obsolete. Funny thing is it runs every game I throw at it (except Crysis because even some GPUs nowadays cant handle Crysis). Sure, they'll be much better technology but the old tech will still do work. Maybe you should try the really recent games ( Metro 2033 for example ). Also being obsolete doesn't mean poor performances only. In four years i think that Dx11 will be really a new standard and maybe they will have released Dx12. Moreover the average gaming card will have better performance and 1/3 of the consumption of this triple SLI. + The resolution on a laptop isn't the same than on your average deskstop screen  Just make a comparison between a 5850 and 3x GeForce79xx from 2006. This kind of rigs look great for people who have a lot of money but they are definitly not the best cost / Performance / durability / TDP choices | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On April 08 2010 06:13 G4T0R4D3 wrote: Funny thing is it runs every game I throw at it (except Crysis because even some GPUs nowadays cant handle Crysis). Try this. http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18999 | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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AyeH
United States534 Posts
On April 08 2010 07:31 FragKrag wrote: Should probably err away from Gatorade's advice because he is a bit of a fanboy himself. Gatorade you do realize that Nvidia cards don't have eyefinity, and therefore don't run 3 monitors? How am I a fanboy when I am telling him to review both sides, not just one side? Did I tell him to go buy a Nvidia card like you? No. Did I list a feature of Nvidia that I am using to sway his purchase? No. If I were a fanboy, I would be bashing ATI and saying that they suck. Am I doing that? No. And do you realize that Nvidia cards are also capable of running multiple monitors? No. And your advice is to just go buy whatever you listed huh? And that's a better advice than me saying to go look at your options? I certainly do not think so. To the OP. Look at both ATI and Nvidia then choose. Don't just go with ATI because a fanboy tells you what to buy. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
Nvidia cards are indeed capable of running 2 monitors, but not the 3 that ATI Eyefinity allows flawlessly. Nvidia does not even support DisplayPort on their GPUs at the moment. (I think the GTX 4xx series will support them, but the reference model does not have a DisplayPort out) The complete lack of features that would be useful to him (does he need PhysX or CUDA? No!) in a Nvidia card vs the features in an ATI card means he should go with ATI. If he was savvy enough to 'consider' both sides, then he probably wouldn't need our help in the first place. You come into this thread and instantly pop off a 'fanboy' remark because you have no idea what the graphics card market looks like. If you honestly think 3x GTX 285 in SLI is a good purchase, I have nothing else to say. | ||
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