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simple question really, when? Is it worth going for a x1900xtx/7900gtx or will they be a long time yet?
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VeNT said:why bother?
OzZie said:Eh, 512mb minimum?
256mb is still far sufficient for anywhere up to 1600x1200 i would imagine with medium levels of AA/AF. Only a few games such as Q4, D3 and GRAW use so much texture memory, and even then i guess it only peaks above the extra memory available.
Don't get me wrong, i'm all for better visuals, but the games that do go over the 256mb limit don't seem to show it imo. (based on screenshots)
utherpendragon said:I'd assume most of you here are on comparitivly low-res lcd screens. I'm running a crt @ 2048x1536, so extra memory would help a lot. Looks like the ATI cards are launching at the end of the year as well.
Vegeta said:Seems to be perfectly smooth for me with 1gb of ram and 256mb gfx ram, only games i stuggle on are bf2 when I use textures at high and oblivion which i use top settings for also, but this is due to my 1gb ram I reckon and not my graphics card.