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MilitantMind
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I'm going to play Darkfall when it comes out. I just wanted to know if my video cards would be able to handle it well? If not what video cards should i get that would be better than the ones i have?
2 XFX 9600gt in sli
Mobo evga 680i
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
liquid cooling for both video cards and cpu.
850psu
Vista Home Premium 32bit
3gigs of ram Corsair
Thanks for any help.
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Doubt you'll have any problems. Darkfall's graphics are a bit dated anyways.
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If you have a problem, its Darkfalls mistake.
Just get a single 9800..
Why get a 9800 when he has two 9600's??? Buying a 9800 would be a total waste of money considering that what he's got is better than a single 9800.
Your setup is fine for Darkfall and the majority of other games out there right now. Don't upgrade anytime soon, it would be a waste of time and money for very little in return.
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As mentioned previously, when you do upgrade try to stay away from SLI or Crossfire rigs. They simply aren't necessary and in the end you pay more because of the motherboard accomodations and having to have two of the same or similar video card.
Today's games pretty much run just fine on even modest hardware. It isn't like a few years ago when SLI or Crossfire rigs were necessary to get playable framerates. The only time you'd use it today is if you had a 30" monitor with the game's settings at max. And it still depends on the few demanding games that are out there.
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As mentioned previously, when you do upgrade try to stay away from SLI or Crossfire rigs. They simply aren't necessary and in the end you pay more because of the motherboard accomodations and having to have two of the same or similar video card.
Today's games pretty much run just fine on even modest hardware. It isn't like a few years ago when SLI or Crossfire rigs were necessary to get playable framerates. The only time you'd use it today is if you had a 30" monitor with the game's settings at max. And it still depends on the few demanding games that are out there.
I concur with this, using SLI / Crossfire in the end is not worth the money sink/effort. You gain maybe 25-30% increase in FPS performance for what? High risks in overheating? Having to buy a bigger power supply that can support 4 rails 16v with 25amps? It's not as cool as it sounds. My advice is grab a GTX 260/280, you can get em fairly cheap if you shop around and they kick butt, I'm currently using a 8800 GT from XFX that WAS the best bang for the buck last year, but I'll be grabbing the new monster GTX 295 soon enough.
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As mentioned previously, when you do upgrade try to stay away from SLI or Crossfire rigs. They simply aren't necessary and in the end you pay more because of the motherboard accomodations and having to have two of the same or similar video card.
Today's games pretty much run just fine on even modest hardware. It isn't like a few years ago when SLI or Crossfire rigs were necessary to get playable framerates. The only time you'd use it today is if you had a 30" monitor with the game's settings at max. And it still depends on the few demanding games that are out there.
I concur with this, using SLI / Crossfire in the end is not worth the money sink/effort. You gain maybe 25-30% increase in FPS performance for what? High risks in overheating? Having to buy a bigger power supply that can support 4 rails 16v with 25amps? It's not as cool as it sounds. My advice is grab a GTX 260/280, you can get em fairly cheap if you shop around and they kick butt, I'm currently using a 8800 GT from XFX that WAS the best bang for the buck last year, but I'll be grabbing the new monster GTX 295 soon enough.
So by getting a GTX 260/280 it would be much better than the 2 9600 gt's i have atm?
As mentioned previously, when you do upgrade try to stay away from SLI or Crossfire rigs. They simply aren't necessary and in the end you pay more because of the motherboard accomodations and having to have two of the same or similar video card.
Today's games pretty much run just fine on even modest hardware. It isn't like a few years ago when SLI or Crossfire rigs were necessary to get playable framerates. The only time you'd use it today is if you had a 30" monitor with the game's settings at max. And it still depends on the few demanding games that are out there.
I concur with this, using SLI / Crossfire in the end is not worth the money sink/effort. You gain maybe 25-30% increase in FPS performance for what? High risks in overheating? Having to buy a bigger power supply that can support 4 rails 16v with 25amps? It's not as cool as it sounds. My advice is grab a GTX 260/280, you can get em fairly cheap if you shop around and they kick butt, I'm currently using a 8800 GT from XFX that WAS the best bang for the buck last year, but I'll be grabbing the new monster GTX 295 soon enough.
So by getting a GTX 260/280 it would be much better than the 2 9600 gt's i have atm?
Oh ya, don't be misled by video ram... Most games don't support past 768mb atm. So anything you think you have past that isnt really being put to good use. What you want to hunt for is memory bandwidth and texture fill rate.
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