I was really dissapointed with the fact that we will only be getting 30-40fps average in doom 3 with x800xt and 6800u at max settings and resolution. You would figure a $500 dollar card would run today's high end games a lot better than that. I would expect these 500 dollar cards to run the highest end games with everything maxed out at 60-70fps, so that it never dips below 30fps when there are a lotta monsters on the screen at one time, for example.
To the best of my knowledge, when we start playing d3 and hl2 at max details, we are going to see the framerate dip way below 30fps at certain stages if you are running max details. (please correct me if you feel otherwise, im judging this from the d3 benchmarks). This is not something you want from your $500 card which is designed to be played at MAX DETAILS. (Face it, no one pays 500 bucks for a card, to turn down the settings to achieve playable framerates in today's high end games)
I do realize that these games are VERY demanding on the gpu and have very high quality textures, lighting, physics, etc...BUT we are being charged $500 for a card which cannot achieve any higher than 30-40fps in upcoming high end games. IMHO, this is why these cards aren't worth 500 bucks.
Ideally, I'd like to play these games with everything maxed out no less than 50-60fps, so that im never dipping below 30fps or so.
Let me know how you guys feel about this....and sorry for the long post
To the best of my knowledge, when we start playing d3 and hl2 at max details, we are going to see the framerate dip way below 30fps at certain stages if you are running max details. (please correct me if you feel otherwise, im judging this from the d3 benchmarks). This is not something you want from your $500 card which is designed to be played at MAX DETAILS. (Face it, no one pays 500 bucks for a card, to turn down the settings to achieve playable framerates in today's high end games)
I do realize that these games are VERY demanding on the gpu and have very high quality textures, lighting, physics, etc...BUT we are being charged $500 for a card which cannot achieve any higher than 30-40fps in upcoming high end games. IMHO, this is why these cards aren't worth 500 bucks.
Ideally, I'd like to play these games with everything maxed out no less than 50-60fps, so that im never dipping below 30fps or so.
Let me know how you guys feel about this....and sorry for the long post