good rez for 9600gt sli

[shotawe]

uh i kinda new 0.o so.... i wonder wats a good gaming rez for 9600gt sli on a 21.6in moniter(hp w2216h) it came w/ sum factory build computer...(the moniter

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Asus Striker II Formula
e5300 (285x13) 3.7ghz
nirvana n120v cooler @2500rmp
2X2gb Viper 6400 4-4-4-12 2.1v unlinked
2x 9600gt in sli (BFG OC and EVGA OC)
2x 74gb WD raptors in RAID 0
750w CoolerMaster rated at 648w
OS Vista Ultimate 64bit

 

[Amtrak]

I'd say 1440x900 would do well for more demanding titles, and 1680x1050 for less demanding ones. It could also depend on what quality settings you expect to play at.

Edit: Whoops, forgot the SLI bit. The above I'd recommend for a single card, but for SLI you'd probably be just fine at 1680x1050, and 1920x1200 for less demanding games.

 

[shotawe]

oh ok.... EDIT: omfg! a i7 build sweet didnt they up the price on i7 cpus or is it me cause they cost a bundle

 

[Badbonji]

If your monitor can handle it then it should cope with 1920x1200 just fine, maybe some games like crysis would struggle somewhat at high settings though.

 

[Daddyjaxx]

oh ok.... EDIT: omfg! a i7 build sweet didnt they up the price on i7 cpus or is it me cause they cost a bundle

No, they are the same price and it depends where you buy one. I picked mine up for 199.99 from Micro Center. It's the motherboards that are generally kind of expensive. That monitor only does 1680x1050, so that is the highest you can go.

 

[shotawe]

@Daddyjaxx oh cause uhh tigerdirect the lowest ones a fudging popsicles of 500 hun-it ( hundred)

 

[shotawe]

ok i did sum tests on 3dmark06 w/ cpu and gpu at stock speeds

1680x1050
1)11316
2)11299
3)11278
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1280x1024
1)11335
2)11246
3)11296


wuz the best rez for crysis?

 

[tester3000]

Just run crysis at 1680x1050 and see how far you can crank the settings. If you want to go further with the settings lower the res.

 

[shotawe]

@tester3000

oh am planning to get crysis xD and tester isnt ur i7 bottlenecking ur 8800s' or other way around

 

[Badbonji]

@tester3000

oh am planning to get crysis xD and tester isnt ur i7 bottlenecking ur 8800s' or other way around

I think you need a GTX285 sli setup before you see a bottleneck with an i7...

 

[shotawe]

oh..

 

[Amtrak]

I think you need a GTX285 sli setup before you see a bottleneck with an i7...

I would assume tri-SLI at that.

 

[Mjolnir]

Dunno about over there, but I've noticed a fairly significant drop in i7 prices (920), here in Aus. Granted theyre still extremely expensive as a comparison to the US, but for a cpu that was 500 ish AUS not all that long ago, I can find it for like 350-400 now. Which for us is good. Sigh I wish I could just import all parts in from US at a cheap postage price.. Lol. Stupid economy crap.

As for the OP; My old HD4850 @ 1680x1050 ran almost everything at high/max perfectly fine. Ran crysis at high DX9 at around 30 fps. With my old 6400+ might I add. And the 9600GT is a step below the HD4850 AFAIK, so 2 of them should do extremely well at your res, for any game really.

 

[tester3000]

@tester3000

oh am planning to get crysis xD and tester isnt ur i7 bottlenecking ur 8800s' or other way around

GPU's are the bottleneck. My i7 stays at very low utilization. Even in CPU intensive games like GTA IV. It never goes above 40% IIRC. Haven't played in a while LoL

 

[Zantal]

I think you need a GTX285 sli setup before you see a bottleneck with an i7...

i think not even quad sli setups are bottlenecking these monsters XD

(overclocked ofc)

i think i7 will do fine even with next gen gpus