I still have my 8800GTS 640, it still runs everygame i play at maxed or near maxed details at 1680x1050. The card is almost 3 years old now in 4 months i will have had it for 3 years.
The only game i cant run is crysis even on medium i have troubles getting 30-35 fps isnt playable at all to me and i refuse to play a game at low so thats not an option. To upgrade over 1 game tho is just silly.
TBH im suprised how long the card has lasted. Most of the big generation cards iv ever owned always lasted like 2-3 years before all my games became unplayable to me. 9700pro, 6800GT and so forth but this card im still running maxed out on most everything.
There so cheap now i was thinking of running them SLI if it comes to that. I will only upgrade if games in the future are like crysis and im forced to go below high details to medium and 4xAF 2xAA. Then I'll make the decision to get another next gen card that will hopefully last me another 3+ years.
I Tend to skip 2 or 3 generation before i upgrade. I dont understand why some people buy new video cards every 4 months it seems. They get a 9800GTX then 4 months later buy something else. Just seems like a waste of money to me.
Its like OMG! my game cant run at 240000x500000 resolution with 24xAA 24XAF on Ultra superh igh details im gonna die..... Thats what it seems like to me lol
Originally posted by: themisfit610
Keeping the 8800gt for sure
If I had an SLI board I would probably grab another one just 'cuz - but nothing I do is really hampered by the 8800gt, with the possible exception of WoW when many many characters are around (at 19x12 with 4x TRSSAA). It's not _slow_ now, but the fps dip is noticable and annoying
We're all so fracking spoiled!
~MiSfit
Do you honestly need 4x AA at that resolution ? The highest i can go to is 1600x1200 or 1680x1050 and i dont notice jaggies with 2xAA on. I dunno maybe its just me.
Go to shattrath and tell me what your fps is even with 0 people, turn the max viewing distance up and i bet your fps is terrible lol