New card for 1440x900

[severus]

Well I am going to go to Microcenter (and Guitar Center) today. I'm either walking home with the required upgrades -graphics card or a new guitar so lets see what happens. The board I am getting will only have 1 x16 slot on it, so I won't be able to SLI (not that I really want to anyway). I am really debating between the 560 and the 6870. They are similar enough in price and the FPS margin is slim. I think I'd like to try the 3d vision out though, does the 560 support that? Is 3d vision only for video games?

 

[bryanW1995]

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I've seen 1GB 460 for $60 a few times.

WTF???? Where???

Well I am going to go to Microcenter (and Guitar Center) today. I'm either walking home with the required upgrades -graphics card or a new guitar so lets see what happens. The board I am getting will only have 1 x16 slot on it, so I won't be able to SLI (not that I really want to anyway). I am really debating between the 560 and the 6870. They are similar enough in price and the FPS margin is slim. I think I'd like to try the 3d vision out though, does the 560 support that? Is 3d vision only for video games?

You need either a dual gpu card like gtx 590 or sli to run 3d vision unless they just changed it. Plus you need a 120 hz monitor, which I'm guessing you don't have with that 1440x900 thing. Plus the special glasses. Figure about $400-$500 to do 3dvision. And even though AMD's option is cheaper, it sucks and I wouldn't recommend their (current) offering at all.

edit: here's a link, you can get away with a single gpu card but the 120hz monitor and glasses will still set you back $400-$500 all by themselves.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-glasses.html

 

[edplayer]

WTF???? Where???

Umm, Newegg, Amazon, Tigerdirect...

Note that its past tense.

I got my EVGA SSC+ for $85 net (850MHz) and I kept the Mafia 2 code. That sale was about a month or two long where most sales are usually short.

 

[Red Hawk]

Well I am going to go to Microcenter (and Guitar Center) today. I'm either walking home with the required upgrades -graphics card or a new guitar so lets see what happens. The board I am getting will only have 1 x16 slot on it, so I won't be able to SLI (not that I really want to anyway). I am really debating between the 560 and the 6870. They are similar enough in price and the FPS margin is slim. I think I'd like to try the 3d vision out though, does the 560 support that? Is 3d vision only for video games?

Microcenter has terrible prices on graphics cards compared to online retailers. $25-$50 more than what you could get on Newegg without fail.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I'd put that money towards a new monitor, seriously.

 

[severus]

I had said - (minus) the graphics card. I don't see what's so hard to understand as to why I can't get a new monitor? I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. If I had the space I'd get a 23 or 24" 2ms Asus or Viewsonic, but I don't. My desk is cramped, and a solid piece with a spot for the monitor. I don't want to buy a new desk.

 

[Tikerz]

I had said - (minus) the graphics card. I don't see what's so hard to understand as to why I can't get a new monitor? I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. If I had the space I'd get a 23 or 24" 2ms Asus or Viewsonic, but I don't. My desk is cramped, and a solid piece with a spot for the monitor. I don't want to buy a new desk.

Get a 23 or 24 inch LCD and use it in vertical orientation

 

[skipsneeky2]

I had said - (minus) the graphics card. I don't see what's so hard to understand as to why I can't get a new monitor? I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. If I had the space I'd get a 23 or 24" 2ms Asus or Viewsonic, but I don't. My desk is cramped, and a solid piece with a spot for the monitor. I don't want to buy a new desk.

I can feel your pain about your desk and monitor last month at my old place i was stuck with a 19'' crt that did 1600x1200 and the same desk space issue.

Was able to only fit 20'' 1600x900 monitors and they looked small in comparison to my crt so i stuck it out till this month...

Using a measuring tape perhaps you could fit a 20'' 1600x900 like i could have in my old desk...but idk if a extra 1inch and a higher overall resolution is your deal or if you can or can't afford it.

 

[Puppies04]

Cerb can you actually point to some benchmarks that show a GTX460 (or any card 1GB GDDR5 for that matter) running out of VRAM at 1440X900 resolution?

P.S I'm not talking about games that grab all avaliable VRAM I mean show a negative FPS output from lack of onboard memory because i just can't see it happening myself.

EDIT. Spelling