The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

The image shows the max temps and fan speed, I just picked the highest of the four temps since I didn't know what was what. I thought those results were pretty good since I couldn't achieve that with my nvidia card, but it that's only okish I'd love to have a good one lol.

 

they where flying boats with enough fire power to sink a Civilian Class Ship. i'm pretty sure they wouldn't have a problem with flattening enemy Armour.

 

Just got some friends together in a squad for several hours of BC2 today. Helped some noobs farm points and got to flex my brain. We got gold squad some 15 times

Last match we played was 10 minutes ago with us coming in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th place in order. Me in first

Whew fun fun

 

my BC2 name is Capt.Biggs. if you ever see me run, run far far away.

Capt.Biggs is the aliases i use for all my FPS multi-player profiles.

been using it since 1942, Battlefield that is.

 

LOVING BO, its amazing. wager matched ftw.

 

BO? Oh that one game that I've never played. Right. I totally forgot...

 

Black Ops I think he means. Personally found it disappointing. The graphics are worse than WaW and the sound design is bleh. The multi is just more MW2 ie glitchy, limited, and mediocre. The story is good though.

 

Those matches are the best, in fact I only really enjoy BC2 when I play with friends. pwning everyone else is just icing on the cake

 

Oh yeah it's a whole new ballgame when all 4 squadmates are in a group chat working out the strategy. We were dominating

 

Two Worlds 2

1024x768 M10: Radeon X1800XL/HD2900 series/3690/4650/5570, Geforce 7800GS/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1024x768 M20: Radeon HD2900XT/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT240/430
1024x768 M30: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/GTS450
1024x768 M40: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 8800GTS 512/9800GTX/GTS250/450
1024x768 M50: Radeon HD3870X2/4870/5770, Geforce 9800GTX+/GTS250/450
1024x768 M60: Radeon HD4890/5830/6850, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260/GTS450

1280x1024 M10: Radeon X1900XT/HD2900 Pro/3690/4650/5570, Geforce 7900GT/8600GTS/9500GT/GT220/430
1280x1024 M20: Radeon HD3870/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT240/430
1280x1024 M30: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GTS250/450
1280x1024 M40: Radeon HD3870X2/4870/5770, Geforce 9800GTX+/GTS250/450
1280x1024 M50: Radeon HD4890/5830/6850, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260/GTS450
1280x1024 M60: Radeon HD4850X2/5830/6850, Geforce GTX280/460/560

1680x1050 M10: Radeon X1950XT-X/HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600 series/GT220/430
1680x1050 M20: Radeon HD3870/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9600GT/GT240/430
1680x1050 M30: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 8800GTS 512/9800GTX/GTS250/450
1680x1050 M40: Radeon HD4890/5830/6850, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260/GTS450
1680x1050 M50: Radeon HD4850X2/5830/6850, Geforce GTX280/460/560
1680x1050 M60: Radeon HD4870X2/5850/6870, Geforce GTX285/460/560

1920x1080 M10: Radeon HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600 series/GT220/430
1920x1080 M20: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5750, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/GTS450
1920x1080 M30: Radeon HD3870X2/4870/5770, Geforce 9800GTX+/GTS250/450
1920x1080 M40: Radeon HD4850X2/5830/6850, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260-216/GTS450
1920x1080 M50: Radeon HD4870X2/5850/6850, Geforce GTX285/460/560
1920x1080 M60: Radeon HD4870X2/5870/6950(spec)/2x6850, Geforce GTX295/460 1GB/560

2560x1600 M10: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/430
2560x1600 M20: Radeon HD4890/5830/6850, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260-216/GTS450
2560x1600 M30: Radeon HD4870X2/5870/6870, Geforce GTX295/465/560
2560x1600 M40: Radeon HD6950(spec)/2x5830/6850, Geforce GTX295/480/560
2560x1600 M50: Radeon HD5970/2x6850, Geforce GTX580/2xGTX285/460/560
2560x1600 M60: 2x Radeon HD5870/6870, 2x Geforce GTX470/560

Nothing too horrendous here.

James Bond: Blood Stone

1024x768 M10: Radeon X800GTO/X1600XT/HD2600XT/3470/4450/5450, Geforce 6800LE/7600GT/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1024x768 M20: Radeon X1800GTO/HD2900 series/3650/4650/5570, Geforce 7800GT/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1024x768 M30: Radeon X1900XT-X/HD2900 series/3690/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600 series/GT220/430
1024x768 M40: Radeon HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT240/430
1024x768 M50: Radeon HD2900XT/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9600GT/GT240/430
1024x768 M60: Radeon HD3870/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/GTS450

1280x1024 M10: Radeon X1800GTO/HD2600XT/3470/4450/5450, Geforce 6800 Ultra/7600GT/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1280x1024 M20: Radeon X1800XT/HD2900 series/3690/4650/5570, Geforce 7900GT/8600GTS/9500GT/GT220/430
1280x1024 M30: Radeon X1950XT-X/HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT240/430
1280x1024 M40: Radeon HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9600GT/GT240/430
1280x1024 M50: Radeon HD3870/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/GTS450
1280x1024 M60: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GTS250/450

1680x1050 M10: Radeon X1800GTO/HD2900 series/3650/4550/5450, Geforce 7800GS/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1680x1050 M20: Radeon X1900XT/HD2900 series/3690/4650/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600 series/GT220/430
1680x1050 M30: Radeon HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT240/430
1680x1050 M40: Radeon HD2900XT/3870/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/GTS450
1680x1050 M50: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GTS250/450
1680x1050 M60: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 8800GTX/9800GTX/GTS250/450

1920x1080 M10: Radeon X1800XL/HD2900 series/3650/4650/5570, Geforce 7900GS/8600GT/9500GT/GT220/430
1920x1080 M20: Radeon X1950XT-X/HD2900 Pro/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600GSO/GT220/430
1920x1080 M30: Radeon HD2900XT/3850/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9600GT/GT240/430
1920x1080 M40: Radeon HD3870/4830/5670, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GTS250/450
1920x1080 M50: Radeon HD3870X2/4830/5750, Geforce 8800GTS 512/9800GTX/GTS250/450
1920x1080 M60: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260/GTS450

2560x1600 M10: Radeon X1950XT/HD2900 series/3690/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GS/9600 series/GT220/430
2560x1600 M20: Radeon HD2900XT/3870/4670/5570, Geforce 8800GT/9800GT/GT240/430
2560x1600 M30: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 8800 Ultra/9800GTX/GTS250/450
2560x1600 M40: Radeon HD3870X2/4770/5750, Geforce 9800GX2/GTX260-216/GTS450
2560x1600 M50: Radeon HD4890/5830/6850, Geforce GTX280/460/560
2560x1600 M60: Radeon HD4850X2/5830/6850, Geforce GTX295/465/560

Blast from the past this one. Graphics cards of the age that they don't even have drivers for Windows 7 popping up with a respectable M30 at 1280x1024.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/336-cod-black-ops-performance/

very good atricle finding the GPU and CPU scaling on BO.

 

Looks like my 260 can handle it at a respectable level. Is the game any good? I've never played any call of duty...

 

good depends on your preferance in a game.

personally yes it is.

 

Yeah COD:BO is not very demanding, but it's also not very good looking. Nice textures, but that's about it.
While BO goes some way to reverting the abysmal multiplayer experience of MW2, it is basically just COD4, but with a different setting.
Much like any other Activision franchise (Blizzard excluding) this is the same game, released every year, with minor content tweaks. Yet people are still in love with it.


I'm sceptical of that techspot article. There is a ridiculous negative skew of the results for the HD6800 series not mirrored in other tests. There is also far more nvidia bias than usually shows in Call of Duty benchmarks.

 

Honestly, if they were to release a new "Legend of zelda: Ocarina of time" with everything rearranged and all new storyline, I'd be all over it. Much like poor movie sequels, I can't get enough LOL! Technology/code doesn't always need to advance for me to be all over it I love particular 2 dimensional games

 

Is true, but if you're going to release the same game without any change to the way it plays, at least upgrade the engine/graphics

 

I've pretty much accepted Nvidia bias when reading reviews, and what not.

Did you receive that PM? Just wanna be sure there wasn't some screw up...

 

Ah, just read it. Thanks for the offer, but it turns out Coolermaster have a european parts shop based in the Netherlands, where I was able to buy another set for €9.50 delivered (about $13). This must be why they ignore support emails asking for replacement parts.

On the other hand, they may just ignore support emails full stop. A large number of other companies do (Sapphire being one of them).

And yeah sadly nvidia bias in reviews is very common, for several reasons
1: Release of new nvidia cards to reviewers for free testing is conditional on nvidia's official benchmark suite being in the review
2: nvidia have bribed several review sites out there
3: there is an increasing trend of games being actually nvidia-biased due to part-funding or bribes during their development. There is actually a 150% biasing factor in HAWX 2. AMD sent an email to every major review site requesting that this game be eliminated from test suites as it was unrepresentative of real world performance - it deliberately includes an inflated number of polygons that only the Fermi architecture, not Radeons (or older geforces for that matter) can handle.
4: ATI do sometimes make performance-drop drivers designed for stability increases. There have been several of those in recent months. When a site tests with the odd good release [i.e. the ones that everybody use] you usually see ATI earn a few more points.