| Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450636] |
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Just wondering what your guys thoughts are since these easily outdated cards that cost around 200+ for a good one when for that price or a little bit higher you can buy a gaming system. Whats your thoughts? worth it but over priced? they match up to there prices? or rip off?
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| Re: Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450638 is a reply to message #450636] |
Thu, 04 August 2011 15:36  |
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| (SSnipe) -BLU3Y3Z- wrote on Fri, 05 August 2011 00:23 |
Just wondering what your guys thoughts are since these easily outdated cards that cost around 200+ for a good one when for that price or a little bit higher you can buy a gaming system. Whats your thoughts? worth it but over priced? they match up to there prices? or rip off?
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If you spend 200 euros on a gfx card when the consoles were released you would have something like a 8800GTS or a HD4870 right? Not sure about the dates.
But if that is true, then you can still perfectly play all games with them. This is due to developers coding for the lesser spec'd consoles. So if you get a 200 euro card now you'll have a much faster GFX card than is possible in consoles. For 125 Euros you have a Ati HD6850 card, which should perform reasonable in most recent games, as in you'll most likely to play at Full HD(+) resolution, and with 60 FPS, at medium or low settings. This is already much better than most consoles, which often do not deliver full HD (yes, it does after upscaling, but that's not true Full HD rendering and can easily done by PC's as well. It also gives you more FPS in some games, were you would get 30 if you're on a console against a steady 60 at the PC.
So yes, you might spend more, but you'll also get a whole lot more. Besides if you want to you can use your GPU for other things after you're done gaming.
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| Re: Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450656 is a reply to message #450636] |
Thu, 04 August 2011 19:49 |
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Think of it this way, most people have a PC. You can spend another $200 and game on a console, or you can put a $200 card into your PC and game on it, with higher resolutions, better looking games, free online and any controller you want. (there are ways to get 360, ps3, and wii controllers working on PC.)
| EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Thu, 04 August 2011 15:36 |
| (SSnipe) -BLU3Y3Z- wrote on Fri, 05 August 2011 00:23 |
Just wondering what your guys thoughts are since these easily outdated cards that cost around 200+ for a good one when for that price or a little bit higher you can buy a gaming system. Whats your thoughts? worth it but over priced? they match up to there prices? or rip off?
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If you spend 200 euros on a gfx card when the consoles were released you would have something like a 8800GTS or a HD4870 right? Not sure about the dates.
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Right, but when the PS3 launched in late 2006, it was $600, and by the time the average consumer could get their hands on one it was 2007, still $600. With a $600 upgrade to the average PC then, it would still perform somewhat decently now.
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| Re: Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450660 is a reply to message #450636] |
Thu, 04 August 2011 20:42 |
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Not really. Especially now, where the prices of used cards that are only a generation old can be had for cheap.
One of my PC's has a Radeon 2600 from early 2007'ish. It can still play most modern games at a resolution slightly higher than a console's, with some AA on as well as other effects.
As long as your expectations are realistic, a current card will offer very good performance for at least several years.
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| Re: Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450720 is a reply to message #450636] |
Fri, 05 August 2011 18:07 |
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I agree with EvilWhiteDragon. There is not a thing wrong with buying high-dollar and newest stuff. I think its pretty ignorant to call someone a fool just because they choose to spend their money differently than you do.
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| Re: Are graphic cards to expensive? [message #450801 is a reply to message #450742] |
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| zunnie wrote on Sat, 06 August 2011 08:51 |
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For 200 you're not gonna get a card that can run the newer games
such as Crysis, Crysis2, Unreal Tournament 3 and Renegade-X on
high settings with acceptable FSAA enabled and a decent framerate of 60 fps steady.
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And why do you want that? FSAA is nice, but takes quite a hit in performance. It doesn't add much either, just makes lines look a tiny bit smoother, which is IMHO barely a problem at 1920*1200 or 1680*1024.
Of course, if you want everything on superduperultradeluxehighultimummaximus, then you do need a high-end and relatively expensive card. However, for most this shouldn't be too interesting, as the last bit of performance is too expensive.
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