What?? No, if the Graphics settings are same across different GPUs then the game will look exactly same for every GPU, if you run Crysis @ say 1440x900, 2X AA, 16XAF and all settings @ very high on all GPUs then it will look exactly same across all GPUs, but you'll get low FPS on slow GPUs(9600GT,HD4830 etc), while get high FPS on faster GPUs(HD5850, GTX275 etc).thanx asingh for gud info abt AA & AF....now i know y they r important to gamers...
coz of EYE CANDY in visuals....
For example: if i play POP:Sands of Time in HD4850 & HD4870 with all best ultra high settings...then the graphics will totally differ in both even if settings r same for AA & AF etc
but i doubt coz it such an old game..if it renders dat quality in new cards
Note: One more important thing in GCards is shader model support for transform & lightning....coz whenever we start a game it looks for SM version like SM 2.0,3.0,4.0 etc so a SM 3.0 game wont run on SM 2.0 Card....
if you want to be carefree for next 2 yrs, wait for HD5850's price to come under 15k and grab it.
abhidev's budget is less than 8k...
Note: One more important thing in GCards is shader model support for transform & lightning....coz whenever we start a game it looks for SM version like SM 2.0,3.0,4.0 etc so a SM 3.0 game wont run on SM 2.0 Card....Also one more doubt....i have onboard 128mb graphics with shader model 2.0 support, but when i start COD4 it says SM2.0 detected and Vertex shader not found required for lighting transform.Now wats that???
Some old onboard GPUs(Intel- gma 945) does not have a dedicated 2.0 vertex shader, the driver emulates it, so SM2.0 games(like- prince of persia- sands of time) won't run on it.Exactly KaranTh85....and when do u think the price will low down ???? coz in between all this m missing hell lot of awesome games...man!!!!
Well i was planning to get a PS3 slim but then thought it won't be affordable at all to invest 2-3k in only games....so dropped the idea and now lookin for a video upgrade.
Also one more doubt....i have onboard 128mb graphics with shader model 2.0 support, but when i start COD4 it says SM2.0 detected and Vertex shader not found required for lighting transform.Now wats that???
Hi guys I just wanted to confirm which one is better
1} 9600 GT 1GB for 5.2K
OR
2} 9800 GT 512 MB for 5.5K
Both of them have very less price diff. which one be better and by the way what is the current price HD 4830 .
pls reply soon
Thanks