Is >512MB video RAM needed for 2560x1600?

[V3NOM]

Heh see what I mean. "crysis crysis crysis" Its a badly coded game, same **** as most of the futuremark software. two years from now and future mark 06 will still run like crap.

You seem to be an audiophile, so just do your thing.

and you have proof that it's a badly coded game huh? wheres your pHD?

Don't listen to these guys, they are Idiots--the 4850 will be fine for your application. You could get by with the 512 version, but the 1GB may benefit you more later down the road. The biggest problem with the 4850 is its small memory bus--this will limit the use of the full 1GB frame buffer and high FPS.

Since you aren't gaming, it shouldn't matter.

so you - a "member" are insulting an "ancient poster" right...

 

[wh3resmycar]

crytek themselves admitted that crysis wasnt optimized "enough". but things are about to change once crysis:warhead hits the market 2 weeks from now. they said it'll run faster than the original.

 

[yadge]

I think it's really funny. He says he might do some gaming, and people are recommending that he gets the most expensive video card available. Sure he'll need it to game at all high at 2560x1600, but as a pretty casual gamer, I'm sure he'd be willing to compromise and turn down a few settings. A 4850 is about the same/more powerful than an 8800gtx, which was just fine for people getting a 30" monitor a year ago, and crysis was the most demanding game even then.

Not everyone always needs that latest and greatest.

So, mike brie, if high settings are really important to you, which it doesn't really seem like, then you should definitely consider a 1 gig card, and probably stepping up to the 4870 or higher. If the settings aren't that important to you, then I'm sure the 4850 will do fine, if you just might play the occasional game sometime.

 

[spathotan]

Exactly yadge. This is why I susgested the 4850, and only get the 1GB version if he really wants that little extra hmpf, but he should not be spending over $200, which is the cost of the 1GB 4850.

 

[mike brie]

Yeah, high settings aren't important and I'm definitely a casual gamer at most, thanks yadge.

Here's an interesting review of a 2 GB 4850 card from "the guru of 3d", which says that the card actually underperforms vs the stock 512MB model, due to slower memory modules, even at 2560x1600!

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-4850-2-gb-gddr3-review/1

 

[doomsdaydave11]

Heh see what I mean. "crysis crysis crysis" Its a badly coded game, same **** as most of the futuremark software. two years from now and future mark 06 will still run like crap.

You seem to be an audiophile, so just do your thing.

This is an all too common misconception. Do you really think that the applications with some of the most advanced graphics in existence (Crysis and 3DMark Vantage) are going to run as well as a game like Team Fortress 2? Crysis is coded good enough (though I will admit that it could use a few optimizations), it just that it is more advanced then any game out there. 3DMark Vantage was created to stress graphics cards to the absolute max, so it could be used to help calibrate performance and compare (have there been any video card reviews since 2001 that havent used 3D Mark?). It doesn't matter if it runs fast or not.

Besides, the casual gamer shouldn't expect to play Crysis at max anyway....

For a casual gamer an 8800GT would be enough to play most games at medium-high 2xAA 4xAF or so, which should be more then enough for a casual gamer. I have always really liked this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261012 But it doesn't appear to be available at newegg any longer. Aftermarket dual slot cooler 1GB RAM, factory overclocked (and I like the orange 😀). If you can find it somewhere, I don't think you would be disappointed.

For someone who does not game, and just does multitasking and what not at 25x16, a 8600GT GDDR3 512MB should be plenty, really. If you have a fast processor and lots of RAM, the graphics card really shouldnt be an issue.

Do NOT get anything lower then an 8800GT with 1GB of RAM. I love how companies put 1GB of RAM on a card like a 8500GT, when an 8500GT will only use like 256MB of it.

I know this is probably not very revalent, but a AMD3500, 2GB RAM and an onboard Geforce 6100 256MB (shared mem), ran 1680x1050 desktop absolutely flawlessly... then again it was XP.

 

[V3NOM]

+1 for palit call me a fanboy i don't give a spit they are AWESOME! FROBOT FTW! 😀

 

[C-Otto]

Hi!

I tested Doom 3 and Quake 4 in 2560x1600 and had no problems. Performance is OK, but AA in Quake 4 does not work at that resolution (16x does in Doom 3, though).

My machine:
- Linux 64bit
- C2D E8400 3GHz
- 9600GT (512 MB)
- 8 GB RAM

PS: CPU usage is at 100% (one core) when playing D3, maybe the GPU is not the problem here (about 40fps during combat), even less for Q4. Memory usage is at about 1 GByte each.

PPS: With two of these cards I could play both games simultaneously I guess

Bye,
Carsten