worth a DX11 card?

[JG27CaptStubing]

I would also wait to let Nvidia address their current issues with heat and noise. They're going to need a die shrink to address these issues. I would wait at least till fall with their new refresh.

On the other hand you have ATI which is showing that it's almost as fast in some cases faster (most likely driver) than Fermi. Much cooler and a lot less cost than Nvidia.

As tempting it is to go with a single card that's more than 2 times faster than what I have now I'm going to wait yet another summer before upgrading. ATI may be the way to go if their second revs which are starting to surface now. It's hard to say with the lack of DX 11 titles if its worth the upgrade now.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Indeed Captain It will be interesting to see how it settles after both companies get their stuff refreshed and drivers top notch. Hopefully it results in a healthy price competition, good for us consumers I am waiting for my 2Gb ATI card now, ordered it. Shall see when it comes, waited for my 5870HD for like 2 months last year after release...

[JG27CaptStubing]

Believe me I've been tempted and the 2 gig 5870 sounds like the way to go for now.

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by JG27CaptStubing

Believe me I've been tempted and the 2 gig 5870 sounds like the way to go for now.

hey Cap'n why is a 2gig single GPU the way to? From What I've read around the web (and I may be a little out of date on this) 2gigs only really becomes a noticeable factor at resolutions higher than 1900x1200. I'm talking a 30 inch monitor here. So, I'd like to know your perspective. I will admit that I'd consider buying a 2gig single GPU card if it improves performance at lower resolutions. Like 1900x1080.
thanks!
Flyby out

[Parkaboy]

GFX's change more than anything else in a rig so I really don't like paying out too much cash on them. I got me a 8800gtx oc a while back and I'm still loving it .

[JG27CaptStubing]

Originally Posted by Flyby

hey Cap'n why is a 2gig single GPU the way to? From What I've read around the web (and I may be a little out of date on this) 2gigs only really becomes a noticeable factor at resolutions higher than 1900x1200. I'm talking a 30 inch monitor here. So, I'd like to know your perspective. I will admit that I'd consider buying a 2gig single GPU card if it improves performance at lower resolutions. Like 1900x1080.
thanks!
Flyby out

Resolution does play a part in taking up more space in the memory on the Video card. Today's games are bumping up resolution on the textures themselves. Which means the more textures you can load into Memory the less swapping the card does across the bus which even at 16X is slow. That's what causes studders. It's only a matter of time when they will keep increasing the resolution of the textures. 1 gig is starting to become the norm now for Video Cards. That means my 512 will start to swap and studder a game.

The key to having more memory is if the Game actually us using higher end textures. ie... The new maps and cockpits in the mods are much higher resolution than the original game of IL2. That's why they look much nicer. Oleg and crew aren't going to be aiming at systems with 64megs or 128 megs of ram on the video card anymore. They will have some selection like they have now. Land detail = high and that may bump the res quite a bit.

Make sense?