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Old 09-06-09   #11 (permalink)
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but is the 9800gtx+ good or bad cuz mine 250 works fine
It's a good card. Not the best by any means, but it's solid, especially for that resolution. I personally wouldn't upgrade your GPU any more until you also get a higher resolution monitor.
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my cpu is phenom x4 clocked at 2.20ghz and i already bought a 250gts. what bout the motherboard? msi or foxcon and if i do sli with 19"monitor would i have faster frame rates or would it be the same?
Yeah, stick with a single GTS 250. The only thing I really recommend is to OC that CPU. You'd see the biggest performance boost from that right now. Especially at that resolution.

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i can only oc'd @ 2.4 so idk you tell me is it worth it?
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i can only oc'd @ 2.4 so idk you tell me is it worth it?
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if i do sli with 19"monitor would i have faster frame rates or would it be the same?
can someone answer me this plz
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Read the thread.

At that res, no it's not worth it. You might get a little more FPS, but not that much.
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my monitor max resolution is 1440x900 and im planing on buying a foxcon destroyer or msi k9n2 platinum for going sli with dual 1gb 250 gts its worth buying with the monitor that i have?

its 19" gateway 1000:1 contrast ratio
To answer your question.

No.

That 250 will run just about anything at that resolution.

If you want performance wait for the new cards to come out.
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I wouldn't even bother with SLI/Xfire on 1680x1050 --- maybe 1920x1080 or above.

Although I would say a GTX 285 could handle those resolutions just fine *shrug*
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i would stay with a 250 for that res. unless you want to fold then i would get at least a 275
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It goes both ways kind of -

1 - you buy a new gpu/sli current gpu and then need to buy a new monitor to enjoy the benefits

or

2 - you buy a new monitor and then need to buy a new GPU to enjoy the benefits
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