| Squilliam said: Personally I find that heavy graphics settings don't usually add signficantly to games. I have a 5870 but I switch between that and a 5750 for the same games and it hardly changes a thing for me. Generallly now I just run fraps for 5 mins and tune the settins so I get 50 or so FPS in the early part of the game and leave it at that. |
All I know is that I learned my lesson the hard way. I had 4650 and dual core AMD (4400) 3 years ago and I didnt game much cause it was chugging in Gears of War and Bioshock.Console version looked better or ran smoother depending on the settings.
Afterwards I decided to "upgrade" to the GTS250...which was better than 4650 but not by much. Resident Evil 5 came out and the game ran like shit using that card. Afterwards I got a gtx 260 and 3D vision, thinking it will be enough. Boy was I wrong. I could run Gears and Bioshock very good in 2D but 3D vision was a monster. Cpu became a bottleneck as well.
Then I just said screw it and got a gtx295 and AMD 965 black. I am finally content with computer performance...1000 dollars later :)
I guess it depends on the person, but some people, and most console owners really need to run the PC games at high to get their moneys worth. Otherwise may as well spend 199 and play it on the 360...
