By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
SvennoJ on 19 September 2013
Edit Thread
Vashyo said:
SvennoJ said:

My fault for jumping in, wasn't my $1000 dollar build. I wasn't focussing on gaming yet a cheap GPU that seemed better then the current consoles seemed like a good deal to add. And it generally is, as I have the choice to run in 1080p.

My earlier point was it's not giving consoles a run for their money, as you'll run into slowdown in sections not optimized for the pc gpu. For example in Deus Ex HR I had to disable v-sync to keep the mouse responsive enough not to overshoot corners. Walking straight it was 30-60 fps, turning 90 degrees it temporarily slowed down to the lower 20's, resulting in much worse screen tear then I've ever seen on consoles. Consoles give a more conistent performence. Hence I bough Bioshock Infinite for console, no worries about having to reconfigure graphics setting in the middle of a big fight when it becomes impossible to aim due to temporary slowdown.

Yeah like I said your GT 230 is very very weak even at its prime days since it's only an entry level budget card not intended for gaming. Even console games got sections where FPS suddenly drops you know, but they reduce visual elements and entity count to counter that, but alas I see it still happening.

It just is at the lower end of spectrum and was mostly used on laptops. I dont really believe that GT 230 was equal to consoles to begin with slightly behind I would think. Remember that current gen consoles are also playing on low settings at 30FPS with some games even going sub 720p.

True, the 96 CUDA cores sounded promising at the time as I was doing a lot of video editting with Pinncacle studio which uses them for hardware acceleration. Btw that desktop GT 230 version isn't that bad, it keeps up with and slightly outperforms my new laptop with a GT 740m, although that could be the game too, slower HDD might be the bottleneck. (Tested with Euro truck simulator, runs slightly better on the GT230 in 1080p)

The convenice of consoles is that the developers have already 'lowered the setting in busy sections' for you to keep a mostly consistent experience. Less immersion breaking then having to go into settings yourself.  Anyway now I'm pretty skeptical of a $160 card, that looks as good or slightly better on paper then next gen console gpus, to be able to keep up with for the next 8 years.