Woo hah New Video Card

I just got a GeForce GT 240 1GB DDR3 video card! Sweet. Such a major difference from my Geforce 8400GS 256MB DDR2 card.

I need some games to play. I got Just Cause 2, Bioshock 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Oblivion, Metro 2033, Resident Evil 5, Borderlands, Crysis, and Empire Total War.

Give me some advice.

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playallday
Hahaha, I just got my 8800GTX card yesterday. :D

I can play NFS Shift at like 16x AF and 4xAA totally maxed out. :P
 
playallday
[quote name='Joe88' post='2764450' date='Apr 17 2010, 07:41 PM']there supposed to be just a relabeled 9600 GSO[/quote]
Which is kinda close to a 8800GTS G92 but with less CUDA Cores. ;)
 
Joe88
[quote name='geoflcl' post='2764478' date='Apr 17 2010, 08:06 PM']Ugh, I need new card myself. Can't even run Half-Life 2 decently.[/quote]
what card do you have, even my crappy 9250 could run it
 
geoflcl
I've a GeForce 6150. 128MB of pure suckage. But hey, it was all I could afford at the time, hehe.
 
kylehaas
Have you tried using the following launch codes?

-dxlevel 7
-high

These have always worked for me... Give it a try!
If they don't work, you've got more problems than just a bad video card.
 
myuusmeow
[quote name='geoflcl' post='2764498' date='Apr 17 2010, 05:14 PM']Ugh, I need new card myself. Can't even run Half-Life 2 decently.
I've a GeForce 6150. 128MB of pure suckage. But hey, it was all I could afford at the time, hehe.[/quote]
It should. I have integrated GeForce 6150 on a secondary PC and I can run TF2 great on it, low settings @ 1280x800. HL2 should be a snap.


@Op: Do you have STALKER? That game runs pretty good on my 9800GT, should do ok on a GT 240, depending on what resolution you play on.
 
TheWingless
[quote name='Arctic' post='2764455' date='Apr 17 2010, 06:45 PM'][quote name='Joe88' post='2764450' date='Apr 17 2010, 07:41 PM']there supposed to be just a relabeled 9600 GSO[/quote]
Which is kinda close to a 8800GTS G92 but with less CUDA Cores. ;)
[/quote]
And it's 40 nm now right? Either way, it's still better than my 8600 GTS.
 
playallday
[quote name='TheWingless' post='2764629' date='Apr 17 2010, 09:19 PM'][quote name='Arctic' post='2764455' date='Apr 17 2010, 06:45 PM'][quote name='Joe88' post='2764450' date='Apr 17 2010, 07:41 PM']there supposed to be just a relabeled 9600 GSO[/quote]
Which is kinda close to a 8800GTS G92 but with less CUDA Cores. ;)
[/quote]
And it's 40 nm now right? Either way, it's still better than my 8600 GTS.
[/quote]
Nope, it's 65 nm. ;) Oops, misread your post. ;)

Yeah, it's 40 nm.
 
Hells Malice
I had the worst videocard ever until christmas, at which time I got a Sapphire HD 5770.
Pure awesomeness and using the 3 monitors to play games is just plain epic.
 
TheWingless
[quote name='Hells Malice' post='2764806' date='Apr 17 2010, 09:50 PM']Pure awesomeness and using the 3 monitors to play games is just plain epic.[/quote]
You could afford that Displayport setup? Wasn't it like 500+ USD for all of the monitors and displayport adapters combined!?
 
Joe88
[quote name='TheWingless' post='2764876' date='Apr 17 2010, 11:25 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='2764806' date='Apr 17 2010, 09:50 PM']Pure awesomeness and using the 3 monitors to play games is just plain epic.[/quote]
You could afford that Displayport setup? Wasn't it like 500+ USD for all of the monitors and displayport adapters combined!?
[/quote]
you dont need display port
it already packs 1x HDMI and 2x DVI

display port allows up to 6 screens
 
TheWingless
[quote name='Joe88' post='2764968' date='Apr 17 2010, 11:18 PM'][quote name='TheWingless' post='2764876' date='Apr 17 2010, 11:25 PM']
You could afford that Displayport setup? Wasn't it like 500+ USD for all of the monitors and displayport adapters combined!?[/quote]
you dont need display port
it already packs 1x HDMI and 2x DVI

display port allows up to 6 screens
[/quote]
Oh right. I must have forgotten that after reading the "Six" version of the 5870. Well that would still require 3 monitors then... But it'd be nice to try such a setup one day.
 
Joe88
ive got plenty of screens (about 9 CRT's 17")
though my 4870 can only have 2 and i already have a crt on the other and my lcd as main
 
VashTS
Yeah...i got a 20" HDMI LCD and 22" LCD hooked up. its sweet.

The comparison to 9800 GT...My GT240 is clock speed 550 vs. 9800 GT 600...and stream processors GT240 = 96 vs 9800 = 112....not very different. But I also have 1GB DDR3 vs 512 MB DDR3....

What choice would you have made? This GT240 with 1GB DDR3 or GT240 512 MB DDR5? There were the same price but I went with the 1GB model. Same clock speed and same stream processors.
 
Joe88
[quote name='TheWingless' post='2765066' date='Apr 18 2010, 01:16 AM'][quote name='Joe88' post='2764968' date='Apr 17 2010, 11:18 PM'][quote name='TheWingless' post='2764876' date='Apr 17 2010, 11:25 PM']
You could afford that Displayport setup? Wasn't it like 500+ USD for all of the monitors and displayport adapters combined!?[/quote]
you dont need display port
it already packs 1x HDMI and 2x DVI

display port allows up to 6 screens
[/quote]
Oh right. I must have forgotten that after reading the "Six" version of the 5870. Well that would still require 3 monitors then... But it'd be nice to try such a setup one day.
[/quote]
actually reading this, it would be impossible to use that combo of outputs unless you had the six version

http://www.amd.com/us/Documents/Display_Connectivity.pdf
 

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