So I took the plunge recently and ordered a Malibal/Clevo with an i7-2630QM processor (2.0-2.9GHz) and Nvidia GTX 485 as recommended by certain people (I'm looking at you Malibal and elb) and also as I had intended in the beginning somewhat myself.
My question is how well will I be able to run stuff like Witcher 2.
I googled it and some kids (I don't know age really, I just classify everyone with horrible internet writing/typing as a kid [I dislike them]) had mentioned being recommended by the game to play on medium with a Nvidia GT 460 desktop GPU (which is apparently similar to the GTX 485?) and yet having little qualms going on ultra.
Are such two graphics cards really that similar & is that what I should be expecting should I get the game?
P.S. On stuff like Starcraft 2 & inc. Diablo 3 (woo, hopefully November this year), will I see performance blips? I realize my graphics card should be more than satisfactory but on the processor itself...I'm sorta regretting not getting the upgrade on it now. I just hear that it's not worth it to upgrade to 2720 unless you're into visual design or the upgrade is $100~, and the upgrade on Malibal was $160.
Apparently on S2 it's recommended that I have 2.4ghz+. I realize that's assuming dual core but if my knowledge is correct, such games do not/will not incorporate multi-coring yet. Should I be worried for S2/D3?
P.P.S. Oh, and one last question. Sorta off-topic, somewhat.
How nice is a wireless headset?
I mean, is it worth the extra $80~ dollars to upgrade from a normal wired headset?
I aim to be playing competitive games like DotA2/LoL/S2 as well as raiding/arenaing on WoW.
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In regard to The Witcher 2: I think it is possible to play it at 1920x1080 with all ultra except the Ubersampling option with very reasonable framerates.
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The 485 is a good deal more powerful than the 460.
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On my 560m (similar to the 460m, about 30% less power than you have), I can play on 1080p with a hybrid between medium and high settings.
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The 485M and 6970M can run TW2 on the Ultra preset, but turn off Ubersampling and SSAO.
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So the ghz doesn't matter?
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On two cores, the 2630QM will boost to 2.8Ghz, so SC2 won't be an issue.
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The Witcher 2 Ultra Preset enables AA and Vsync by default, both of which are unnecessary performance killers so you might want to disable those too.
Edit: I just went from large texture memory to very large and notice much smoother performance in this game so far.
Computer specs and Witcher 2/assorted games question
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mrpanda, Jul 8, 2011.