Games that run on 256Mb 8600M GT? 1680x1050 native res

Hi,
Don't know if this is posted elsehwere(sorry-noob here, and haven't figured out search yet) but, was specifically wondering what games run good on a Dell 1520/8600M GT 256MB/WSXGA 1680x1050?

Actually ordered the 1520 because I tried running DiRT on my e1505 with an Intel T7200/2GB RAM/ ATI X1400 256 shared/WSXGA 1680x1050,and it ain't happenin

 

Youll run every game there is out right now.

For new games tho you have to run on medium. But for older games you can run high. Games like bioshock will be good on medium and games like bf2 will be good on high.

 

bioshock runs on high at lower resolution.

heres a little trick, if u have a TV thats 720 or 480 run it on that. it will look better at lower res and u can easly play it.

 

o.k. Thanks for the info ppl!:smile:
So I assume DiRT will run good?
I really really wanna run that game and it stinks that I bought it before realizing my e105 wouldn't handle it.
Love 1680x 1050 too!
As a side note, read on here somewhere that with 1680x1050, AA isn't neccessary?
AA has always confused me, so any clarification about AA would be extremely helpful!!

 

simply put anti aliasing removes the distortion produced when a high res format is displayed in a low resolution. So when you higher the resolution the "jaggies" and rough edges caused by the low resolution are reduced so AA is no longer needed as much and if you put the resolution high enough to where it virtually gone no need for AA.

 

Nice explanation :smile:

Thx

 

No prob, thanks for the rep.

 

I dont think you can play DiRT at 1680*1050

I tried at 1280*800 at high and it wasnt smooth at all, had about 10fps

Vostro 1500 /w 8600GT btw

 

uhoh-

Did you get it to run at any res?

 

Let me comment on two things I have read here.

First, in terms of high resolution + AA you don't really need to have AA on, especially with a small screen 1680 x 1050 on a 15.4" screen has a very small pixel pitch, meaning the pixels are small. As a result of this, the jaggedies are small so you can barely notice them. On a 22" screen with 1680 x 1050 resolution, it is somewhat of a different story. Because of the higher pixel pitch, one can expect that a little AA won't hurt so much because the jaggedies will appear bigger.

Second, I don't know that DiRT will run at 1680 x 1050. You may be better bumping down to 1280 x 800, you should be able to run that fine. 1680 x 1050 is tough for demanding games like DiRT. Best thing to do with any game is to try it out and tweak the setting until you optimize FPS and looks.

Hope that helps a bit.

 

yep

you probably can't run dirt smooth on high at 1680x1050

the 8600gt has a 128bit bus and its performance scaling is very poor as resolution is increased aa is tacked on

 

Every game ( not counting Bioshock and farcry) has run fine at high and that res. I do, however, have 512 vram

 

okey doke

Just waitin on Dell now

 

Silly dell, crap is for pigs

 

Lol. Not a fan of dell myself. Bad experiences...the horror....THE HORROR!

 

lol
wouldn't have gone Dell, but years ago they were silly enough to give me a revolving credit account, and it's burnin a hole in my pocket!

 

I swore off dell when the sold me that my brothers computer was fried due to a virus, and not the sparking Hard Drive

 

Stalker plays at 1680x1050 with static lighting pretty easily as does far cry,R6Vegas doesn't,even with minimum settings,in fact I can't get anywhere near that resolution with playable settings,standard default goes to 800x600 and there are not a lot of settings you can reduce in this game,I still think this is the most poorly coded game yet as it doesn't even look that good IMO

 

ahh thx-
more games
good to know which games wiil and won't
thx again

:smile:

 

this thread helped me quite alot....

thx from my part

 

xxlb,
Nice shipping dates for your 1520! :smile:

 

Just an FYI

Suhweeeet!!! This 256Mb 8600M GT can even handle the Bioshock demo!! Ran it with the newest driver,with the modded .inf from lv2g.:GEEK:
Here's the specs on my machine and gpu-

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz (1994 MHz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista
DirectX version: 10.0
GPU processor: GeForce 8600M GT
ForceWare version: 163.44
Total available graphics memory: 1023 MB
Dedicated video memory: 256 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 767 MB
Video BIOS version: 60.84.50.00.02
IRQ: 16
Bus: PCI Express x16


Runs good for me

 

Good to hear

 

post some screens man! What settings are you using in bioshock? What FPS u get?

 

umm,
Noob here! Don't know all the techy stuff, like frames per second,etc. and had a hard time getting these shots. When I changed from default res to 1680x1050 there was some stuttering. To get these shots I had to lower resolution and go windowed mode. But running it from initial setup with no changes to res, just switched the controller to x-box, it worked fine.

 

You didn't run it at 437x336.

 

I hate high detail post processing in bioshock cus it makes it so hard to see enemies that are firing at you.

 

Playing at higher resolutions takes more toll on the GPU compared to playing at a lower resolution with 2x or 4x AA. I play most of my games at 1280x800 with 2x AA and my screen has a 1680x1050 native resolution. Jaggies are hardly noticable. I couldn't see the difference between 2x and 4x AA, except for the decrease in performance. I'm gussing playing at 1440x900 with 2x AA on an 8600M GT should be more than enough eye-candy.

 

thx,
will try that!!!!
with the modded 163.44 driver it worked good from setup-but yup-I'll give your res a shot!:smile:

 

Have you tried Dirt? I have trouble running (the demo) medium 1440x900 native res on my go 7900 gs 256 mb.

 

yup-
Glad ya asked!!! This was THE game that caused me to buy my new lappy, (see my sig), cuz it wouldn't run on my e1505 ATI x1400 256 Mb shared.
DiRT acts like it's gonna freeze, but once it starts, it works fine!!!!!! Didn't change the default res tho