help me choose

My mobo is an Asus P5N-E SLI nForce® 650i SLI

has anyone heard of someone not being able to run an ATI card on an nforce mobo ?

some of the reviews of those ati cards in the above links had people saying their cards would not work with older nforce boards.

any advice ?

I really want the 5770 with the after market fan/cooler but I may just go with another Nvidia card like an 9800 GTX to be safe unless you guys tell me otherwise.

Thank you/karma for any replies

Last edited by prototype (2010-02-14 16:09:35)

2010-02-14 16:11:47

#32

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6389|Carnoustie MASSIF

prototype wrote:
My mobo is an Asus P5N-E SLI nForce® 650i SLI

has anyone heard of someone not being able to run an ATI card on an nforce mobo ?

some of the reviews of those ati cards in the above links had people saying their cards would not work with older nforce boards.

any advice ?

I really want the 5770 with the after market fan/cooler but I may just go with another Nvidia card like an 9800 GTX to be safe unless you guys tell me otherwise.

Thank you/karma for any replies

I'm running a 4670 on an Nforce Mobo, no problems here

2010-02-14 17:01:29

#33

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

ati cards will run fine on that mobo. Just remember that this mobo is terrible for overclocking the CPU.

/me is speaking from experience here

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2010-02-14 17:16:22

#34

SealXo: Member; +309|6795

new update

vapor 5770 runs crysis on all high never lagged

2010-02-15 02:12:37

#35

Mugen: Member; +19|6258

SealXo wrote:
new update

vapor 5770 runs crysis on all high never lagged

maybe on 1280x1024...

2010-02-15 04:21:37

#36

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6673|Finland

Fun fact, even HD 5870 experiences slowdowns in original Crysis at very high 1680x1050. Game jsut doesn't run too good on ATi. Warhead runs much better, but can't say it runs well at max.

If you think it runs smooth as butter at 30fps... thats your opinion. You clearly haven't seen it run at 60fps then.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2010-02-15 04:22:18)

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2010-02-15 05:02:31

#37

FloppY_: +1,010|6545|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Mugen wrote:
SealXo wrote:
new update

vapor 5770 runs crysis on all high never lagged
maybe on 1280x1024...

He said "high" not "ultra high"

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-02-15 06:56:54

#38

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Fun fact, even HD 5870 experiences slowdowns in original Crysis at very high 1680x1050. Game jsut doesn't run too good on ATi. Warhead runs much better, but can't say it runs well at max.

If you think it runs smooth as butter at 30fps... thats your opinion. You clearly haven't seen it run at 60fps then.

I can't stand playing Crysis.. I have to stick everything on low and 1024x768 to get a decent FPS (read: over 60) and it looks terrible then.. if I put everything on max at 1280x1024 I get around 28 fps.. looks better, but is completely unplayable.

2010-02-15 14:24:35

#39

prototype: Member; +52|6570

I dont care about playing crysis, the games I play are

BF2
BF2142
L4D
L4D2
COD 4 and 5
CS:S

I would like to try playing GTA4 and Modern Warfare 2

My native screen resolution is 1680x1050

thanks again for all the replies

2010-02-15 14:47:12

#40

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

That'll all run fine.. GTA IV.. so long as you have a good CPU

2010-02-15 21:47:23

#41

prototype: Member; +52|6570

Finray wrote:
That'll all run fine.. GTA IV.. so long as you have a good CPU

mine is Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6550

good enough ?

2010-02-16 04:14:42

#42

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6698|Brisbane, Australia

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Fun fact, even HD 5870 experiences slowdowns in original Crysis at very high 1680x1050. Game jsut doesn't run too good on ATi. Warhead runs much better, but can't say it runs well at max.

If you think it runs smooth as butter at 30fps... thats your opinion. You clearly haven't seen it run at 60fps then.

lol yeh.

Imagine my face when I put in my brand new $550AU 5870 and it STILL CANT RUN CRYSIS.

I did lol a little.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2010-02-16 07:14:16

#43

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

prototype wrote:
Finray wrote:
That'll all run fine.. GTA IV.. so long as you have a good CPU
mine is Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6550

good enough ?

It'll run, but not as good as on a console.

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prototype wrote:

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SealXo wrote:

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Finray wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

prototype wrote:

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