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trowand · 12-06-2007, 10:22 PM

I've just spent some time playing Crysis, Call of Duty 4 and Oblivion all at 1920x1200 with settings on high. All I can muster is HOLY COW! I can't believe how much this card rocks! When I played Crysis with my X1950Pro, I had to use medium settings for things to be smooth. I could set some settings to high but it would slow down greatly. With this 8800GT OC2, I chose "Optimal Settings" in the options and it set everything to "High"! Awesome! I really couldn't believe it. This game is completely different at high settings. Honest to God, I've never seen a game that varies so much with different quality settings. With things set to low-medium the game honestly looks bad. I think that Far Cry looks better but when you jump up to high settings the game gets so incredibly different. The detail and realistic water, plants and lighting are insane.

Call of Duty 4 played well on my previous card but it's still much smoother and faster now on the 8800. Details look finer.

Oblivion while it is an older game looks fantastic. It really is gorgeous. I seriously give this card a 9.9 out of 10. Unfortunately like I said earlier, I got severely ripped off on the price which sucks but this card is insanely awesome. I'm thrilled!

12-06-2007, 10:22 PM	#6
trowand Member (9 bit) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South New Jersey Posts: 505	Wow!!! I've just spent some time playing Crysis, Call of Duty 4 and Oblivion all at 1920x1200 with settings on high. All I can muster is HOLY COW! I can't believe how much this card rocks! When I played Crysis with my X1950Pro, I had to use medium settings for things to be smooth. I could set some settings to high but it would slow down greatly. With this 8800GT OC2, I chose "Optimal Settings" in the options and it set everything to "High"! Awesome! I really couldn't believe it. This game is completely different at high settings. Honest to God, I've never seen a game that varies so much with different quality settings. With things set to low-medium the game honestly looks bad. I think that Far Cry looks better but when you jump up to high settings the game gets so incredibly different. The detail and realistic water, plants and lighting are insane. Call of Duty 4 played well on my previous card but it's still much smoother and faster now on the 8800. Details look finer. Oblivion while it is an older game looks fantastic. It really is gorgeous. I seriously give this card a 9.9 out of 10. Unfortunately like I said earlier, I got severely ripped off on the price which sucks but this card is insanely awesome. I'm thrilled!