x800 GTO AGP widescreen (1800 x 1085)

On 9 Jul 2007 09:48:43 +0200, Uwe Schürkamp >
wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I'm considering getting a 22' widescreen monitor (resolution is 1800 x
>10something), and I was wondering wether my X800 GTO would run such a
>resolution without problems. Right now, I'm on 1280 x 1024 @ 32bpp 19"
>CRT monitor at get around 80-100fps on most rFactor tracks in DX8. As I
>want to avoid going PCIe for now (that would entail a new mobo, cpu, gpu
>and the likes), it'd be great to hear from folks who run a widescreen
>setup on a similar card (NV 6800GT or the likes).
>
>All the best & thanks in advance, uwe

When running at such a high res it's preferable to have a video card
with 512mb or more of ram. A friend of mine just got a widescreen LCD
today and on his X1650 with 512mb ram the one game we tried so far ran
fine. Most new LCD's scale down to lower widescreen resolutions fine
anway so it's not like you are forced to run at the native res, or
even at a widescreen res. Of course native res is optimal for
sharpness but it isn't absolutely critical for games.