How much graphics processing power do you have?

[Pedro Russo]

I have a Radeon HD4850... *weeps*

...

Still, it works fine, played AC:R, DE:HR, Skyrim and most current gen games (well, all the ones I've got) with it without any graphical hitches.

I had one of those up until very recently and it was the best card cost/performance wise I ever had. But I got my hand on BattleField 3 and the Witcher 2 which made think 4 years is a good run for a gfx card( got mine in 2008) and I got a HD7950.

Pretty happy with it thus far!

My little bro will get the older one.

 

[Danzavare]

Not enough. (I can't run the first Portal properly) I own a cheap laptop. I'd love to get a new desktop in time for Guild Wars 2 but I fear my budget cannot allow it. D:

In the meantime my 360 keeps me going. I got it the first day it came out and to this day I can still play new games without a hassle, that's good enough for me~! (and more importantly, my wallet)

 

[Wolfram23]

This is everything there is to know about my computer:
http://wolframpc.blogspot.ca/2012/01/evolution-of-pc-enthusiasts-addiction.html
http://wolframpc.blogspot.ca/2012/01/evolution-of-pc-enthusiasts-addiction_28.html

However, to answer the question, I have a pair of 5850s overclocked to 5870 performance. It's roughly in the 7970/680 performance area depending on game/benchmark, generally just shy of that performance. Definitely no need to upgrade for at least another generation since I'm running all games at maxed out settings at 1080p including Witcher 2 with Ubersampling.

If you feel like friendly benchmarking, there's a series of benchmarking threads going on at Tom's Hardware.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/347472-33-unigine-engine-heaven-basic
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/349133-33-cinebench-bench-thread
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/349163-33-3dmark-vantage-scores-thread-benchmark-thread

These are my Unigene results using the Tom's benchmark presets:

P8458 in 3DMark 11
P28260 in 3DMark Vantage

Pretty decent results for a 2 year old PC.

 

[EvilMaggot]

i got a GTX570 with a pwetty cooler on it 8) bought it i think 1½ year ago.. not sure.. but it looks like this

Spoiler

i just felt like i need a upgrade since my old GTX260 had a bit trouble with GTAIV at the time but managed to do it fine but when i heard D3, BF3, Skyrim was soon to come along i clearly thought i needed an upgrade and this one has held on pretty good so far

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I have the 3GB version of the GTX580, and I like it a lot. It runs almost everything maxed out, even in 3D.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Single Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 ti

Not the most advanced setup as the OP shows, but I have yet to play any game I could not run on at least mid level graphics, Crysis series included. Since I primarily play games for the story line and/or gameplay enjoyment rather than to be impressed by pixel count, that's all I ask.

(Well, that's not quite true, I had to cut back on the juice when playing "The Bard's Tale" recently, but the game is old enough I was lucky it would play at all on Win 7.)

Got the same here. Plenty sufficient for running anything I want it to, and nicely cheap while it's there.

 

[DEAD34345]

Intel Q35 Express Family (integrated).

I win, right?

Right!?

I can play Morrowind, albeit with some annoying graphical glitches.

 

[Agayek]

I'm running a GTX580 to do all the graphics processing, and I've got an old GTX295 hooked up that does all my PhysX calculations. Works fairly well thus far.

 

[Sexy Devil]

We all know how vital graphics are in games, and that's why its sad to see that consoles are still stuck will graphics from well over half a decade ago. PCs however, are going stronger than ever. Framerates are through the roof on some of the most demanding games games on ultra settings with the latest 28nm GPUs. Some of us however are taking this opportunity to snatch bargains on previous 40nm chips and make use of SLI/Crossfire Technology. I'll go first:

Spoiler: Single GPU owners, eat your heart out

You're looking at two Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Overclocked V2 cards

Spoiler: Heaven DX11 Benchmark 3.0 Max settings

In Laymen's terms, this basically means there is enough graphics processing power to move a mountain, and both cards together out perform a single HD7970 or GTX 680 and are cheaper than either card too.

But enough from me. Escapists, what do you use to run your games?

8( I've only got one underclocked GTX 570. I feel like I'd need liquid cooling if I tried to put it over the edge and I just generally don't trust myself with liquids near electronics.

But holy shit those are some beastly fans.

 

[Jowe]

Well I had GTX 480 Sli, but I took one of them out cause I just didn't need it, I felt like it would be more energy efficient to go with one of them for now.

Look at me saving the environment and that

 

[Gabanuka]

Um, I have no freaking clue. A good one?

 

[Lunar Templar]

no idea, but it keeps running every thing i throw at it so I'm happy

 

[BENZOOKA]

ASUS P6X58D-E (LGA1366)
Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz (OC'd to 3.8)
ASUS VG236 (1920x1080@120Hz) + LG 24" 60Hz
...

Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB
Planning to get another one if I manage to bump into a pile of money

 

[TitanAtlas]

My dektop broke so i'm stuck with a laptop....

...wich can't even run minecraft...

 

[Arina Love]

Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz + 3 GB ram + 8800GTS (320mb)and don't need any more power because i don't play single player games on my PC only MMORPGs and i can run and play Aion and SWTOR just fine.

Powered by Unigine Engine
Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic
FPS:
15.1
Scores:
381
Min FPS:
5.5
Max FPS:
36.9

 

[Antari]

hahahaha....Men

always comparing the size of their [i/]"graphics cards"[/i]

What? *Looks guilty*

Ohhhhh graphics cards.... phew I thought you were talking about something else.

what else could I possibly mean?

About 6 to 7 times what I would need if game programmers were given enough time to optimize code properly.

so what your saying is its to big for most to handle

All cards are wild overkill for what would actually be needed if software was made properly these days.

But otherwise yes, my computer is one big electronic phallus. It makes power companies giddy with excitement.

 

[thylasos]

Whatever you get on a fairly bog standard 2006 laptop.

Not much. But then, I can't afford new games anyway, so I'm free to continue playing Alpha Centauri.

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

Well, this will be my rig.

Rosewill Future Gaming Case
Antec 650 Earth Watt PSU
Samsung Seagate 500GB 7200 RPm hard drive
i5 2500k
LG DVD Burner
Asrock Extreme 3 Intel Motherboard
sapphire 2GB Radeon 7850

That should give every game released a run for its money.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I have a shitty 8800GTS512. Amazing to see how many games still run smoothly under it.

The 8800 model chipsets are possibly the most robust chipsets nVidia ever made (which is a bit surprising considering the rest of the 8000 series is cack).

ATI's 4870 is similar in the same way... hell you can even run most modern games on above-average settings with a pair of 3870s in crossfire.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

All cards are wild overkill for what would actually be needed if software was made properly these days.

You mean if Direct X wasn't such an unwieldy piece of shit or developers were allowed to skip using it and program to the cards directly?