Very High Graphics Setting: Who is this for, NASA computers?

yeah... and...?

Wow.. That is going to leave a mark!!

Never mess with facts!!

Your link is actually over a year old and actually useless.. Video game are actually the worst way to benchmark a video card.. Many game makers design their games around one video card maker or another.. You either see the nVidia logo at the start or the ATI logo.. The game engines for those games are streamlined for the respective drivers.. So even if a card has better specs, it will most likely perform worse than the card the game was meant to be played on..

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

This link is current as of todays date.. Not to mention that all the cards are tested using unbiased software.. There is no streamlining here.. So cards that are better will reflect that.. No helpful coding in the engine specifically designed for a specific set of drivers.. Sites that use games to benchmark cards are actually useless.. They don't give an honest representation of the performance of any card.. Good or bad..

Funny.. If you actually read your link none of the new cards from ATI or Nvidia are ever mentioned or in their benchmark listings..

Do you really think the GTX 680 is the current card for Nvidia??

I'm a computer technician. Im A+, Network + and security+ certified. 10+ years of experience.

nVidia and Intel is BEYOND superior to AMD.

AMD is a failure company. I would NEVER EVER EVER buy a product from them.

Second, Im playing on nearly high settings on a 4 year old laptop. And I can set graphics to high and never fall under 10fps.

2.4ghz core2duo, 6GB ram, 5400rpm laptop HDD, nVidia GeForce 9600m GT w/512mb
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=670603

no issues.

Don't buy AMD anything. They fail more often and are not as powerful or as fast as Intel or nVidia products.
They are cheaper though.

That unparking cores thing really helps a lot btw. I would give that a try OP. it increase my FPS by 20 on fleet. It fluctuates from 60 (GTN) to over 100 FPS now. I would also try turning off class symbols and nameplate scaling. Turn off AA in game and us the Nvidia control panel to adjust it.

BLASPHEMY!!!!

My Kepler GPU will kick your ATi into the dirt and then sit on it

That said its important to keep Intel and nVidia on their toes with competition. They are becoming quite arrogant and their prices are becoming rather exorbitant...

Also to the OP, does running Kerbal Space Program qualify my PC as a NASA computer? I mean I run SWTOR on max settings without any hiccups after all...

This game has always ran like crap on new comupters. The closer it is to top of the line the worst this game seems to run, or the more you have to tweek it. It's kinda sad really that we have to do this much work to play a game on a machine that should have little to no issues at all.