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Would this card run CoD:Mw2?

Garyj881 said:
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I wouldn't call any of those close but....

We could go on forever, the op wants a graphics card to play MW:2, you say that it plays fine, op buy your self a 8800GT with your £100 budget, I still stand by with the comments I made :p
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I'm arguing against the people saying it flat out won't run it past 1024x768, which is completely untrue. We could go on forever, or I could post a video to prove my point :p


I still say he buys a 4870/4890 or 5770 if buying new.
 
Garyj881 said:
Interesting you saying that, I did check Toms GFX chart prior to that post, the difference on their webiste was minimal (2-3 fps at 1920 res) only one game that used the extra ram was Fallout 2. :)
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What games was this chart made with? I don't know about MW2 but when i got a 4870 512 back in the day, i got it for Crysis and it was crap. I wanted to run it on my TV, so at a res of around 1360 by 740 or something, nothing major, no AA and enthusiast settings with DX10. It was ok at the start, getting around 20fps but then the game started getting a lot more demanding with all the action go on. There'd be an explosion and it'd be like watching a slide show, i was really disappointed because my mate had a gig version and ran the game flawlessly on the same settings at around 20-40 fps with 4x AA.
 
My old 8800GT could run through the SP of the original MW at 2048x with 4x AA all max settings ingame and the worst framerate was 40fps... most of the time hovering between 55 and 80... however my 260GTX SLI pushes out something like 230fps minimum with the same settings heh.

So at lower resolutions I'd say it was fine for MW2 tho MP you'd prolly have to drop detail settings down a bit to keep a nice smooth framerate... but most people go for ugly settings in MP anyhow to get best visibility.
 
Runs fine here at 80fps with x2aa at 1920x1200 and a wee overclock on the card.

Nice when "old" cards can still cut it.

Get better if you can stretch but it will run fine.
 
I had an 8800gts 512 and it used to cack itself running through smoke in mw1. That was only at 1680x1050. Mw2 is more demanding as far as i can tell.

Your best bet with 100 quid to spend is to find a second hand 260 or 4870 for 60-70 and have done with it.
 
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the 9800GTX+ does indeed like to crap all over itself when encountering smoke in mw1. still more than playable though
 
Tbh if you have the money to do it then i would say get the best card you can afford after all its better to have a card that will play what you want for a time to come than a card that is going to stuggle a bit with newer games.

my opinion is get a 4870 are gd cards and will give you a bit more head room with future games
 
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Garyj881 said:
Take a look http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/compare,1535.html?prod[2834]=on&prod[2869]=on



Same here! Thats why I tried telling the op to buy better than the 8800GT. The card was fine most of the time.
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Well i don't know all the ins and outs of graphics cards but the games on that list don't seem to be that graphically challenging. I reckon the card would handle older games, no problem, but games like Crysis i know from experience the card struggles with. I didn't think the extra 512mb of memory made a lot of difference before i got one too but it does. I'm just trying to make sure OP isn't disappointed.
 
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