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Best Nvidia card for WoW

MBH38

MBH38

MBH38

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Hi guys

Been having a lot of issues with my current AMD card (Radeon 7850) whilst playing WoW to the extent that I am looking to buy a replacement and it's going to be a Nvidia one.

Want the best value for my money and hopefully problem free. I can now manage up to £300 but would prefer not to go that high and would like something that would be a little future proof should I decide to play anything else.

Current specs are:

- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 750w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Sandybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Panther CPU Cooler
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Graphics Card: Radeon 7850

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. :)
 
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Thanks for the many responses, didn't mean to start an AMD vrs Nvidia war but at least it made what I thought was going to be a boring thread a little more lively.

The reason I have not gone into any detail about the issue is that for the last couple of years I have tried just about every fix that has been posted on the internet. Trust me I am not just throwing money at something due to some knee jerk reaction.

As Ubersonic stated:

'As for your friends they were lucky, simple as, many AMD users don't have issues but most people who have issues are AMD users. Back in MoP The were widely documented issues with the HD7900 series in WoW causing system lockups (sound would continue working but system would become unresponsive) which took AMD over a year to fix (and to this day they have never acknowledged the issue).'

Exactly this^ !!

There are still posts on the technical forums in regards to this problem, which AMD/Blizzard have chosen to ignore as the small percentage of users it affects does not warrant the expenditure to fix it.

My 7850 is a great card, I can play most games I am interested in at 1080 with a FPS that I am happy with and I did not have this issue with WoW I would not be thinking of replacing it just yet.

I know I would get more bang for my buck with an AMD card but I really don't want to risk the same issue again, once bitten twice shy I guess.

I have been checking my finances and could stretch to £300 but would prefer not to go that high.

The 960 looks a nice card but like many people have stated, it is a little undergeared for the price and not very future proof due to only 2GB ram

I did have a look at the 970 but yet again there seems to be a stutter issue with it whilst playing WoW which makes me reticent about buying one and replacing one issue with another.

So still open to suggestions =)
 
Quartz said:
I've just done a quick Google on your stuttering problem, and it seems that the stutter may be due to the WoD expansion pack and nothing to do with the GPU. See this thread here.
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I don't have the stuttering issue, it's something I have seen reported about the 970 card, however it looks to be a little more widespread than that card.
 
S2KIP said:
If you want Nvidia then I would stretch to the 970, I don't see you encountering any VRAM issues at 1080p with it.
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What flavour would people recommend should I decide to go for a 970?

Lots of brands out there, just wondered if it makes much of a difference?
 
Harlequin said:
the question must be

what IS the issue the OP is having in WOW?
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As Ubersonic stated:

'As for your friends they were lucky, simple as, many AMD users don't have issues but most people who have issues are AMD users. Back in MoP The were widely documented issues with the HD7900 series in WoW causing system lockups (sound would continue working but system would become unresponsive) which took AMD over a year to fix (and to this day they have never acknowledged the issue).'

^
 
Just want to say thanks very much to all the helpful posts made.

However just for the record, I will state again what the issue I am having is.

Back in MoP The were widely documented issues with the HD7900 series in WoW causing system lockups (sound would continue working but system would become unresponsive) which took AMD over a year to fix (and to this day they have never acknowledged the issue). <-----THIS


I have looked into this issue in depth over the last couple of years and the common denominator is the 7850 and similar. I have also tried every fix that has been posted to no avail and I truly believe that the fault lies with my 7850 or the drivers hence the decision to move to Nvidia.

Yes I know there are lots of AMD users that have zero issues with WoW but there are plenty that do and stating that just because a cross section of 'friends' have no problems, means that my card is not to blame is a little naive. As I have stated, I have tried all the fixes available to resolve this with no joy.

However just for the record I would like to state that normally I wouldn't care if my card was AMD or Nvidia as long as it works.

So this isn't a personal crusade against AMD, just a decision made from my personal experience. So no reason for people to turn this thread into world war 3.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Yes it is - if people are "lucky" not to have problems it means by extension people tend to have problems




Yet,you are again deflecting - you and ubersonic seemed terrified when anyone in this thread wants to know what issues the OP has,or even what other hardware they are using.

You can't have a serious conversation when you seemed to be more worried about someone changing their card instead of trying to solve that proble,

You have lost the argument.



So again what are these problems??

Even then if someone asks for a new card - what are the specs of the PC being upgraded??

Oh right,if someone had a single core sempron on a CiT 300W PSU and said what GTX980/R9 295X2 that would not be relevant??

Plus try harder next time - I have a GTX660 and just bought a GTX960 for a mate for a Blender build.

What you don't seem to understand I know LOADs of WoW players usin hardware including what the OP has.

So since I have not heard any problems from them,I wonder what these problems are??

It seems many of you are incredibly defensive about ASKING what the problems are and what the specs of the PC the OP is using.
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Just for the record, have you actually even read any of my posts?

Numerous people have quoted them at you and still you keep rampaging on about how this is an attack against AMD.

I am sorry you missed the specs of my PC, it was in my opening post. . . .
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Have you tried your HD7850 in another PC to see if does the same thing - it could be the card is dying and you can get an RMA/or money towards a new card.

Keep looking on B-grade - there were £200 GTX970 cards yesterday which sold out.



But this is the point - me pushing actually made the OP actually say what issue he had.

Just quite while you are behind - you missed the point. Bahahahahha!
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No, I stated the issue about 3 pages ago. All your 'pushing' has done it is really wish I hadn't actually made this post in the first place.

/facepalm
 
Marine-RX179 said:
MBH38 really sorry you have to see all these. In my opinion, the arguments that people are having due to the clash of opinions on the approach in giving advice and responding to enquiry, rather than a Nvidia vs AMD thing.

To put your situation in a different context, it would be like for someone who own socket 1156 platform with i7 870 CPU making a thread stating he's having problem with the CPU, and for solving the issue he's planning switching to AMD AM3+ platform with x budget.

There would people who would just follow what the OP ask for and give him suggestion for the AMD build, and there will be people who wish to help the OP resolve the problem without the need of spending money first asking "what is the problem you are having with the Intel CPU? Would you like to clarify what problems you are having to see if there's really not solution before tossing money at making the switch in hope of resolving the issue?"

I don't think there's right or wrong in the way responds to someone's enquire for the two approach, but I myself, and probably some others as well believe that majority of the people would prefer fixing problem with no cost over throwing money at the problem, thus why they would like to gather more information to try to help, rather just giving recommendation on making purchase right off the bet base on assumption alone.

If you look back at my posts specifically on the 1st page of this thread, you'd see I asked repetitively to try to get more information on the issues you are having...and it was when and only when you have responded for the first time to give us a clearer understanding on the problems that you are having, that I went ahead and suggested you some possible options on the Nvidia cards.

Considering you issues are the same as those that uber has detailed, then hopefully by switching to Nvidia card would solve them; however had the problem been something else, you (or anyone who who's asking for advicee) might end up in situation of after spending £200 making the switch to Nvidia yet the problems remains, that's why some people would see that as a concern that other are so eagerly recommending the purchase before getting more information from you regarding the problem.

As others have already suggested...it might be a good idea you try your 7850 on another system, or borrow a Nvidia card from someone to test in your system to see if the problem would go away or remain, before blowing £200-£300 on a graphic card.
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I do appreciate all the suggestions, although I do wish I had not added 'issues with AMD' in my opening post :p. . .what a can of worms that opened!!

All I wanted was a little advice on a card, which I now have. I know people want to know exactly what the problem is but as I did say, I have looked into it and tried everything to resolve it. This is my main reason for asking a card related question rather than a totally different question in another forum. :)

I'll be honest, I think http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-166-PC looks like a great bit of kit and even now after my iss.... past experience with AMD I am sorely tempted by it.

The way I look at it is that my GFX card is a couple of years old so I am due an upgrade anyway. Hopefully this will solve any game problems I am experiencing and if it doesn't then at least I know it's not the GFX card to blame :D
 
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