Cheapest Graphics Card for WoW

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What would you say is the cheapest graphics solution for play World of Warcraft. Girlfriend needs an upgrade from her Geforce 3 and wants to play Wow.

Been looking at a Radeon 9550 - any good?
 
GF3 should be fine, it all depends what detail/res you want to play in? Also what are the rest of the system specs?

I play at work on intel GMA900 graphics at lowest details, 1024x768. I average around 22FPS, but still its very playable.

edit - in a RAID it would be appauling don't forget :D
 
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Get a 6600GT for about £60 off the members market, not the very cheapest way to do it but i think it'll serve you better than something half the price that just about scrapes the minimum spec.
 
Rest of the machine specs are:

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1024MB PC3200 DDR

I've got to replace the GF3 for other games anyway, so the 6600GT sounds attractive, but she is demanding (!) a new card. So, the MM is not an option but new 6600GT's still cost a bit more than I'm willing to spend.

The Radeon 9550's are cheap but are fully DX9 compatible and I was hoping that it would offer both high frame rates with most of the gfx options turned on.
 
6600GT plays it wonderfully, even with 4x AA and 16x AF. can hardly tell the diff between the 6600GT and the 7800GT in my main machine tbh :)
 
The 9550 will struggle on that spec imo.

My wife used to have;

P4 3.0Ghz
2GB RAM
6600GT

Frame rates were ok but noticeable slowdown with lots of people on screen (i.e; a raid).
1280x1024 max details no AA/AF.

If you do go for the 9550, get more ram too. Personally I wouldn't find it enough of a boost. Look for 9800Pro's/9700Pro's.

Get her out of the idea of having a new card.
 
el cheapo but good power for WOW = GF4Ti 4400, usually about £20 / £25

good enough to play all modern games is 9800pro £40/£50

i wouldnt bother with a 6600GT as you can get a 6800LE for the same price and it will perform a lot better.
 
If you really want a new card a 9550 should be fine (just don't get the SE version as this really is appalling!)

I built a cheap PC around an A64 3200+/1GB ram and an X550 and that runs World Of Warcraft without breaking into a sweat - it's not all that demanding!
 
My mate plays serious pvp wow on a 64mb GF4ti 4200, they can be had for 15-20 quid. But i think a 9800Pro would be your best bang for buck, as you can play it maxed out at 1280x1024 with one of those.
 
Neolink said:
6600GT plays it wonderfully, even with 4x AA and 16x AF. can hardly tell the diff between the 6600GT and the 7800GT in my main machine tbh :)
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You'll see the difference between the 6600GT and 7800GT in raid instances with 40 people nuking some mob/boss :P
 
chimaera said:
Get a 6600GT for about £60 off the members market, not the very cheapest way to do it but i think it'll serve you better than something half the price that just about scrapes the minimum spec.
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Yep, this is the best option in my opinion. A 6600GT will let you enjoy the game with decent eye candy to boot.

Very underrated cards ;)
 
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