GPU for a friend

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 17:42

Hiya guys my friend is looking for a new Graphics card to go with his FX 4100 bulldozer processor, he's looking around 200-300 pounds what do you suggest?

He plays WOW at 1920x1080 and is looking for a card to run ULTRA 40 FPS +

Ur round next · 30 Jan 2012 at 17:49

The new 7950,s for a few extra quid bit more future proof

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 17:51

500Watt power supply also.

dave_beast · 30 Jan 2012 at 17:57

What make 500w PSU?
If it's reputable it'll be perfectly fine for 7950

Martini1991 · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:12

6970.

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:16

Which 6970 though?

Martini1991 · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:39

Masterdeadly said:
Which 6970 though?

Cheapest really.

dave_beast · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:51

WHAT MAKE PSU does your friend have, this is important....

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:09

He will get back to me soon.

dave_beast · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:12

Cool, if it's a cheapo one then would advise that he upgrades that before anything else.

Deehjay · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:22

No point spending all that money on a card if strictly speaking he only plays WoW, my GTX 560 runs WoW on Ultra and 4x AA with a constant 60fps (V-sync on) and 70-100 FPS with V-sync off.

Nymins · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:32

WoW is much more CPU dependant than GPU, so if that's all he plays, then he could save a few quid and go for a mid-range card.

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:54

Deehjay said:
No point spending all that money on a card if strictly speaking he only plays WoW, my GTX 560 runs WoW on Ultra and 4x AA with a constant 60fps (V-sync on) and 70-100 FPS with V-sync off.

I don't believe you, I have a 1gb 6950 and with everyone Ultra with 4AA I get 60 constant in most area's but not orgimmar or stormwind so please justify

Martini1991 · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:56

Masterdeadly said:
I don't believe you, I have a 1gb 6950 and with everyone Ultra with 4AA I get 60 constant in most area's but not orgimmar or stormwind so please justify

GPU won't change it.
If he does, it's CPU.

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 22:02

Well he just said to me he'll plan to play Battlefield 3 and Portal 2 etc. So if I was to go from a AMD 955 3.2Ghz to a I5 2500K 4.4Ghz I'd see a massive increase on WOW? if so I'm upgrading to Sandybridge.

Martini1991 · 30 Jan 2012 at 22:06

Masterdeadly said:
Well he just said to me he'll plan to play Battlefield 3 and Portal 2 etc. So if I was to go from a AMD 955 3.2Ghz to a I5 2500K 4.4Ghz I'd see a massive increase on WOW? if so I'm upgrading to Sandybridge.

I don't know.
I'd assume so.
But an i5 2500k to play WoW is stupid

Masterdeadly · 30 Jan 2012 at 22:08

Why is a I5 2500K stupid to play WoW?

Marine-RX179 · 30 Jan 2012 at 22:43

People will ALWAYS need to upgrade their CPU if they want better frame rate for WOW, thanks to it being pretty much a single-threaded game. And no...for someone that play WOW (or other mmos that use less than 4 cores) a lot, the i5 2500K is definitely worth it.

Masterdeadly · 31 Jan 2012 at 07:39

What sort of improvement would I see from a AMD 955 (stock) to a i5 2500k at 4.4

Nymins · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:17

You would see an improvement, but I echo the above comment about it not being worth it just for WoW. Tone down some of the details (shadows particularly).