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Help! What Graphics Card do I Need??

hitman

hitman

hitman

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Hi
recently built my first pc with no intention of gaming but am intrigued, and fancy giving Dragon Age: Origins of the Species a go.

I've listed my build below and wonder would it run on my system, or if not which graphics card would people recommend?

Here's my build:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £126.98
(£110.42) £126.98
(£110.42)
Antec P183 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black (No PSU) £113.99
(£99.12) £113.99
(£99.12)
LG CH08LS10 8x Blu-Ray Reader/16x DVD±RW - Black (Retail) £81.98
(£71.29) £81.98
(£71.29)
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £80.99
(£70.43) £80.99
(£70.43)
Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£65.21) £74.99
(£65.21)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £62.99
(£54.77) £62.99
(£54.77)
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA060-1UAN00Z) £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) £26.99
(£23.47) £26.99
(£23.47)
Sub Total : £594.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £91.08
Total : £698.27

Cheers :)
 
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The egg coolers at least are heatpiped and look decent enough, but the shroud ones cool more components on the card I think and dump heat out the back which is quite a good thing
 
Dragon Age is heavily reliant on multiple core's for optimal gameplay, so it's a safe bet to go for the Phenom II 955 :D

Graphics Cards .. well it depends on what resolution you'll be playing at and what types of games you enjoy playing. If you game at 1680 res, then you only need a certain level of graphics card. Personally I'd recommend an HD 4890 Vapor-X as it's cheap for its performace and puts out great speeds. If you want to future proof for DX 11 games then look to either the HD 5770 or 5850 (when they're back in stock and reasonably priced..)
 
No need to worry apparently the egg coolers on the asus are as good if not better than the shroud one on the others.

The egg coolers at least are heatpiped and look decent enough, but the shroud ones cool more components on the card I think and dump heat out the back which is quite a good thing

Mmmmmmm, now I really don't know which to go for!
 
Go for the XFX or wait on the Sapphire coming :) I'm sill not sold on the egg cooler thing.

Both good choices, comes down to money (£15 more for the Sapphire) and do you want to wait?
 
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