looking for a new card

[jonesy99]

im looking for a new card, the only game a really play is world of warcraft. i have a budget off around £340 any ideas most welcome.

cheers

richie

 

[TheRealDeal]

Your full system spec would be a good start. At £340 pound though the 4870x2 is the best card. I don't think you really need to spend this much though to play warcraft.

 

[reflux]

If you only play WoW then any card of around £50 would likely suffice. But as above, the rest of your spec would be helpful.

 

[knightrider.]

£340 just for a card, to play WOW?

Jeez, you could get a 4870X2 for the money, but you don't need any more than a 4870 1GB...

 

[jonesy99]

my system is
intel quad core 2.4 q6600
4gb ram
8800 gtx
vista 64 premium

any thing else u need to know? only asking coz my fps goes down to 30 with with grp and sometimes crashes

 

[DeathTyrant]

What resolution do you play at?

 

[jonesy99]

res 1280-1024

 

[Paddy4929]

im looking for a new card, the only game a really play is world of warcraft. i have a budget off around £340 any ideas most welcome.

cheers

richie

I wouldn't bother spending over £100 if all you play is WoW. No Need.

 

[coupe69]

res 1280-1024

At that res there really is no need to upgrade from what you have already surely

 

[jonesy99]

i think my 8800gtx must be playing up then. i struggle to get over 40fps on max settings

 

[DeathTyrant]

If you are playing at 1280x1024, I don't see why the 8800GTX is not doing the job. It should have no trouble with WoW at all.
But heck, if you want to upgrade, then you could buy an OcUK Value GeForce GTX 260 for just £149.99 inc VAT.

 

[reflux]

There's a similar thread floating about, with has come to the conclusion that WoW is incredibly CPU-limited and needs fast clocks. 3Ghz at least.

 

[coupe69]

There's a similar thread floating about, with has come to the conclusion that WoW is incredibly CPU-limited and needs fast clocks. 3Ghz at least.

yeah I heard this somewhere too, although having never played it I wouldn't know for sure. Looks like it's time for a bit of oc'ing

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Trust me, its true. I provided some evidance on this previously. At the moment it only tries to max core 1, but uses core2. In cities etc there is very high cpu usage on core1, almost full, and more than half of core2, even on my Q6600 at 3.2. Get an overclock up to 3Ghz and you should see an immediate improvement, as the GTX is still decent. As you are running low res the extra cpu grunt should be even more apparent. Due to the age of the engine, it is quite likely it offloads some graphic work to the cpu that would be done by gpu for higher efficiency now, ie geometry. Despite the upgrades the oldest sections of the game engine will be circa 2001-2003, which is an age in pc/engine design.

 

[sketch145]

definitely OCing time by the looksof things, the 8800gtx is still a decent card, and more than capable of Wow.

 

[psychas]

4870x2 close thread tbh

 

[eyetrip]

4870x2 close thread tbh

Just for WoW?

 

[rounddodger]

Just get a 9800GTX+/GTS250 or a 4850.