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Danny091

Danny091

Danny091

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Hey, i've currently got a MSI GTX 460 1GB HAWK. I've been playing the Tera beta over the weekend and I noticed it was running at 100% giving me frame rates between 30 and 40 on the setting just below the best graphics at a resolution of 1680x1050. My processor was hovering around the 20-30% mark. I'm also looking at getting one of these soon http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-043-BQ (BenQ 120Hz although I don't want it for the 3D just for the 120Hz) Which will have a larger resolution. As i'm expecting tera to be my main game i'm thinking of upgrading my 460 but with all the choice there is at the moment i'm lost. I don't care between ATI or Nvidia i have about £300 for the card.

Other spec's:
I7 950 @ 4ghz
6GB corsair RAM
Asus sabertooth tuf x58 motherboard
Corsair 750 watt power supply

All help will be appreciated. Oh and tera is based on the unreal 3 engine if that helps.

Thanks :)
 
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Sorry to bump my own thread. I'm still in the same situation want to upgrade from my 460 HAWK but no idea what would be worth it without spending too much. Was thinking something more like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-152-GW now. Help would be appreciated. I could stretch to a 680 if i needed too but for playing tera (unreal engine 3 game) i feel it would be wasted money.

Main reason for this upgrade is going from 1680x1050 to 1920x1080 120HZ. Tera is my main game now and i would like to be-able to run it on good frame rates for my monitor.
 
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Danny091 said:
Sorry to bump my own thread. I'm still in the same situation want to upgrade from my 460 HAWK but no idea what would be worth it without spending too much. Was thinking something more like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-152-GW now. Help would be appreciated. I could stretch to a 680 if i needed too but for playing tera (unreal engine 3 game) i feel it would be wasted money.

Main reason for this upgrade is going from 1680x1050 to 1920x1080 120HZ. Tera is my main game now and i would like to be-able to run it on good frame rates for my monitor.
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Personally I would go for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

Rather than the gainward, it runs a lot cooler and quieter because of the twin frozr III.

I'm tempted to order the gtx 570 myself to replace my aging 4870.
 
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