what card for WoW?

[Droolinggimp]

Oki think I will be looking to buy a new card soon. I only play WoW and the odd other game that are not heavy on graphics. Currently I am using the GT 440. Well not actually not using as I can't get it to work with you windows 8.

I'm on a cheap.budget so please bare that in mind. So what card would you guys recommend?

 

[Droolinggimp]

I have a gigabyte M68MT-S2 motherboard, 4gb ram and amd dualcore cpu of some sort. It was a primo budget system from ocuk. The Gt440 gave me high and some ultra settings on wow. Budget around £80 max

Edit : "Primo 6100a" AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz DDR3 Dual Core System

Why You Should Buy This System?
- AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz (Socket FM1) offers multitasking performance.
- 8 Hours stressed tested and quality controlled
- 500GB Western Digital hard drive gives a solid and reliable storage capacity.
- 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM allows for snappy and precise processes to be made.
- All systems with an Windows 7 selected ship out with a pre-installed 180 day trial of Panda Antivirus 2012. Not compatible with Windows 8.

System Specification
- Case: IMP microATX case - Black
- Power Supply: OcUK Value 500W PSU
- CPU: AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz (Socket FM1)
- Motherboard: MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: Teamgroup 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
- Graphics Card: Integrated HD 6410D Graphic
- Sound: ALC662 6-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter


I have been running wow in 1920x1080 on a Samsung syncmaster LD220

 

[Droolinggimp]

Thanks for the tips and advice guys. I found the 440 I used was adequate for my needs. So what card would be equal to this or better for the same price now? I will be doing a CPU upgrade in the next few months anyway.

 

[Droolinggimp]

Is there any particular reason why your current card wont work in Windows 8? Maybe start a thread on that, and try and get your current card working. If your on a budget i cant think of a cheaper way of solving your problem.

I did start a thread on my current card. Its something to do with the new drivers from nvidia. The craphics are all corrupt in windows 8 I didnt even try to load up WoW or anything else as the screen was pretty impossible to read.

I have tried rolling bak drivers but nothing happens. I used driver sweeper (iirc) to remove all traces of the cards drivers but it cleaned out my onborad gforece drivers and had to install thoses again. Its a real pain as the card is fine and works fine in W7. I have googled lots about the known issues and nothing is coming up to fix it.

And if he only plays one game?

Thats true. I do only play one game really. I do dabble in Simcity4 and a few others but not as much as WoW. I purchased the GT440 purely to play WoW last year as I found out it was sufficient to wows needs and mine. The on board didnt do anything.