Graphics card help: GeForce GTS 450 or other suggestions?
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Bakuryu,
Posted on: 2011-02-17 15:38 in Player Questions
Might get more responses in the tech issues forum, hardware is more their thing. And it's not just card, but also card manufacturer
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In the sub $150 price bracket there's the nVidia GTS 450 and the ATI HD 5770. In a cross section of games, the HD 5770 is generally 10-15% faster. In this game, don't know.
They each are rated at around 100-110 watts max so no difference there. According to the specs you linked to you have a 400 watt PSU so that shouldn't be a problem.
Since we don't know what you have already for graphics, unless you are saying that you are relying on the integrated video that comes with the i5-650, in which case this will be way better.
Still you won't be able to crank UM settings to the max but you should be able to find some reasonably acceptable combination of pretty and frame rate.
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Whoops, I thought this was the right forum for this. =x In any case, I really appreciate the replies guys.
Apologies if I wasn't clear enough on what I was looking at. I was specificially looking at the nVidia GeForce GTS-450. I believe it's the same card that Father Xmas referred to. My buddy linked me to this page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125342
Also, yes, I'm running with an on-board graphics card that came with the computer when I bought it.
So the ATI HD 5770 on average puts out better performance than the nVidia GTS 450 and is in the same price range? I'll have to check into that, thanks.
I'll be happy even if I can't run all the Ultra Mode stuff maxed out. I would certainly like some nicer graphics than what I've got going on right now, but above all else I priorizite a smooth framerate. =)
Thanks for the help thus far and any further input!
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how much would one look to spend to practically max out UM?
what would be the next step up in performance than the cards father xmas mentioned?
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Rankings based on chart from TechPowerUP (GTS 450 = 100) at 1920x1200 with AA across multiple games.
Price is lowest clock model of from either XFX or eVGA
GTS 450 - 100 - $140
HD 5770 - 120 - $135
GTX 460 - 165 (1GB model, 720MHz clock) - $200
HD 6850 - 167 - $180
HD 6870 - 194 - $225
GTX 560 TI - 204 - $250
HD 6950 - 220 - $265 for 1GB, $300 for 2GB
GTX 570 - 237 - $345
HD 6970 - 245 - $365
This should give you an idea.
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Hey there folks.
I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card to run CoX's newer textures at a smoother framerate (those new warehouse maps slow my framerate to a crawl) as well as to run a few games that I'm simply unable to run currently. I'd like to be able to run fairly smooth with at least some of the more modest ultra mode options turned on if possible. I'm looking to spend no more than $150 on this.
I should note that I really have no idea where to begin as I've never upgraded anything on a computer before. Thankfully, a friend of mine suggested a card to me after I told him my price range and I wanted to asj if anyone has any experience with the GeForce GTS 450? My understanding is that I have a PCI-E 2.0 slot so I should be good with this card.
Given my general ineptitude for this sort of thing, I'll simply link to the computer's specs / connectivity options here: http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/asu...-33964723.html
I haven't messed with the computer, so all of those out-of-box specs should apply.
If anyone can relay experiences on how the GTS 450 runs CoX or simply has other suggestions (either in general or for other cards to consider) for me as an upgrading n00blet, I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance!
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