Upgrading Videocard, 4890?

[saymyname]

Here's what I currently have:

GA-965P-DS3
2 GB memory
x1900xt
E6400
550W PSU

I haven't been keeping up to date but will I be limited by my CPU with one of these newer cards?

I mostly play WoW on a 24" monitor (1920x1200). It might not be the most demanding game but I like to play at the highest settings possible.

How is noise?

Any thoughts or am I good to go?

 

[SunnyD]

For WoW (lol) I think most people recommend NVIDIA cards for some reason or other. You'd be fine with a GTX260 and saving the money in difference. Hell, if you're satisfied with the way your X1900XT handles WoW, save you money all together.

 

[saymyname]

At high settings and those resolutions the frame rates can drop quite a bit with a lot of people on the screen. I'm gonna give the x1900xt to a friend who plays at a lower resolution.

 

[happy medium]

Save yourself some money and grab a 4830 or a 9800gt for 100 bucks. Should be a good upgrade from what you have.

 

[error8]

Isn't WOW more cpu and ram dependent?

 

[guitarslingerchris]

Originally posted by: error8
Isn't WOW more cpu and ram dependent?

Yes, it is. Save your money and buy a lesser card and save up to upgrade that chip/mobo.

 

[saymyname]

Ok fair enough. Since I need to buy a card regardless though, and there aren't really any benchmarks for this game, then should I just get a GTX 260 and maybe upgrade to 4GB of memory?

 

[saymyname]

How can I tell if my motherboard supports PCI express 2.0 cards or not?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: saymyname
How can I tell if my motherboard supports PCI express 2.0 cards or not?

If your board has a PCI Express slot, then it supports PCI express 2.0 cards.

 

[zod96]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that WOW tends to run smoother on nvidia hardware than ati hardware. At least according to the benchmarks. Get something like a GTS250 they seem like great cards and a good price, although from what I've heard its just a re badged 9800GT which is also just a re badged 8800GT

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: zod96
I seem to remember reading somewhere that WOW tends to run smoother on nvidia hardware than ati hardware. At least according to the benchmarks. Get something like a GTS250 they seem like great cards and a good price, although from what I've heard its just a re badged 9800GT which is also just a re badged 8800GT

from what you have heard? lol. well the gts250 is a rebadged 9800gtx+ which is of course a tad bit quicker than a 9800gt/8800gt.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: saymyname
should I just get a GTX 260 and maybe upgrade to 4GB of memory?

Yes.

 

[zod96]

Not so much reading an article about, but reading a review about a video card and what FPS it was getting in certain games. And if I remember correctly in WOW, nvidia cards pretty much pounced Ati's cards in every resolution just as Ati's cards pounced Nvidia's cards in GRID.

 

[daveybrat]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814143155

BFG Tech BFGEGTX260MC896OCE GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Go with this BFG card for $178.99 and free shipping. No rebates to deal with and a great lifetime warranty.

Also this is the 216 core not the 192 core model. Best bang for the buck in my opinion.

 

[zod96]

That is a darn good price go with that....

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

NewEgg-MSI GTX 260 216 655MHz oc $159.99 AR