What video card to get?

[DVad3r]

Hey guys,

Kind of itching to upgrade my PC. I'm pretty sure a new video card would give a good boost. I play Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 mainly.

Here is my PC.

i7 930

6 gigs ram

GTX 460 1 gig video card.

 

[sublime420ec]

How much u looking to spend? Id get a ati 7950 for 300$ or a 7970 for 400$

 

[Jimzz]

I thought SC was more CPU bound than GPU?

Have you overclocked the CPU and GPU?

I also have a 460 1gb and am waiting till the next gen or till the 7850 or higher drops in price more. I have overclocked it to 560 speeds to hold me.

 

[DVad3r]

my CPU is at 2968 so I guess it's a little over clocked. GPU is overclocked a little too but won't go much higher because it's a shitty card that becomes unstable.

I'm looking to spend $ 300 max. I guess I can wait for prices to fall...

 

[nanaki333]

microcenter had some zotach gtx 570 cards for $179. if you have one close to you that still has them, 2 of those would make a really nice upgrade

http://www.microcenter.com/product/...e_GTX_570_1280MB_GDDR5_PCIe_20_x16_Video_Card

 

[KevinH]

Diablo 2 and SC2?

Pretty pointless imo. I went from a GTX 460 to a 7870 both OC'ed and real world @ 1920x1200 it didn't do dick.

Those games are too primitive imo.

 

[notty22]

SC2 seems to like Nvidia cards more.
Xbit stopped testing it lately, but older reviews show data.
Maybe with the new expansion pack, review sites will bench it.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-670_5.html#sect3

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd-7870-7850-7770_11.html#sect3

 

[DVad3r]

^ I noticed that as well, way before when SC2 first came out, the nvidia cards always were faster. I think Blizzard and nvidia have a pact!

 

[Arachnotronic]

Nvidia GTX 660 Ti