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WoW and Video Cards
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:15 am
by Ginzburgh
My old "nice" card shit the bed and I had to get a cheapo card just to get my PC up and running because I couldn't afford a proper card at the time.
Now I am ready to drop a few hundred bucks.
Is this a decent card to play WoW:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143071
I have a 3 GHZ and 1 Gig of ram. After I get a new card I will work on getting another gig of ram.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:17 am
by Tacks
More RAM will help than that video card. That card is overkill for WoW.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:51 am
by Lyion
Yeah, that's a great gaming video card, Ginz. It'll play everything on the market nicely.
The only thing you might want to consider is spending an extra 100 bones and getting an 8800 GTS, if you have no desire to upgrade again for a few years.
You can get this for roughly 100 bucks more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814133188
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:49 am
by Ginzburgh
Thanks for the replies.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:06 pm
by Lionking
If you go for the 8800GTS make sure you have a power supply that can handle it. That bastard sucks some serious power.
My 7900 GT (overclocked a bit) runs WoW at 75 fps. That 7950 would be even better.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:10 pm
by Ginzburgh
Good, I get 15 FPS right now on medium settings.
Re: WoW and Video Cards
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:48 pm
by kaharthemad
Ginzburgh wrote:My old "nice" card shit the bed and I had to get a cheapo card just to get my PC up and running because I couldn't afford a proper card at the time.
Now I am ready to drop a few hundred bucks.
Is this a decent card to play WoW:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143071I have a 3 GHZ and 1 Gig of ram. After I get a new card I will work on getting another gig of ram.
im acutally gonna be running an sli of these things upon my tax check of hapiness.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:54 pm
by Harrison
Get an 8800 instead, it outperforms two 7950 GTs in SLI.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:56 pm
by Ginzburgh
Too late. I don't need top of the line, I just want something that outperforms my piece of shit $70 card.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:49 pm
by kaharthemad
looks like since I last priced them the cost has dropped. yeah the card is definently now a viable option where as before the 795 sli was about 200 less. been a whle since I looked at them.
Thanks Hari
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:26 pm
by Tikker
8800 actually beats the shit out of 7950 in sli
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:00 pm
by runamonk
8800 beats the shit out of everything hehe.