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May 22, 2009, 05:55 PM
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Ereamas 80 Human Warlock Emerald Dream Euro PvE Guild: Ascendance Talent Spec: 0/53/18 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
I have an ATI Sapphire HD4870 1GB and I can honestly say its awesome doesnt quite get full details (shadows really are a framerate killer) and for the price range of comparative Nvidia cards the ATI's give you plenty more bang for your buck. |
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May 23, 2009, 11:00 AM
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Voidheart 70 Blood Elf Warlock Area 52 US PvE Guild: Envisa Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 3/13/55 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
Regarding shadows... The fact is, shadows in the WoW gfx engine are very poorly implemented. They seem to be more of a proof-of-concept feature as opposed to something that is really playable. I wouldn't use the shadow feature as your criteria for a hardware upgrade. If you really wanted to utilize them fully, you're starting to look more towards a $300+ video card. And it's really not worth it. |
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May 23, 2009, 01:04 PM
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suntzu 80 Undead Warlock Dragonmaw Euro PvP Guild: Ninjaz Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/17/54 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
For bang for buck the current king is ATI 4770. Retails in the UK for ~£80 (if you can get your hands on one). The conclusion from one recent review... AnandTech: Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770 |
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May 23, 2009, 04:16 PM
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Tianshaan 80 Human Warlock Terokkar US PvE Guild: Vae Victus Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
These are all great "budget" cards, but the OP's post first point was to run the game at high settings. Anyway, there isn't a current card that can do this. Cue the "I get 150 fps in Dalaran with my Radeon 1st edition" posts. Now, knocking down the absolutely useless graphical settings that WoW includes will allow you to have alot of choices. Shadows can be on, but at only ONE tick to the right. No anti-aliasing, simply run at max resolution. Going into a 25 man, understand that certain graphical effects will slow down ANY system, for the same reason you won't get 60fps in Dalaran with ANY card. WoW's graphics engine is old, and will not be rebuilt. Get used to it. Most of the code, like that of Dalaran, is crappy in today's standards. So get a average card, and realize that while in Dal you will just have to put up with the crappy framerate, and in some 25's, 3 DKs with consecration will also put you iin said crapper. Just check off "Full Screen Glow Effect" while in raid, and you'll be fine. |
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May 23, 2009, 04:24 PM
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Jointhedotz 80 Human Warlock Darkspear Euro PvE Guild: Mercenaries Of Quan Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
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Cheers for the advice there, seems sound. I've actually been playing around with the settings on my old x800 antique and it seems that I can actually have most things on max and still get about 18fps in Dal, 30-40 everywhere else, may just keep the old girl a little longer til I do a full system rebuild (hopefully over the next few months  )Thanks for all your advice though guys |
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May 23, 2009, 07:59 PM
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Cranston 80 Orc Warlock Shu'halo US PvE Guild: Crimson Fury Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/56/15 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
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June 25, 2009, 12:58 PM
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Dakou 80 Orc Warlock Akama US PvP Guild: Lovely Bunch of Coconuts Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 3/13/55 |
Re: Cheapest GFX Card for Full Settings
I just upgraded to an Diamond ATI 4650HD 1gig card and a new power supply. It was 69.00 @ tigerdirect, and a good card if you do not have an power plug for the PCIe slot as it doesnt require an external power source. I just installed it and did a quick mess around with the slider on Med-High settings nothing else tweeked and was getting 17-6 fps in Dalaran and up to 40 fps everywhere else. It is a great upgrade from my original 3-4 fps in Dalaran  I really have been impresssed with the graphics so far everything pops out. I had always wondered what folks were talking about when they spoke about the graphic "pop" but I realize now!  I am going to overclock the card to try to squeeze out some more fps but for now I am  happy
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