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Best wow video card?

chellebublz
chellebublz Posts: 568 Member
edited January 10 in Social Groups
I'm upgrading my gpu in a couple weeks, the only thing needed to take into consideration is WoW. I don't play other games really. I'm looking to spend in the $200 range. I'm thinking 660ti off the top of my head from previous research? or has that changed? Opinions?

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  • Hksalex
    Hksalex Posts: 144 Member
    MSI R7850

    AMD GPU

    Radeon HD 7850

    Core Clock
    900MHz

    Stream Processors
    1024 Stream Processors

    Memory
    Effective Memory Clock
    1200MHz (4.8Gbps)

    Memory Size
    2GB

    Memory Interface
    256-bit

    Memory Type
    GDDR5

    about $210... better than the GTX660Ti and doesnt need a lot of power..
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    As far as I know, WOW hasn't upgraded their graphics since shortly before introducing the Lich King expansion, which was back in 2007. Anything that would have been considered fairly high end in back in 2007, which would be totally blown away by even budget-oriented graphics cards now, would do the job easily. Unless you're playing something like Battlefield 3 or something based on the FarCry engine you will have absolutely no need for something that's anything better than "middle of the line."
  • chellebublz
    chellebublz Posts: 568 Member
    That's not true. WOW is CRAZY when it comes to graphics now. I can play any game out there with my current video card, but when it comes to WOW forget it!!! Every expansion has gotten worse. My card could play 60fps on Ultra in Lich King, and gets 40fps on Low now. My fiance's laptop performed awesomely in LK days, and now he can barely play at all. WOW is deft CPU based, but it's becoming more and more GPU intense as time goes on.

    @hksalex, how big is that card, like physical size wise? I have a mid size case, and it does better with the shorter cards as opposed to the huge ones.
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