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Need video card recomendation

RollotamasiRollotamasi Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 898
in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

I am planning on upgrading my system to run WAR (I am due for a upgrade anyway).  I have went from 1.5 to 3 gigs of ram but I need a bit of help with the vid card as I am not a "hardware" guy.  Could I get a few reccomendations for a 512mb AGP card.  I don't want to go bottom of the barrell but I don't want total top of the line either.  I would like to be somewhere in the middle.

 

Thanks

-Currently looking forward to FFXIV

-Currently playing EvE and Global Agenda

Comments

  • TurnXTurnX Member UncommonPosts: 138

    It really depends on what settings you want to play on, but my suggestion would be the ATI 3650:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762

    Its got a decent price, round $80, and performance will be good for the price. The AGP slot is going to limit you though, as I personally would say the Nvidia 8800 GT is better and around the same price, but it's only on PCIE. Honestly though any card will work, I am using a 9500m GS on my laptop and run the game fine on balenced settings.

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    AMD FX-4300
    8gb DDR 667
    Nvidia GTX 770

  • RollotamasiRollotamasi Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 898
    Originally posted by TurnX


    It really depends on what settings you want to play on, but my suggestion would be the ATI 3650:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762
    Its got a decent price, round $80, and performance will be good for the price. The AGP slot is going to limit you though, as I personally would say the Nvidia 8800 GT is better and around the same price, but it's only on PCIE. Honestly though any card will work, I am using a 9500m GS on my laptop and run the game fine on balenced settings.

     

    I am not really a big graphics guy, I am more about the gameplay.  I am perfectly happing running on medium settings, I just want a nice smooth framerate.

    -Currently looking forward to FFXIV

    -Currently playing EvE and Global Agenda

  • archer75archer75 Member UncommonPosts: 157

    what cpu do you have? Getting a fast video card may only be bottlenecked by a slow CPU. It's all about balance.

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  • TurnXTurnX Member UncommonPosts: 138
    Originally posted by Rollotamasi

    Originally posted by TurnX


    It really depends on what settings you want to play on, but my suggestion would be the ATI 3650:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762
    Its got a decent price, round $80, and performance will be good for the price. The AGP slot is going to limit you though, as I personally would say the Nvidia 8800 GT is better and around the same price, but it's only on PCIE. Honestly though any card will work, I am using a 9500m GS on my laptop and run the game fine on balenced settings.

     

    I am not really a big graphics guy, I am more about the gameplay.  I am perfectly happing running on medium settings, I just want a nice smooth framerate.

     

    If thats the case then I would definatley go with the ATI 3650. It will handle balenced settings with no problem and could probably do high depending on the rest fo your setup.

    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    AMD FX-4300
    8gb DDR 667
    Nvidia GTX 770

  • RollotamasiRollotamasi Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 898
    Originally posted by TurnX

    Originally posted by Rollotamasi

    Originally posted by TurnX


    It really depends on what settings you want to play on, but my suggestion would be the ATI 3650:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762
    Its got a decent price, round $80, and performance will be good for the price. The AGP slot is going to limit you though, as I personally would say the Nvidia 8800 GT is better and around the same price, but it's only on PCIE. Honestly though any card will work, I am using a 9500m GS on my laptop and run the game fine on balenced settings.

     

    I am not really a big graphics guy, I am more about the gameplay.  I am perfectly happing running on medium settings, I just want a nice smooth framerate.

     

    If thats the case then I would definatley go with the ATI 3650. It will handle balenced settings with no problem and could probably do high depending on the rest fo your setup.

     

    looks like a decent card at a decent price.  I'll probably give it a go.  Thanks for the info.

    -Currently looking forward to FFXIV

    -Currently playing EvE and Global Agenda

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