Need a new graphics card

[Apocist]

Alright... I need a cheap new, better graphics card than my old one:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161333

I want to play Planetside 2 without all the lag, any suggestions?

[Bruno]

Upgrade to a 6770.

[Fatalis]

Planetside is unstable, my friend have Nvidia 670 and can barely reach 30 fps at high settings

[Bruno]

I have a 6870 and I get a solid 60 maxed out. Your friend sounds pretty dumb if he can't properly configure his hardware.

[Fatalis]

o.O strange

[Admiral]

PS2 is weird. My desktop struggles to play it on low. I don't have the best rig, but it also wasn't a chump. I've seen much more capable machines still struggle with it. I blame it on poor optimization. You're going to spend a lot on parts that will make that game butter. I also have reason to believe my graphics card was going bad but could not specifically confirm that at the time.

My rig:

Phenom II X4 965 ~3.4GHz
Sapphire HD 6870 ~1GB
4GB DDR3 1600
120GB SSD - OS, demanding games
1TB 7200 RPM - The rest of the game library, music, videos, etc
500GB 5400 RPM - Storage, back-ups




Having said that...

You can get a good 7850 (around $200-220) or 7870(around $140-150) if you're watching for deals on Slickdeals/Newegg.


To see how a particular "new" graphics card will handle under a lot of pressure... (High quality Metro 2033)
https://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2...reme,2942.html

Now bring yourself back to reality... (Mid-level quality Metro 2033)
https://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2...ance,2941.html
Any card that can hit 60FPS on medium Metro SHOULD be more than enough for Planetside 2.

[Fatalis]

I gave up playing Planetside 2 My Radeon 7650 can't handle it on low

[Admiral]

I gave up playing Planetside 2 My Radeon 7650 can't handle it on low

7650M?

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On a side note, I want to build a desktop with just an AMD A10 5800K.

Skyrim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Y3vyWIsw#t=85s
Crysis 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jY3vyWIsw

[Crimson]

I recommend the Intel GMA 3100.

[Glip]

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ is the most badass PoS I ever got for free from a friend.

Runs Skyrim on max with no problems.

Runs StarCraft II on max with no problems.

10/10 would get for free again. Along with the power supply to run it, which was also free. Friends are nice things to have.

[Mugy]

I would recomend GTX 660. Sure it's slightly expensive(around $300) but it runs starcraftII on extreme with no lag.
I guess an equivilant ATI card would do the same but I prefer Nvidia

[Azuriae]

Planetside is unstable, my friend have Nvidia 670 and can barely reach 30 fps at high settings

That is really unusual. I just recently got a new computer and got a GTX660, I have absolutely no problem running PS2 with everything maxed at a constant 60 FPS. There's something wrong there.

Lowest I've went is 41 FPS in the middle of a huge carnage. Usually constant at 60.

[Azuriae]

I would recomend GTX 660. Sure it's slightly expensive(around $300) but it runs starcraftII on extreme with no lag.
I guess an equivilant ATI card would do the same but I prefer Nvidia

>:L

[Bruno]

I would recomend GTX 660. Sure it's slightly expensive(around $300) but it runs starcraftII on extreme with no lag.
I guess an equivilant ATI card would do the same but I prefer Nvidia

Yeah, except he doesn't have his mommy and daddy buying his things like you do.

My card was about 100 bucks less and can do the same thing.

[Apocist]

I would recomend GTX 660. Sure it's slightly expensive(around $300) but it runs starcraftII on extreme with no lag.
I guess an equivilant ATI card would do the same but I prefer Nvidia

I can already run SC2 on extreme with no issue.

I'm trying to see if its worth it to upgrade my GPU, the only game that causes me issues is frick'n PS2.

AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 565 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
HIS IceQ5 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
16GB Ram