Guild Wars 2

Hello!

I recently bought a new desktop, it’s pretty decent but I cannot say the same about the graphics card – It’s a GeForce GT520.

I want to upgrade the desktop, so I’m asking here for some suggestions about graphic cards. I was looking for something not too expensive but still good – I mean… good enough to run GW2 at decent and stable FPS!

Will any of these do the job?

- MSI Radeon HD 7770 – 1 GB GDDR5
- GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 650 OC – 2 GB GDDR5
- ASUS GeForce GTX 550 Ti DirectCU – 1 GB GDDR5
- MSI GeForce GTX 650 Power Edition OC – 1 GB GDDR5
- GIGABYTE GeForce GT 640 – 2 GB GDDR3

Thanks in advance!

GTX650 isn’t out yet officially, as far as I know.
GTX550TI and 7770 is just about the same performance.
Also ln these cards, 2GB VRAM is usually worse than 1GB, because it often uses cheaper VRAM and no one of these cards can run at settings that needs more than 1GB anyways.

The GT640 is half the speed of the rest, but still twice as fast as the GT520.

For future references:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Your going to want a GTX660Ti. What power supply & processor are you rocking?

Not sure about the power supply, but the processor is a i7 @ 3.4Ghz. The desktop is not meant for games, but anyway I want a new graphics card. I think the HD 7770 is more than enough since it can run the game at decent and stable FPS in normal settings ;D

thank you for your time

You want to go for a x60 or above. Meaning a 560ti 570 580 590, or 660ti 670 680 690. or ATI equivilant. i recommend Nvidia though

Be prepard for possible issues with the 600 series cards though since GW2 seems to be having problems with performance with alot fo 600 series owners.

Take your pick!

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: September 2012
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

Also, comparison when using the Best Appearance preset:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/guild-wars-2-performance-benchmark,3268-6.html