Guild Wars 2

Afternoon all.

I’ve not-so-recently-now upgraded my CPU to an Athlon64 Quad Core @ 3.0Ghz and increased my RAM to 4Gb. I’m now lookin’ for a good graphics card that’ll allow me to run GW2 @ medium graphics without the CPU bottle-necking it.

Any recommendations? Something in the £150-£200 price bracket would be ideal.

Looking forward to reading your suggestions!

With that much on a budget you can probably get a card that will run the game on high. What I would buy with that budget from Nvidia is a GTX 660Ti or if you’re partial to AMD the 7950. Personally, I’m a fan of Nvidia and would grab a GTX 660Ti if I were looking to upgrade right now with that budget.

Ilithis Mithilander.3265:

With that much on a budget you can probably get a card that will run the game on high. What I would buy with that budget from Nvidia is a GTX 660Ti or if you’re partial to AMD the 7950. Personally, I’m a fan of Nvidia and would grab a GTX 660Ti if I were looking to upgrade right now with that budget.

Did you miss the op’s suggested price range? 150-200 pounds mail order would make it only the GTX 660 or the AMD HD 7870, unless you ignore VAT.

Behellagh.1468:

Ilithis Mithilander.3265:

With that much on a budget you can probably get a card that will run the game on high. What I would buy with that budget from Nvidia is a GTX 660Ti or if you’re partial to AMD the 7950. Personally, I’m a fan of Nvidia and would grab a GTX 660Ti if I were looking to upgrade right now with that budget.

Did you miss the op’s suggested price range? 150-200 pounds mail order would make it only the GTX 660 or the AMD HD 7870, unless you ignore VAT.

I’m sure if you hunt enough you can find a GTX 660Ti for 200 pounds. Amazon.co.uk has them for 205 pounds shipped but they’re currently out of stock.

Wait ..so u ‘upgrade’ ..to a “Athlon64 Quad Core @ 3.0Ghz” ?

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Ok, erm i think u set aside to much for your GPU. You would have done better halfing ur GPU budget down to ~£100 so u could get a 650ti. and then get a better CPU/motherboard..

But since u’ve already got the Athalon. Get a ‘Sapphire 7870XT’ ..they are still readily available here in the UK and for between £170-£210 depending on where u get it from. They are as good as a 660ti performance wise and thankfully still cheaper than them , atleast here in the UK.

oh and chances are u will still see CPU bottlenecking… sorry

Woot, great responses.

My CPU upgrade really was an big upgrade from my previous dual-core 3.0Ghz. When you have a girlfriend & a motorcycle, upgrading your PC becomes a LOT more difficult!

I’m quite surprised that I can pick up such powerful cards for those kinds of prices. Thanks for the input everyone, I very much appreciate it. Let’s hope my CPU doesn’t bottleneck too much!

Radeon hd 7790 – most bang for the buck imo, even cheaper than 660ti

Swordbreaker.2581:

Radeon hd 7790 – most bang for the buck imo, even cheaper than 660ti

And even slower. Unless every review I’ve seen showing it 35-40% slower than a 660ti are horribly wrong.

If you are looking for bang for the buck then the GTX 650Ti Boost would be the way to go.

Yo folks, thought I’d give you all a wee update.

I decided to go balls deep and grab a GTX 660. I’ve also decided to grab a modular 650w PSU to upgrade my archaic 405w in preparation for the new card. Should be getting everything by next Wednesday with any luck! Will let you all know how it goes!

Once again, thanks for all of your responses! You were all a great help.