why does GW2 need such a beefy PC
Disagree. I think it looks beautiful on maximum settings.
/ 2x XFX R9 290x in Crossfire
Compared to what can be done i agree the graphics are not great, they r good for a MMO, but compared to other games they are ofcourse nothing to shout about. I mean it could be so much better with DX11 effects such as tessolation, true HD textures instead of repeated SD/LD textures, better AA etc.. but all that comes at a massive cost when it comes to MMO’s due to the size of the areas in question.
The graphics card required doesnt need to be that expensive tbh, I mean you can pritty much play max on a 560ti which isnt expensive ..or if u wanna try push supersampling maybe a 660ti. Again not all that expensive.
However its the cpu that NEEDS to be strong ..but again it aint all THAT expensive. A 2550k or 3570k + a good aftermarket cooler ,,then OC and your sorted. That doesnt cost all that much The CPU is around $200/£180 and a good cooler around $35/£30.
Ofcourse this is asuming your already running a 1155/6 platform. If you going form say AMD you would have to add on the price for a motherboard and possible DDR3 RAM which together would cost about $100/£100.
Worst case it would cost you $335/£310. (+ asuming u keep ur current GPU,HDD,Optical,etc) Which isnt much at all in the computer gaming world, you couldn’t even buy a top end GPU for that.
A ‘high end gaming platform’ would cost ALOT more. Somthing along the lines of 2x 670’s, 3770k, Top end mothebroard, top end water cooling, 12-32GB OC’d RAM, a BIG PSU, 512gb of SSD’s.
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game doesn’t even look all that impressive graphic wise; why would it need such a high end gaming platform? looks mediocre graphics yet also runs like molasses.
I disagree also, the graphics are amazing at max settings. I never understand why some people complain about this. If you want to game on a pc you need good high end hardware….this includes a monitor with either DVI or HDMI inputs.
if you run the game on all high setting the graphics are really good
Disagree, we are talking about (handcrafted) art wise mmo here.
Not some cellshaded mmo.
Full HD texture’s and dx11/tesselation/etc would be overkill for a mmo/clients.
(only benifit for dx11 would be threading/performance wise)
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