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So i'm using a 8800 GTX and it finally took a dump on me, so what's the new card to have? i dont like ATI cause they dont look as good and every one i've had has crashed, but i was thinking a 260...
I haven't really been following cards since i had the old goodie but what should i get now?
Price range is 200-300 prolly...
Tips?
I am a happy owner of an Asus ENGTX 275.
So far the performance is very good. If you can jump to the 275 instead of the 260, the performance difference is noticeable.
The nvidia 260 will do a nice job anyways. Mostly depends on what do you try to push with it.
My card does 5 wows on a 24" screen without lag not screen tearing. Main is always on 55 - 60 fps except in dalaran when main drops to 20 - 40 fps.
I use a 285 and love it. I would not go above a 285 because 285+ is actually two cards SLId on one board. I have tried wow on many SLI as well as Crossfire setups and have never seen good performance. I think I read somewhere it is because wow is not optimized for SLI and or Crossfire.
have to say i was in your camp on the ati cards, but i took the dive and bought a 5870 and i gotta say its sweet as fook. without vertical sync on 1 client runs at 200fps maxed out and 60fps in dal.. with 5 clients sync on its 60fps all the way except dalaran, 30+ at busy times... seriously theres nothing wrong with ati..
and yeah to answer the post above.. sli/crossfore is a no go for wow.. it makes the fps worse
I did SLI on two 9600gt and gained 15fps, so I guess it depends on what card perhaps?
my GTX 280 runs great.
buy expensive cry once, buy cheap cry every time you use it. :D
Stick with a 275 over a 285. The $150 is not worth the small increase in performance of getting a 285 over a 275. A 275 will set you back $230-240 where a 285 cost about $390 now.
im also using GTX280's and i gotta say, they are rock solid, but bang for buck if i were you, i would snatch up some gt250's or something and wait for the new fermi cards if thats the route u wanna go, but any of the gtx series would be great too. just my 2 cents
I'm a long time ATI hater, but I just bought a HD 5770 last night (Just because there isn't a 260 to be had in this city) and wow, I'm very impressed with solo play, will fire it up on the boxing team this weekend.
...and? ...AND? How did it go with the team, and what setup are you running? (monitor resolutions, dual-view vs horiz span)Quote:
Originally Posted by Svpernova09
I'm tossing up between this card for $229 or the 275 for $400 (yes, it's a huge jump but the 275s are getting rave reviews)
I replaced my 8800 GTX (or was it GTS) with a 285 GTX, Very happy with it.
Please do some more shopping around. You can save yourself $50+ just by looking at Newegg.Quote:
Originally Posted by OogaJiggaWooga
I have 2x GTX275's in SLI running in my main rig and for the money they are hard to beat. Obviously the SLI is not really geared for WOW, but certanly makes it's impression when running stuff like Crysis and Bioshock. I looked at 285's but the increase was not that great for the additional outlay.
Does SLI work with WoW? I have heard you can get it to work but it takes Win 7 and/or Innerspace. I am going to build a new rig and want the best option to be open if it is cost effective.
I had an 8800 GTX, and upgraded to a 4870 X2 (single card) at about the time I started boxing.
When I upgraded my processor, motherboard and ram to the i7 920, Asus P6T, and DDR3 @1600mhz, the slave windows would rarely (but often enough to be rather annoying) freeze up. This was true for both Keyclone and IS Boxer, so I figured it was hardware related.
Over time, messing around with other components, I learnt it was the video card.
So I downgraded from a 4870 X2 to a GTX 275, which is roughly equivalent to the 4870 (one card).
It handles warcraft very well, with view distance at maximum, shadows at minimum and most other settings in the middle.
Not so sure on SLI with IS Boxer.
It could be SLI, but it could as easily be multiple cards in the same system not in SLI/Crossfire mode.
I know you can create more then one warcraft profile.
And force each profile to run on a separate video card.
And then have some of your accounts on one profile, with the remainder on the other profile.
Which is about the only way you can force the load for whatever clients to be on one card or the other.
Multiple monitor Sli works in vista, the drivers have supported this for about 6 months. I think that you are correct in the assumption that you need innerspace to be able to set which instance of wow uses specific gpus, and to be able to render Directx to another screen other than the primary.Quote:
Originally Posted by alcattle