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    Well, I'm not getting a quick answer in tech support and my parents need an answer.


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    Hey, well my birthday is around the corner and I was wondering again what card I should ask for. I only have one card slot and I want it to be a noticeable upgrade from an ATI radeon HD 3400 series.

    Preferably Nvidia, preferably somewhat cheap.

    Thanks in advance!

    Also. I have 6gbs of ram and a 2.3 quad processor. Is my graphics card the only thing keeping me from running Assassin's Creed well on medium detail? And keeping me from going above 40 FPS in WoW?

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    A GF9800GT is around 100$, i'd go for it. I was able to play assassins creed on high with it.
    And its kinda cheap compared to the high end gfx monsters nowadays.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jrgsubzero View Post
    Well, I'm not getting a quick answer in tech support and my parents need an answer.


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    Hey, well my birthday is around the corner and I was wondering again what card I should ask for. I only have one card slot and I want it to be a noticeable upgrade from an ATI radeon HD 3400 series.

    Preferably Nvidia, preferably somewhat cheap.

    Thanks in advance!

    Also. I have 6gbs of ram and a 2.3 quad processor. Is my graphics card the only thing keeping me from running Assassin's Creed well on medium detail? And keeping me from going above 40 FPS in WoW?

    Newegg.com; XFX GeForce cards:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20200%20Series

    XFX Radeon cards:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...04000%20series

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    Well the RAM might be good, but you didn't say the speed of it.
    Also, I would suggest to overclock the processor a little, maybe to 2.6/7? Then you whon't have a problem handling Assasins Creed, although if you think about it, Assasins Creed is quite old

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    The new geforce gts 250 would be a good choice I think. It costs around 150$ and outperforms gf9800gtx. The problem with assassin's creed is probably a problem with a bad engine optimization. And you should check if you have shadows on the highest in WoW. They added quite a bit new shadows in WotLK and it takes a lot from the comp to run them with high fps.

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    the 9800GT is a great card and cheap now aswell! but if you can get a little bit more i suggest you get a XFX 9800GX2! will handle anygame no problem!

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    HD4870 would be great choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slate View Post
    Well the RAM might be good, but you didn't say the speed of it.
    Also, I would suggest to overclock the processor a little, maybe to 2.6/7? Then you whon't have a problem handling Assasins Creed, although if you think about it, Assasins Creed is quite old
    It's only a year old for PCs, while it's 2 years old for consoles.

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    Buy a console. Never have troubles playing any game. Rest assured that all the games will work!!!! PLAY ON UR HD TV!. way better than anything computers can offer because of the HD output. +!! no lag, and quality games.

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    HD4850 for me, cheapest ever and works wonder

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    Here is a link with one of the best price-to-performance ratios you'll find on the net.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/16...deocards-money

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nogardreyals View Post
    Buy a console. Never have troubles playing any game. Rest assured that all the games will work!!!! PLAY ON UR HD TV!. way better than anything computers can offer because of the HD output. +!! no lag, and quality games.

    The newer video cards support HD, also I've seen games stutter on consoles; and if consoles were the be all end all; then there wouldn't be any games made for computers anymore!

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    I just got a 9800gt 512mb and I can run Crysis on high with higher than 30FPS and my specs are lower than yours.
    ATM I can run AoC with DX10 and get 40-50FPS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jrgsubzero View Post
    Well, I'm not getting a quick answer in tech support and my parents need an answer.


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    Hey, well my birthday is around the corner and I was wondering again what card I should ask for. I only have one card slot and I want it to be a noticeable upgrade from an ATI radeon HD 3400 series.

    Preferably Nvidia, preferably somewhat cheap.

    Thanks in advance!

    Also. I have 6gbs of ram and a 2.3 quad processor. Is my graphics card the only thing keeping me from running Assassin's Creed well on medium detail? And keeping me from going above 40 FPS in WoW?

    o_O I have 1gb ram, ATI radeon 2600 HD PRO a Dual core (3.0 GHz) each and I can run AC maxed with no lag. There is something seriously wrong with you pc.

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