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video card spec help needed

rsturbo

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Posted January 3, 2013 at 4:39PM

hi i play (or intend when released) the following - i have included the recommended specs for these as well. can somebody tell me the best card to get to play these? with a bit of headroom too for future games.

rome total war 2 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 3) arma 2 (Nvidia Geforce 8800GT or ATI Radeon 4850 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 512 or more MB VRAM empire total war NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB men of war assault squad GeForce 8600 GT

thank for any help

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Chronos the 2nd

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Posted January 3, 2013 at 4:51PM

What sort of budget have you?

What Wattage power supply (PSU) have you? You will find that out from a sticker on the PSU.

What processor (CPU) have you?

What is your current graphics card? (GPU.

Or it might be simpler to post make and model of your PC.

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rsturbo

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Posted January 6, 2013 at 6:22AM

oops! i am building new pc. 6-700w psu i5 6gb ddr3 not sure on mboard yet

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Chronos the 2nd

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Posted January 6, 2013 at 9:21AM

And most important budget????.

If you can afford it then a GTX670 or perhaps the GTX660 which is a little cheaper. or from the AMD side perhaps a 7870 or 7850 but it really depends on how much you want to spend.

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Ian in Northampton

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Posted January 6, 2013 at 9:58AM

Chronos: sledgehammer/nut...? :-) But your recommendations would definitely give the OP headrooom to the nth degree... :-)

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Chronos the 2nd

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Posted January 6, 2013 at 10:01AM

Perhaps but I believe in getting the best you can afford + anyone of these has a decent lifespan.

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Posted January 6, 2013 at 11:36AM

I agree with Chronos , get the best you can afford ! But do remember , no point in having a great graphics card if your monitor is pants . as a rough guide , I would spend about the same on the monitor as I would on the Graphics .

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