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Running Crysis 3 on a GeForce GT 730 GPU

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September 13, 2014 6:00:33 PM

It's time to upgrade my GPU and as I have Crysis 3 in my library, I want to get a card that will run it. I'm on a tight budget but I've seen a GT 730 2Gb GDDR5 that's well affordable at £55 ($90). However, I've seen info that says you need more than 2Gb to run Crysis 3, but I think that may be if you have multi monitors, super resolution and at ultra hi specs.
I've got an ASRock B85M Pro4 Mobo, Intel core i3-4130 CPU, 8Gb of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 RAM, W 7 64bit OS and HDD's for OS and games library. I use an LCD TV as my monitor, with 1360 x 768 resolution and I guess I'm on 720p format due to using the VGA socket at present, though I'm thinking to try 1080p as the TV has HDMI sockets.
I think that the GT 730 will run Crysis 3 on medium/high settings if I stick with 720p, but if I move up to 1080p I suspect it might only run it on low settings.
Does anyone know how well a GT 730 of the above spec will play Crysis 3?
Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative GPU?
Thanks :) 

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September 13, 2014 6:14:34 PM

First of all its 2GB DDR3 and not DDR5 and no you will not play crysis 3 with that.

The best GPU for this budget is this one at £65 and its the first DDR5 card you can find in this budget (1GB)
R7 250x
http://www.ebuyer.com/634803-powercolor-r7-250x-1gb-gdd...

Sorry R7 250 1GB DDR5 cost £52
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FS6ABEG/?tag=pcp0f-21

But if you wanna play Crysis 3 in ultra in this resolution u must take something like this
R7 260x 2GB DDR5 at 79£
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GI2EZ7I/?tag=pcp0f-21
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September 13, 2014 6:29:44 PM

The gt 730 is really bad for gaming, the only thing i saw about it was running crysis 3 on medium settings @ 1080p and it gave around 11 average fps which is not playable at all. Even on low and your resolution you won't be satisfied and it won't be playable. I recommend you save more and get a gtx 750 which is just around 20-30$ more than your budget. It can run most games on low to high settings on a very playable fps.
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September 14, 2014 3:07:37 AM

Thanx for the input guys, all good stuff. I suspect there may be a weird thing about the card I've been looking at which I found here http://www.cclonline.com/product/153776/ZT-71101-10L/Gr...
According to the spec's it looks like an incredible card for the money, maybe too good to be true. I've sent an e-mail to CCL, asking for confirmation of the spec's.
I've had a quick look at the GTX 750 2Gb GDDR5 card, and it's within my budget and looks like a great card, so thanks. Meanwhile I'm still looking and researching, so keep the suggestions coming. :) 
Update; I've done a load more research since and I now know this card is no good to me. I'm now choosing betwen two cards but will start a new post for input on that. Thanks all. :) 
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