What do I need to upgrade to run games such as WoW and Shadow of Mordor on high-ultra?

Glorfindel1 · Dec 25, 2014

My main aim at the moment is to run WoW in raids on at least high at 60 fps. I also desire to run newly released games such as 'Shadow of Mordor' on high to ultra settings at a similar fps.

Here is a link to a screenshot of my HWiNFO system summary:

http://i.imgur.com/f2a2S4s.png?1

My power supply is 600 watts.

My deepest gratitude for your assistance,

Glorfindel

BustaRhymes · Dec 25, 2014

To play WoW you prob want a new processor, for shadow of mordor you prob want a new graphics card. Eventually you will want to upgrade both. I would try to figure out how much you want to spend on upgrading, then go from there.

Glorfindel1 · Dec 25, 2014

BustaRhymes :

Thank you very much for responding. I think £350/$544.71 would be my total budget, though if absolutely necessary I could stretch beyond this. Any and all recommendations are appreciated

maxalge · Dec 25, 2014

Glorfindel1 :

For wow: Overclocked i5, your 6870 is already more then capable of handling the gpu side of things.

For mordor 1080p you are going to need something along the lines of a 770, or 7970 ghz.
May also need to overclock them of course.

A 290 or 780 if you never want to go below 60fps and dont want to fiddle with settings.

Glorfindel1 · Dec 25, 2014

Thank you for your response. My motherboard has an AM3 socket, and I don't really want to replace it because it seems to be working alright. I don't suppose you might have an alternative AMD suggestion? Cheers!

maxalge · Dec 25, 2014

Glorfindel1 :

An overclocked 6300, the higher the ghz the better.

It may not be compatible/possible on your motherboard though.

Install this and post back with "mainboard" make and model.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

HomerThompson · Dec 25, 2014

Your motherboard may be a sunk cost.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Vapor-X Video Card (£185.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £366.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-26 02:37 GMT+0000

Here are the average framerates you can expect with different video cards in Shadow of Mordor:
http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/http--www.gamegpu.ru-images-stories-Test_GPU-RPG-Middle-earth_Shadow_of_Mordor-test-ShadowOfMordor_1920.jpg

For the R9 280x you really should have an i5 or better though. It's worth the extra £16.

What's your power supply? Brand and model, not watts, as some crap PSUs wont be able to draw half the power they claim.

BustaRhymes · Dec 25, 2014

I would say get fx 8350 and a r9 280x. That would play any game pretty well. You could maybe get a r9 290 in your budget as well but it might stress your PSU a lil too much, i would play it safe and get r9 280x.

HomerThompson · Dec 25, 2014

Maybe a little better than my initial suggestion would be

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£177.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £358.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-26 02:58 GMT+0000

Though the Vapor-X R9 280x should have better temperatures and better overclocking than the MSI Gaming R9 280x

Glorfindel1 · Dec 25, 2014

Wow guys, thank you so much for all the suggestions! They are all incredibly helpful. As it it 4am, I am heading to bed now, but I shall be returning to this thread tomorrow afternoon to carefully analyse and consider each one. I am very grateful for all of your altruism/help. Merry Christmas!

unknownofprob · Dec 26, 2014

Wow is poorly coded and poorly threaded, this means that AMD CPU's tend to suffer in this particular game. AMD CPU's are only at an advantage to intel in well threaded games, when not, lower-end intel can beat even an FX 8-core CPU. With poorly threaded games, comes poor performance from AMD. WoW often requires better hardware to run then it 'really' does, so expect that your system will be under more strain then it needs to be. Games such as this are more CPU/Ram dependent so the GPU does not offer a 'major' improvement, though some graphics power is required. Shadow of Mordor is however GPU intensive, and in order to play both of these games well you would require a good CPU, GPU and Ram.

An intel i5 4440 (or better if you can expand) would be the best CPU for an upgrade, along with an R9 280 or higher. As already listed above, you would need a new motherboard also.

What is your PSU amps under 12V?

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