New Rig, New Card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
I also need a power supply and I found the above link? any suggestions on whether or not this will work?

That PSU would be good.

With the GTX460, it will be one potent rig that should run SC2 at Ultra settings with 50-60fps @1900*1200.

But why not these, it will give you nearly the same SC2 performance for $50 less:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
(PS. If you hate MIRs, heres an alternative card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...)

the GTX 460 will play SC2 at 55+ FPS, with the OC i7 it averaged 61FPS at ultra 1900x1200. considering SC II only uses two cores the OP can achieve better then 40 FPS easily with some light OC.

http://www.techspot.com/review/305-starcraft2-performan...

also, how does the 5770 offer similar performance to the GTX 460?

heck even the i3 broke 40 FPS average with an OC and the i5 is a better CPU
http://www.techspot.com/review/305-starcraft2-performan...

Ah, sorry. The 40+ was a guesstimate, hence the "+", will edit.


I do recall the HD5770 to be very close to the 460 on that bench, guess I looked at the bench of 1900*1200@ high:


The Nvidias do pull ahead of the ATIs on ultra, hmm..

yes, currently you see Nvidia cards like the 9800GT pulling ahead of ATI 4850. it goes all the way up the chart like that with lesser Nvidia cards giving better performance. at higher resolution some of the ATI cards start to pull even. future ATI drivers may eventually even it all out but currently Nvidia is the way to go for SCII.

Thanks for the information, definitely will help a lot in the decision making process.

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