Most inexpensive card to play SCII maxed out!?

L1n3arA

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Just curious what kind of card I could get away with for SCII with everything on ultra @ 60fps. I don't want to skimp out or settle for a cheap card that won't do the job, but I just want to know what is the absolute most inexpensive card to allow everything to be maxed out. Thanks for any opinions.
 

L1n3arA

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not really concerned about budget, I'm simply curious at a res of 1920 x 1080, what is the cheapest card that will actually display everything on ultra settings. I have an i5 750 btw @ 3.6ghz.
 

notty22

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Contemporary Graphics Cards in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/starcraft2-wings-of-liberty.html

Performance without FSAA
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ElMoIsEviL

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Price/Performance wise the 5870 is the all around winner in terms of the settings you'd like to play. It just so happens to also be a winner in most other titles out there with the same requirements and for the same reasons (and will cost you less on your power bill by a noticeable amount too).

You might also be interested in getting two GTX 460s in SLI for around the same price as a GTX 480.