Hello guys, I bet you are sick of reading these posts but after hours upon hours of reading, I still have questions without answers.
My primary use for this PC will be WoW. I plan to play some FPS in the future but as of right now the only game I have time to play is WoW. I am playing at 1080p right now and I want to be able to max out all settings and still be at a reasonable frame rate, even in Dalaran. OF course I'm on a budget but since some of the components were bought at reasonable prices (the MB was free) I can be a little flexible with the GPU.
I have already purchased some of the components for this new rig.
Athlon IIx4 640
MSI 785GM-P45 MB (Free w/CPU so this is the one I'm using.)
Antec 300 case
OCZ ModXstream 700w PSU (overkill I know but you never know down the road...)
Gskill 4GB 1600 ram (ripjaw)
Samsung Spinpoint 1TB HDD 7200rpm
Sony Optiarc DVD
Now here are my questions. I want to be able to use ultra settings @1080p and have no stuttering at all in WoW. I had pretty much decided on an XFX 5770 but after a ton of reading on here, it seems that at that res the 5770 might need to have some of the eye candy turned down. I don't want to have to do that after building a new rig. So looking at the current prices, I can move up to a 5830 for only $45 more. Is the 256 bit memory going to net me enough performance to justify the price increase? Are there other cards that I should look at instead? I am not able to CF as the MB doesn't support it. I am also open to suggestions on any of my gear, save for the case, CPU and MB. My preferred price for the GPU is under $200. Cheaper is better but for a big gain in performance, I'll put up the cash.
Thx in advance.
My primary use for this PC will be WoW. I plan to play some FPS in the future but as of right now the only game I have time to play is WoW. I am playing at 1080p right now and I want to be able to max out all settings and still be at a reasonable frame rate, even in Dalaran. OF course I'm on a budget but since some of the components were bought at reasonable prices (the MB was free) I can be a little flexible with the GPU.
I have already purchased some of the components for this new rig.
Athlon IIx4 640
MSI 785GM-P45 MB (Free w/CPU so this is the one I'm using.)
Antec 300 case
OCZ ModXstream 700w PSU (overkill I know but you never know down the road...)
Gskill 4GB 1600 ram (ripjaw)
Samsung Spinpoint 1TB HDD 7200rpm
Sony Optiarc DVD
Now here are my questions. I want to be able to use ultra settings @1080p and have no stuttering at all in WoW. I had pretty much decided on an XFX 5770 but after a ton of reading on here, it seems that at that res the 5770 might need to have some of the eye candy turned down. I don't want to have to do that after building a new rig. So looking at the current prices, I can move up to a 5830 for only $45 more. Is the 256 bit memory going to net me enough performance to justify the price increase? Are there other cards that I should look at instead? I am not able to CF as the MB doesn't support it. I am also open to suggestions on any of my gear, save for the case, CPU and MB. My preferred price for the GPU is under $200. Cheaper is better but for a big gain in performance, I'll put up the cash.
Thx in advance.
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