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BF3's a pretty demanding game... you're not going to be maxing anything on BF3 with a $150 card, but then again, you probably already know this 
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same...
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same...
vmem
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what are your specs right now and what games etc are you trying to run on the graphics card? haswell should be out a little less than a year from now, so it's really not to ridiculous to get something like a gtx 670 and run it bottle necked for 10 months or so. afterall, I don't see you getting a new video card again next year
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BF3's a pretty demanding game... you're not going to be maxing anything on BF3 with a $150 card, but then again, you probably already know this
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same chart is the 6850 or 6870. if you don't plan on the HTPC build in the future, they'll get you more raw performance
am waiting for haswell myself. though I took the plunge and went sandybridge
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same chart is the 6850 or 6870. if you don't plan on the HTPC build in the future, they'll get you more raw performance
am waiting for haswell myself. though I took the plunge and went sandybridge
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vmem :
BF3's a pretty demanding game... you're not going to be maxing anything on BF3 with a $150 card, but then again, you probably already know this
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same chart is the 6850 or 6870. if you don't plan on the HTPC build in the future, they'll get you more raw performance
am waiting for haswell myself. though I took the plunge and went sandybridge
to be honest I would get something like a radeon HD 7750. it would be hard to avoid a bottleneck with your athlon II for multiplayer at high resolutions, but you should be able to find a happy medium with this combination. everything should be pretty smooth on single player as long as you don't try to max settings. besides, the 7750's a low end enough card that has such little power consumption that I would feel comfortable sticking it in an HTPC in the future
as you can see here, it'll get you decent fps at medium settings
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/458
also on the same chart is the 6850 or 6870. if you don't plan on the HTPC build in the future, they'll get you more raw performance
am waiting for haswell myself. though I took the plunge and went sandybridge
Never mind if i only can play the game at medium setting.
How about HD 7770?
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well, on the same site I linked you, we see the 7770 pulling ~50fps at medium settings, so I can see it struggle at higher settings.
how's your power supply? if you've got at least 500W, I would just go for the 6850 or 6870 for raw performance, depending on prices in your area.
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vmem :
definately a good move... the main thing with the 7770/7750 is that they're incredibly power efficient, and I see too many people on the forums with an inadequate power supply. but you're sitting pretty with a 750w
Ok thanks for your answer dude
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