I can spend up to ~$450 on one card and I prefer it to be available on Amazon, as they are the only one I can find that can ship to a P.O. Box without hassle. I would be willing to spend $500 on a card IF it is worth the money and it better be a GREAT enhancement in performance. Anything I do get must be over 2GB unless you can find a good reason for it not to be over.
I have to be able to MAX GTA IV and use Icenhancer while maintaining 35-45 FPS even in high speeds or fighting. I don't want the trouble of using the commandline, but if I have to so I can get the better card, so be it.
It must max AC3, I don't care about how the AA looks, as long as it's playable.
Red Orchestra 2 with full forced AA and a good playable FPS rate.
Any NFS game with AA and a good playable FPS rate.
Skyrim with graphics mods that push over 2GB and still have a good playable FPS rate.
Anything else would be an extra, as I don't normally play first person shooters or other RPGs than Skyrim.
I would most prefer that it be from EVGA because I've had great experiences with the customer support and their products, but ASUS would be fine as well. If I use an AMD card, then I would prefer it be from MSI or Sapphire because of their good support. It doesn't matter if it's factory OC'd or not because I'm most likely going to OC it some myself, but within reason. I was really looking at the MSI Lightning series and the EVGA FTW series, but GHz would be good, as well.
My specs as of now:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($107.95 @ Mac Connection)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($67.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Other: TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2 ($17.93)
Total: $859.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-02 21:09 EST-0500)
I would also like a change on that Motherboard because I've read bad reviews about them. Please also keep in mind that I've bought the CPU cooler, so don't have a freak out because you think that I'm not buying one.
I have to be able to MAX GTA IV and use Icenhancer while maintaining 35-45 FPS even in high speeds or fighting. I don't want the trouble of using the commandline, but if I have to so I can get the better card, so be it.
It must max AC3, I don't care about how the AA looks, as long as it's playable.
Red Orchestra 2 with full forced AA and a good playable FPS rate.
Any NFS game with AA and a good playable FPS rate.
Skyrim with graphics mods that push over 2GB and still have a good playable FPS rate.
Anything else would be an extra, as I don't normally play first person shooters or other RPGs than Skyrim.
I would most prefer that it be from EVGA because I've had great experiences with the customer support and their products, but ASUS would be fine as well. If I use an AMD card, then I would prefer it be from MSI or Sapphire because of their good support. It doesn't matter if it's factory OC'd or not because I'm most likely going to OC it some myself, but within reason. I was really looking at the MSI Lightning series and the EVGA FTW series, but GHz would be good, as well.
My specs as of now:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/B8np/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($107.95 @ Mac Connection)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($67.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Other: TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2 ($17.93)
Total: $859.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-02 21:09 EST-0500)
I would also like a change on that Motherboard because I've read bad reviews about them. Please also keep in mind that I've bought the CPU cooler, so don't have a freak out because you think that I'm not buying one.