Vid card for WoW

GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 LifeAkron, PA Icrontian
edited August 2014 in Hardware

Been out of the desktop market for a while but I was just given a Dell XPS 420 with 8gb of ram and a Q6600. It has a XfX 8500

I am looking to make a Box for To start playing WoW with you guys. I need a Cheap Vid card to throw in it and Plug into my TV. I need it to Run HDMI and Sound. Whats your Guys suggestions? I am really strapped for Cash but Would like to get this running ( I had to sell my other I7 PC to pay for car bills )

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  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian

    Buy @Thrax shit™

    midga
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    I'm all for it but just wondering what card for cheap will do it

  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian

    Doesn't it still run on a toaster?

    MAGIC
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    Yes But it will be hooked to a 46 LED tv, So Id like it a little more smooth than toaster Graphics

  • SignalSignal Icrontian

    @mertesn said:
    Doesn't it still run on a toaster?

    Yes, pretty much anything will run WoW.

    Mists of Pandora (which I'm making an assumption being the lastest expansion should have the highest requirements out of any of the add-ons) has a video requirement of

    NVIDIA GeForce 6800 orATI Radeon X1600 Pro

  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian

    @GnomeWizardd said:
    Yes But it will be hooked to a 46 LED tv, So Id like it a little more smooth than toaster Graphics

    24, 32, 46, 100+ inch display doesn't make a bit of difference. It's the resolution you're pushing. Look for something that'll play at 1080p.

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    1080p Is what we are looking at

  • SonorousSonorous F@H Fanatic US Icrontian

    R7 260X should serve you well.

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    Looking more the 70 dollar range Its all i got

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    Keep in mind that the next expansion, which comes out in less than three months, has an engine overhaul. CPU is still key for WoW, but a decent video card can't hurt.

  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian

    Might not be a horribad idea to wait until Warlords and save a few more dollars for something a bit better.

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    Hell it will take me a year to get to 70 and need warlords by then ill have a whole new PC if all goes well. This is just a stop gap

  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian

    If you pre-order Warlords, you get a 90 out of the gate.

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    "Will take me a year to get to 70"

    lololololol

    Clearly you haven't played in a while. You can get from 1-90 in about a month of dedicated leveling, and if you pre-order, you get an instant 90.

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

    Radeon 265 or 270. Buy my things.

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    @primesuspect said:
    "Will take me a year to get to 70"

    lololololol

    Clearly you haven't played in a while. You can get from 1-90 in about a month of dedicated leveling, and if you pre-order, you get an instant 90.

    So Let me get this, I own the first WoW with no expansions but If i pre purchase Warlords I get a 90 to start with

    They I am def gonna be strapped for cash but hey its gonna be epic

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    Or 63 and I get it all including Warlords

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    I can get my hands on a 9800 GT 1gb for free will that run wow For the time being at a decent Frame Rate

    midga
  • SignalSignal Icrontian
    edited August 2014

    That will probably run it at max settings. I ran it with an 8800 GT 512 at very high settings.

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

    Nice, I can get my hands on one from my fathers extra bin at his house

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2014

    Bought a Saphire Radeon 7770 1gb GDDR5 83 bucks Couldnt pass it up

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