Graphic Cards for WoW.. Which One?

Question

i dont know which to pick.. a GeForce GTS 250, a GeForce GTS 450 or a Radeon HD 6750..

ive read on many sites that the GTS 450 is the 250's successor, but on some benchmarking sites, such as http://www.hwcompare.com/7778/geforce-gts-250-1gb-vs-geforce-gts-450-1gb/ .. the 250 seems to be better..

BUT according to videocardbenchmark.net , the Radeon is the best out of all of them.

Radeon HD 6750 : http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+6750
GTS 250: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTS+250
GTS 450: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTS+450

and does it matter what brand i buy? Sapphire vs EVGA etc? they're all the same right?
and will DDR3 be good enough? or should i really get a GDDR5?

thanks!

Answer 1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11166-02-20R-5450-DDR3-Graphics/dp/B0036DD4CO/ref=pd_cp_computers_0



saphire

Answer 2

Cards with GDDR5 are preferable but more expensive than cards with DDR3. DDR3 versions of these cards should be enough for WoW though.



The GTS 250 performs slightly higher in benchmarks, but will give off much more heat compared to the GTS 450, if that is an issue. Usually it should not be.



The Radeon 6750 outperforms both of them at about a 1.6 to 1 ratio.



Performance differences for different brands of the same model do not differ that much. However I found companies like EVGA, XFX, ASUS, and MSI to have a more high quality product compared to Sapphire or Gigabyte. That is in my opinion. EVGA currently does not have any modern Radeon cards available but they are based in the US if that means anything to you. I know ASUS and MSI are in Asia but I am not sure about XFX. Still, most if not all cards are still made in China no matter what brand or where they are based.

Answer 3

If u want to buy a new graphic card here the suggestions :

(i spent a lot of time for a perfect answer)





DDR3 & GDDR3 Graphic cards :

1 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card

2 AMD/ATI Radeon HD5570 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card

3 XFX AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6450 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card

4 AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6570 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card

5 AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5670 GPU 1 GB GDDR3 Graphics Card



GDDR5 Graphic cards :



1 AMD/ATI Radeon HD6750 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

2 GeForce GT 440 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

3 AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6670 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card



Here r the list of Best GPU under Rs 6,000...



1.Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6450 1 GB DDR3 ----------- Rs 2587

2. XFX AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card ------- Rs2470

3.Sparkle NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1 GB DDR3 ---------Rs 2646

4.PowerColor AMD/ATI Radeon HD5570 1 GB DDR3 --------Rs 3293



GRAPHIC CARD WHICH I PERSONALTY RECOMMEND :



1.Asus NVIDIA GTS 450 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card ----Rs 5955

2.XFX AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6670 1 GB DDR3 GPU ------Rs 5674

3.Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6750 2 GB DDR3 ------Rs 6050



I'll highly recommend u to buy 3.Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6750 2 GB DDR3 .because this is the best graphic card which let u to play all high end games up to date. with max settings.



info about 3.Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6750 2 GB DDR3.

1.04 billion 40nm transistors

TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture

720 Stream Processing Units

36 Texture Units

64 Z/Stencil ROP Units

16 Z/Stencil ROP Units

DDR3 memory interface

PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface

DirectX® 11 support

Shader Model 5.0

DirectCompute 11

Programmable hardware tessellation unit

Accelerated multi-threading

HDR texture compression

Order-independent transparency

OpenGL 4.1 support1

Image quality enhancement technology

Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes

Adaptive anti-aliasing

16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering

128-bit floating point HDR rendering

ATI Stream acceleration technology

OpenCL 1.1 compliant

DirectCompute 11

Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling4,5

Native support for common video encoding instructions

ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology6

Dual GPU scaling

ATI Avivo HD Video & Display technology7

UVD 2 dedicated video playback accelerator

Advanced post-processing and scaling8

Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction

Brighter whites processing (blue stretch)

Independent video gamma control

Dynamic video range control

Support for H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2

Dual-stream 1080p playback support9,10

DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support

Integrated dual-link DVI output with HDCP11

Max resolution: 2560x160012

Integrated HDMI 1.4a with Stereoscopic 3D Frame Packing Format, Deep Color, xvYCC wide gamut support, and high bit-rate audio

Max resolution: 1920x120012

Integrated VGA output

Max resolution: 2048x153612

Integrated HD audio controller

Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required

Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio format

ATI PowerPlay™ power management technology7

Dynamic power management with low power idle state

Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations

Certified drivers for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP



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