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| | The below cards will maintain an average of at least 60FPS at given resolutions. This is provided to give a sense of how resolutions effect performance. The higher the resolution, the more powerful a card you will need: |
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| Minimum recommended GPU models are the Nvidia GTX 550TI or ATI HD 6850 each with 2GB VRAM (these are last seasons mid-range models with a boosted VRAM and available fairly cheap at ~$150, 1GB versions run around $35 less and you will hate yourself if you skimp here). PCIe 3.0 x16 support would be nice here but certainly not necessary (unless you are spending $500 or more), but a PCIe 2.0 with a full x16 dedicated bandwidth is a really good idea, check your motherboard for this support.
| | '''1600x900 / 1680x1050''' |
| | :AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
| | :nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB |
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| My personal conclusion at this point is that for ballsout graphics without sending you to the poorhouse (and future-proof for 4 years) a GTX 670 4GB (of Samsung DDR5) priced at $400 is the way to go, it may be several months before we see this but I am a patient man. The 670 is only 4% slower than the 680 and has much less cooling issues, the Samsung DDR5 is proving to be much faster and more reliable than other vendors and 4GB should be sufficient to guarantee 4 years of usefulness. Go to [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html Toms Hardware] if your looking for a comprehensive chart, it was used as a primary information source.
| | '''1920x1080 / 1920x1200''' |
| | :AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB |
| | :nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB |
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| | '''2560x1600''' |
| | :AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB |
| | :nVidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB |
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| | Use all the above information to help you determine the best video card for your needs. |
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| ==== Mobile ==== | | ==== Mobile ==== |