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Video card upgrade

[Deleted User] · 2014-12-02 12:12:40

Hey guys I previously did a self build (3 years ago) with the below components (added a 256GB SSD since then) and am looking to improve the Video card. If I budgeted say €250 what would give me the best chance of running say Shadow of Mordor at a playable level? 8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9 ASRock Z68 Pro3 (B3), Sockel…

02-12-2014 12:12pm

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Hey guys I previously did a self build (3 years ago) with the below components (added a 256GB SSD since then) and am looking to improve the Video card. If I budgeted say €250 what would give me the best chance of running say Shadow of Mordor at a playable level?

8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9
ASRock Z68 Pro3 (B3), Sockel 1155, ATX
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155
Sapphire HD6870 1G GDDR5 PCI-E DL-DVI-I+SL-DVI-D / HDMI / DP
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W

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#2 02-12-2014 12:25pm

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You may find a GTX 770 in that price range. Shadow of Mordor is a demanding game, you would need to turn some setting down to get 1080 running somewhat smoothly for you.

In fact there is someone selling at 770 on the forum here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056460344&page=50

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#3 02-12-2014 12:31pm

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I would think that I might have to turn all settings down ha but put it there as the demand benchmark

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#4 02-12-2014 12:34pm

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You could try downsampling also.

Consider a gtx 970 if you could stretch the budget a bit! I am looking for a new card myself at the moment and have a similar budget.

Is it worth buying a current gen card, if you will, within budget or saving a bit more and getting a gtx 970.....

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#5 02-12-2014 12:42pm

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That may all depend on what the 6870 is worth to sell??

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#6 02-12-2014 1:18pm

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Shadow of Mordor isn't that demanding, I've run it on 6870 at 1080p medium...ish settings.

An R9 280X is a nice upgrade and will easily run the game at 1080p ultra.

It ran fine on my laptop with 7970m at those settings, that's about the same speed as a desktop 7870/270X.

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