Choosing a Graphics Card for Vindictus. Which one?

• 0chocolachao0 wrote on 2012-11-01 04:12
  I'm thinking about switching my graphics card to help with my gaming experience, as I lag everywhere I go.
  
  Now, I do not know much about computer specs, but I'll delve into it to accomodate my lack of knowledge.
  I have an i5-2500k processor ready to be used and I want to know which graphics card is compatible with this and provides maximum performance! (60fps! It's a dream~)
  
  I'm not sure, but I'm thinking of a GTX 560. I need some approval and suggestions because this is my first time figuring out how to even use computers.
• Zack wrote on 2012-11-01 04:34
  I have the 560 and get very good frame rate with pretty much any game. I was getting around 60 with Skyrim I believe. So I'd recommend that if you don't have a giant budget.
• Lewd wrote on 2012-11-01 04:36
  6850 is cheaper and about the same performance
  
  But you could run Vindi on a 9800gt fine
• TheBoulder wrote on 2012-11-01 11:36

  Quote from teneshi;973419:

  6850 is cheaper and about the same performance
  
  But you could run Vindi on a 9800gt fine

  
  
  You could run it fine, but a 9800GT is towards the lower end of the scale nowadays. I myself run an ATI Radeon HD 5670 and while it's fine for vindi, it does have some significant slowdown on some newer games.
  If you're upgrading you should definitely upgrade to a mid or high range card, since that's usually a sounder option in terms of value for cost. The GTX560 is a pretty good card.
  My advice to be upgrade to a card in either the GeForce 400/500 series, or if you prefer the Radeon cards, a card in the 6000/7000 series. This is just my opinion as a casual gamer though, I'm sure someone who takes a higher interest in these matters may have better advice. It wouldn't hurt to also post a thread of a similar topic at a dedicated hardware forum, so that there's more (informed) opinions being posted around.
• 0chocolachao0 wrote on 2012-11-01 11:57
  Thank you all for your help! I greatly appreciate it. I haven't researched much about the Radeon cards, only the GeForce ones. Are there any differences that I should be aware of?
• TheBoulder wrote on 2012-11-01 12:29
  I know the cards have differences, but it would take someone more educated than I to tell you what they are specifically. From what I gather, they use different methods to handle rendering frames, and different methods to handle post-processing tasks like antialiasing and ambient occlusion.
• Jesse wrote on 2012-11-01 14:55
  A GTX 550 Ti may not be able to give you 60 FPS consistently, but I found it to be the best card for the price. Back in September I purchased one from Newegg for 105 USD and it still runs Vindictus excellently. When there are only a few people in town, Vindictus usually has a frame rate of 60 FPS. This number can drop to around 30-40 FPS in 24 man raids. If there are any very large explosions or a bunch of objects being smashed at once there may be a sputter or two but nothing unbearable. If you want to save a large amount of money and are willing to lower your standards, I highly recommend you purchase this card from Newegg. After rebate, the card is only 89.99 USD, as opposed to the 200+ USD price tag on a 560 card.
  
  Keep in mind, you'll probably want to purchase a better card in a few years. Saving some money for such a card later or investing into a new monitor, speakers, or cooling system for your computer now might be a wiser idea.
• 0chocolachao0 wrote on 2012-11-05 04:04
  I see! Okay, I'll think about the 550 too. The low price compared to the 560 is soo tempting!! Do the sudden spikes when under hazardous conditions last longer than a second or two please if I choose the 550?? I'm making sure which one to buy because I kind of want this card to last a long time, preferably a year and half to the very least. I also looked at those Radeon cards, boy those cards must be extremely good, or I'm looking at desktop prices.
  
  Black Friday is coming soon, so I should probably take advantage of that. Again, thank you for your help.
• Lewd wrote on 2012-11-05 04:27

  Quote from 0chocolachao0;973540:

  Thank you all for your help! I greatly appreciate it. I haven't researched much about the Radeon cards, only the GeForce ones. Are there any differences that I should be aware of?

  
  
  There wont be any differences that you'll notice, other than ones AMD and the other is NVIDIA
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-11-05 06:13

  Quote from teneshi;975546:

  There wont be any differences that you'll notice, other than ones AMD and the other is NVIDIA

  
  It actually depends.
  
  They're each way better with different game engines than the other in some cases and even in non-gaming things better at some things than others. Like AMD is way better for mining Bitcoins and stuff like that. Don't know the technical details as I receive most info from random Googling and friends who know way too much about computers.
  
  But unless you're buying a graphics card solely for one game (which is a waste, tbh, unless you KNOW that's all you're going to do for like two years), it really does not make a difference lmao. You'll go back and forth between so much that it'll even out unless you develop a specific reason to not like one or the other for their drivers/hardware or something.
• 0chocolachao0 wrote on 2012-11-06 00:20
  I'm playing other games~ It's not a waste~ :cry:
  
  But yeah, I see there's a slight difference in gaming, but it seems Nvidia is a bit better due to its extensive experience with 3d animation(?)
  which Vindictus is. Many other games I'm interested in are 3d, so this is a plus for me I think.
  
  [S]Stop making me cry.[/S]
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-11-06 01:58

  Quote from 0chocolachao0;976071:

  I'm playing other games~ It's not a waste~ :cry:
  
  But yeah, I see there's a slight difference in gaming, but it seems Nvidia is a bit better due to its extensive experience with 3d animation(?)
  which Vindictus is. Many other games I'm interested in are 3d, so this is a plus for me I think.
  
  [S]Stop making me cry.[/S]

  
  I'm not quite sure what you're saying.
  
  Nvidia will handle Source games (Vindictus) better and AMD will handle Unreal games better, from what I've heard. Don't know the technical details. There will be exceptions, as drivers, game optimization, etc can also influence this.
• Knightmehre wrote on 2012-11-07 00:02
  You also need to hand pick your graphics card based on if you want antialiasing or not, your power supply budget, and what resolution you want to be playing at. It's not as easy as picking a card.