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by Blackferne » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:51 pm
So I have an Acer X1300
http://support.acer.com/us/en/acerpanam ... 00nv.shtml
Which I bought two years ago when my old PC failed to continue to work. It has served me well and for WoW it has been fine unmodified. However the graphics requirements for SWTOR make it unusable. The rest of the stuff passes the bar, so if I can just replace the video card I would prefer that to buying/building a new PC outright.
Now the problem is that the PC itself is not very big and so in order to upgrade the video card I have to get what is a low profile PCE card.
The SWTOR suggested video cards are described as:
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better
http://www.swtor.com/info/faq#171060
Looking around I realize I don't have a good easy way to compare video cards to know that if any of the low profile PCE cards I see are up to that standard. For example my PC currently has a GeForce 9200 which is apparently worse(by quite some level) than a 7800. So If I could get some guidance I would really appreciate it. Here is a card I think exceeds the recommended minimums. Is it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102874
If you find other cards my price constraint should not exceed $150. At that point I should look at just buying a new PC.
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by Kirb » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:42 pm
Yes that would run SWTOR.
I don't know about it running on a 220w PSU though, that sounds like it would really be pushing it.
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by Bulwark » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:08 pm
Kirb wrote:Yes that would run SWTOR.
I don't know about it running on a 220w PSU though, that sounds like it would really be pushing it.
Good point. I ran your system through
http://images10.newegg.com/BizIntell/to ... index.html and, even with a crappy video card, a 220w PSU isn't enough. Also, chances are your current power supply doesn't have the right connectors for a modern video card.
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by Blackferne » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:19 pm
Well if it is now trying to replace a power supply and a video card I'm entering the turf of just get a new PC and keep my current to give to my daughter for silly kid stuff.
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by Blackferne » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:55 pm
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by Blackferne » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:56 pm
Never mind that last one. reviews seem to poo poo it.
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by Furiel » Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:31 am
Let me dig in my basement before you do anything. I'm not sure I have a good card but I think I have an old functional power supply or two that might be sufficient to allow you to just upgrade the card now.
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by Blackferne » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:21 am
Furiel wrote:Let me dig in my basement before you do anything. I'm not sure I have a good card but I think I have an old functional power supply or two that might be sufficient to allow you to just upgrade the card now.
The problem is the PC I'm on right now is really small, so putting most components into it is like putting linebackers in a Yugo*.
*Ziinng: 80s Auto reference!
Bulwark and I are gonna shop for parts tomorrow and start building a new machine and this PC can be Zoe's first PC when I'm confident she won't try to feed it crackers.
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by Raikir » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:53 am
Blackferne wrote:
Bulwark and I are gonna shop for parts tomorrow and start building a new machine and this PC can be Zoe's first PC when I'm confident she won't try to feed it crackers.
Yeah, too much sodium...
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by Happyclam » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:07 am
I'm going to have a 5850 extra here in a week or so. Upgrading to a 6950/70.
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by Blackferne » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:37 pm
Happyclam wrote:I'm going to have a 5850 extra here in a week or so. Upgrading to a 6950/70.
If you are wanting it to find a good home, Bulwark and I have computer parts coming this week to assemble a new PC. Let me know.
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by Blackferne » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:58 pm
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by Furiel » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:16 pm
Y no SSD?
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by Blackferne » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:23 pm
Furiel wrote:Y no SSD?
Budget mostly.
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by Furiel » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:08 pm
Blackferne wrote:Furiel wrote:Y no SSD?
Budget mostly.
Time is money son. And with a SSD you're PC will boot in literally seconds. Get a small SSD drive big enough to put the OS on and that's it, then use a regular HD for program loads and data storage. A friend did that with his last PC and it's amazing. I fully intend to do the same next PC tweak/upgrade.
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by Blackferne » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:28 pm
Furiel wrote:Blackferne wrote:Furiel wrote:Y no SSD?
Budget mostly.
Time is money son. And with a SSD you're PC will boot in literally seconds. Get a small SSD drive big enough to put the OS on and that's it, then use a regular HD for program loads and data storage. A friend did that with his last PC and it's amazing. I fully intend to do the same next PC tweak/upgrade.
Interesting. The motherboard has an upper limit of 3GB/s data transfer so I'm not sure if that would cap the improvement.
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by Raikir » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:44 pm
An SSD will saturate SATA 3GB pretty easily. Programs (read: games) load much quicker. That being said, if you're gonna go SSD, you should probably get a MB that has SATA 6GB.
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by Blackferne » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:12 pm
Raikir wrote:An SSD will saturate SATA 3GB pretty easily. Programs (read: games) load much quicker. That being said, if you're gonna go SSD, you should probably get a MB that has SATA 6GB.
I'm not really that concerned about load speeds enough to rework my order to do that.
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by Happyclam » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:22 pm
Send me an address via PM, Joun. I should be able to mail it off by the end of the week.
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by Arrican » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:48 am
I may be doing a thread like this in the near future. I'm debating just building a whole new rig for TOR.
And just out of curiosity is there a video card that would allow the game to be played on a 55" tv? Without it looking like ass of course.
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by Raikir » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:56 am
Most mid range cards ($100-150) can handle 1920x1080 (1080p) on medium to high settings with no problem. TOR is not that demanding graphically.
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by Bulwark » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:52 am
Raikir wrote:Most mid range cards ($100-150) can handle 1920x1080 (1080p) on medium to high settings with no problem. TOR is not that demanding graphically.
assuming the card has HDMI (which most do these days) or the TV has AGP input (which many do these days).
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by Sir Psyko » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:29 pm
Socket 775? Ouch...
My 460GTX handles ToR fine at 1680x1050, even in it's current Beta condition. A 5750 or higher ATI/AMD card should be fine as well. Though there is no AA in the Beta builds so far (the new one might have it, should know in a few days) so it's hard to tell how it will really run.
As for playing on 55" TV, it will look a bit grainy because the pixel pitch of the TV is much larger than the monitor, but if you're far enough away, it should be acceptable. Honestly, I'd rather go 3 x 27" LCD 1080p Panoramic.
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by Vespasian » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:42 pm
have you looked inside the computer infront of you? you might be able to find one there.
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