[Official] Diablo III Information and Discussion Thread - Page 309

I pre-ordered my CE on April 29... day after they said they wont be taking any pre-orders. I paid in advance, so they better sent me my copy

Man I wish I did. Would love to have something to play with til the servers go live

Hey guys I have a question. I have a 3.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, 4GB of RAM, and a 500-watt power supply. I wanted to know the cheapest graphics card I can get that will produce ULTRA or at least HIGH output for Diablo 3. I am planning on dropping a grand on my next computer but I just got out of college so I don't have the money, so i'm planning on keeping this computer for awhile. My problem is i want to play Guild wars 2 and have already pre ordered diablo 3. I want to run them on at least high settings with spending as little cash as possible. I was thinking about getting EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB that is on sale at: http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp . Any suggestions on any other graphics cards that will get the job done?

Thanks for the help,

-P.K.

What resolution is your monitor?

How can the universe expect me to wait another 10 days? This is killing me.

AFK, pacing back and forth some more while biting my nails until they bleed. (And no, i'm not joking)

Here are the D3 requirements:
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
PC
Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Latest Service Packs)
Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better

and the MINIMUM for GW2 (currently):
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or better • Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better • 2 GB RAM • NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)

I have no idea what GW2 recommended will end up being, but I think you can find a better card for about the same price or maybe a better deal on the 550 if that's what you wanted (I don't know what EVGA charges for shipping).

Also, someone correct me if I am wrong about the 7770's being better than the 550 TI.

Edit: Yes, also monitor resolution. I think it will be hard to tell how cheap a video card you can get away with high settings on GW2 until the game is optimized better.
Edited by Myrtl - 5/4/12 at 9:32am

As Crazy said, we need your monitor resolution if you'd be so kind

Also a 550ti is guaranteed to NOT run GW2 on high, maybe D3 I dunno.

Holy crap! Go look at this news post.



And that's only physical pre-orders!?

Edit: physical pre-orders in the U.S only mind you
Edited by Bobotheklown - 5/4/12 at 9:27am

*jaw drop* 11 days D:

Hey guys, I have a LG 27" 1080P 60hrz, was planning on running 1920 X 1080.