Hope nobody minds me asking here, I know there is a forum for technical stuff but I need to get some input soon as I will have to try and buy one asap, as my current card is dying. Here is the post I originally intended to make on the other forum:
My current PC’s card, which is 5 years old, needs replacement. However my budget is very limited and computer hardware in Australia can be very expensive. Cards that would cost a couple of hundred dollars in the US can cost 3x that here. So I need some input, bearing in mind a much more limited budget.
Would this card be able to play WoW and other similar games:
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 Phoenix OC 6GB
Just for you info, the cheapest I can find this card online here is around $600, and even that is pushing my budget. So would it work for me?
Edit: according to a comparison with the game recommended specs, the above card seems to be well within their requirements but sometimes Im not sure of how to check such things. So any experienced computer brains out there who can offer advice would be appreciated.
For the longest time I ran a used NVidia 1070 that I picked up on ebay for $200 and it worked great. Don’t be afraid to buy used - a lot of bitcoin miners that used to buy these cards are dumping them on ebay cheap.
I appreciate the idea but Id rather not buy someone else’s potential problems when real money is concerned. I can use my credit card and pay it off (even though I was working hard to get the card zero’d out) so I just need to get the best deal I can for my buck.
You can search almost any graphic card on YouTube + World of Warcraft (or any other popular game) and find videos of people benchmarking it while playing the game.
It looks like people generally get 70-120 FPS on WoW on max settings using that card.
Assuming your CPU and ram are fine you will be more than fine with that card.
I personally use a built in vega 8 (much inferior to the 1660 gtx) on a potato laptop and rarely fall below 40 fps on 6-7.
Makes sense. I think the 1660 would be a decent bang for the buck - it’s not a rocket but it can do the job. You may need to turn down some quality settings when you’re in a raid but otherwise it should work fine. Fortunately Warcraft isn’t a super demanding game when it comes to graphics.
If you only plan to play wow any crappy card will run it. Wow have very low details. No reflexions , specularity normal maps and fancy effects any card will do it.
I have the 1660 gtx TI. It runs this game just fine. Surprised you were even able to find a graphics card. Even some of the older models are hard to find.
That being said, know what you’re getting and keep your other specs in mind too.
WoW is far more reliant on your processor than anything else, and while a better card will enable higher FPS and graphic settings, your processor needs to be able to handle it as well.
Also, keep your PSU in mind. Make sure it has the power to run your new card. Lots of people on lower end systems or with limited knowledge forget that part.
I have a very reliable tech who can help me, he actually suggested this card and since he helped put this PC together he knows what it can handle. Im probably going need to upgrade my RAM in a little while and he is helping me with that too, he is a good guy.
Its available from my normal PC component supplier, and is also on Amazon Australia. My supplier has quite a few cards although there are also many out of stock.
Radeon RX480 series. Its been misbehaving for a while now; repeated long fan work even though the card shows with normal temperatures, and now I’m getting weird issues and the Radeon centre is telling me there is a problem. While I might be able to figure the problem out, on the whole I think my old Sapphire is finally starting to die.
Heya Kneeshooter, It should run wow great, I just checked YouTube and I encourage you too aswell, people as of 7 months ago still using the card making comparisons with it.
From what I can tell it will be great, but don’t take my word on it, look for yourself, I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised .
I think the biggest thing for WoW in this expansion is an SSD so many loading screens, have you tried the Venythr assault!, 8 loading screens on final boss .
I like my 1660. Upgraded to it from 730 gt Nvidia card about a year ago. Would like to upgrade to one of the newer RTX cards eventually, but this 1660 is good enough for wow, and my RTS games.
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