Build a PC for Rome 2 / Hardware Recommendations and Advice Thread

[Quenta]

This might help you decide.

http://www.hwcompare.com/14816/gefor...force-gtx-760/

[Manuel I Komnenos]

This might help you decide.

http://www.hwcompare.com/14816/gefor...force-gtx-760/

This is the worst way to compare graphics card, because it tells us nothing of their actual performance.

I'll just give you benchmarks for the Metro Last Light, arguably one of the most taxing games.
GTX 560ti scores 14 fps
GTX 760 Gigabyte scores 43 fps
(both in 1920x1200).

[SkyTrickster]

Not worth it.

[Birk]

Not worth it.

lol, he would almost double his FPS. Definitely worth it.

[StupidAlarmClockGuy]

lol, he would almost double his FPS. Definitely worth it.

Go with the GTX 660 that costs way less and still provides a lot of power. It's fine.

[♔The Black Knight♔]

Hi fellow ohioian.

Anyways, you would see a huge performance difference with that new card. The card you have now can play the game on on medium-low while the new card will hit the highs most likely depending on what processor you have. Any threads talking about parts should be in the basement for the pc advice thread sticky though for future reference.

[Mononitoto]

Hi fellow ohioian.

Anyways, you would see a huge performance difference with that new card. The card you have now can play the game on on medium-low while the new card will hit the highs most likely depending on what processor you have. Any threads talking about parts should be in the basement for the pc advice thread sticky.

Emmmm.... I have the ATi 6950 2gbs version and I can play Shogun 2 with almost everything in ultra... I think he'll play Rome 2 in ultra very easy...
The 560 Ti is better than mine in a few things, and worse in others.


Sorry for my English. Isn't my native language.

Mononitoto ~ Galaxy S3 ~ Spain

[-Concrete-]

What's your processor buddy.

[Kalliman85]

Its an Intel i7 870, 8 GB RAM, 700 watt PSU

[-Concrete-]

Its an Intel i7 870, 8 GB RAM, 700 watt PSU

Then yes, your GPU will be holding you back currently. A 760 or a 660TI would be a good match imo.

[Earende]

I think CPU's the bigger issue for Total War?

[Maggnis]

Definitely be worth it.
I went from a 560ti to the new 650ti boost oc 2gb (got a great deal I couldn't pass it up)
Doubled my FPS. You wont be disappointed with the 760

[TSD]

according to this, in shogun 2 1080p Ultra quality. the 760 would get you about 24 more fps on average from your current solution:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/858?vs=854

so It comes down to is 24 frames on average worth 200-250 bucks to you.

I currently have a GTX 580 and frankly cannot yet justify laying down money on a new GPU. It ran shogun fine on Ultra, I imagine it will do alright on Rome 2.

[I2ain_2_Battle]

will i be able to play rome 2 on ultra with this new gpu i'm getting? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130933

[TSD]

If Rome 2 graphically isn't much different from Shogun, then yes.

Thing is no one can give you a for sure answer since there are no benchmarks to look at for Rome 2.

[alQamar]

If Rome 2 graphically isn't much different from Shogun, then yes.

Thing is no one can give you a for sure answer since there are no benchmarks to look at for Rome 2.

Not yet but I will start to publish them at release day in my thread.

[Geuvesa]

I have a single GTX 770 (which is an upgraded 760, you will have to research to see how much exactly) and I upgraded from dual GTX 560s in SLI, and it doubled my frames with everything maxed out on shogun 2 (hitting 84.3 FPS in the benchmark test)
I also have an I7 3.4 GHZ processor with turbo boost (so capable of overclocking to 4.0) if that info is relevant to you.

[-Concrete-]

There's an official thread stickied btw.

[Sherm]

No, Ihmo.

[Kalliman85]

What's the difference between 2 gb, 3gb and 4gb models?