New Graphics Card - GTX 660 non Ti or 7850/7870

[Matt255]

I got a 660 Ti a few weeks ago.

I would say it's fast enough for CloD even at very high (but not maxed out) settings, but i wouldn't have bought anything less.

You can probably get a 570 or 580 GTX. That might be an option aswell (especially if you would consider buying a used card, you can get them really cheap). But i wouldn't buy those with less than 2 GB. And of course you might need a new PSU if you would go that route. You would get more performance for less money though.

I think you will have problems because of slow CPU.You need at least 3.5 GHz CPU and 4 GHz is recomended one.

CloD doesn't make good use of the CPU. I have a Q9550 at stock settings and it's usually at ~60 % load in CloD, so overall, i don't think the CPU really matters much, aslong as it's not at very high load.

The graphics card makes a massive difference though. I went from a 460 GTX to a 660 Ti and it went from barely playable at very low settings to very playable at almost maxed out settings.

So instead of investing into a CPU or a CPU/graphics compromise, i would always go for the graphics card first.

(just talking about CloD here, not games in general)