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

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Originally Posted by 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.


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.

I'm running this sim with gtx560 Ti but with fast 4.5 GHz CPU everything maxed out except trees and houses.This GPU is just a bit stronger than your old gtx460, you can see that clearly here:

http://www.overclock.net/t/948160/gt...lock-for-clock



With fast CPU and your new 660 Ti you should be capable of running everything maxed out, 660 Ti is much stronger card then 560 Ti.

With fast CPU you wan't get much in avarage fps, but you will get rid of pauses and stutters.CPU speed helps when textures are moved between RAM and VRAM.
I can give you many examples from my friends and there is one.
He was playing on fast 4 GHz c2duo and gtx260 and it was bad.He upgraded with gtx670 gain some fps but not much improvement.Then he bought q9300 (not q9550 as advised) and gain some performance but he still have pauses and stutters.

just talking about CloD here, not games in general

Most of other games are not CPU dependent.This one is, like it was old il2 in that time.

Point is that Timon can buy 680 and will have problems.System have to be balanced or the weakest component will be the bottleneck.