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Howdy, I've got a bit of an older machine, built this box a couple of years ago.. at the time everything was top end hardware.
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
EVGA FTW Edition mobo, 780i I believe.
EVGA 280 GTX super clocked edition video.
8GB ram.
Coolermaster cosmos S case.
Not that its struggling with any games in particular right now, but im building a new box sometime closer to the release of diablo 3... and I work out of town so i'm always lugging this PC around.. and if your familiar with the cosmos S case, its a fuckin pain in the ass (huge). So ideally i'd still like to use this computer at my worktown house... but would like it a bit stronger so I can enjoy the visual splendor of titles like D3 in higher details.
Is there a reasonable upgrade for this build video card wise, that the 9550 can still pump into it ? Would be a shame to buy a newer gen card and not be able to use it fully.
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2011-09-12, 02:05 PM #1High Overlord
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Video card / upgrade suggestion
Intel i7-2600k @ 4.6 ghz - Corsair H100 - 16GB DDR3-1600 - SLI GTX 580 - Crucial 240GB
Corsair Obsidian 650D - WD 2TB Black Storage
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2011-09-12, 02:15 PM #2Grunt
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I don't think you will have any trouble playing diablo 3. If I were you I would wait until diablo 3 comes out and see how your computer fairs.
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2011-09-12, 02:26 PM #3High Overlord
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Well for me im going to be in a weird spot. When my favorite title of all time comes out with a sequel I love to have everything as high as I possibly can.
So when I buy a new computer to stop myself from luggin shit around all the time, (60% work house, 40% home) - itll be sad to have to downgrade my visuals.
Just thinkin if theres anything in the 150-300 range that would do that for me, but I supposed yoru right and I should wait it out some more.
Patience isnt something I was blessed with -_-Intel i7-2600k @ 4.6 ghz - Corsair H100 - 16GB DDR3-1600 - SLI GTX 580 - Crucial 240GB
Corsair Obsidian 650D - WD 2TB Black Storage
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2011-09-12, 03:52 PM #4Scarab Lord
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We should know more about the game very shortly now that it has gone to family and friends beta. With that being said system spec's should come out. As far as I know the game will be based in DX9 which your card supports but outside of that I have zero information.
I'd say wait for the time being.
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2011-09-12, 04:15 PM #5Herald of the Titans
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D3 doesn't have good graphics... your machine will easily max it.
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One... now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.
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