Far Cry 3 Graphics/Video Card: I don't know what to get

Far Cry 3

Game » consists of 10 releases. First released on Nov 29, 2012

The third installment in the series sees a reluctant victim battling nature, pirates, and the island's insanity-inducing jungle to rescue his friends and family from an island paradise gone horribly wrong.

Far Cry 3 Graphics/Video Card: I don't know what to get

#1 Posted by Schockh (1 posts) - 5 months, 21 days ago

I need a graphics card that can play Far cry 3 on the highest.But I need a range from 200$-300$ . Can anyone provide links to any good sites that have good cards? Please Help. Thanks in advanced

#2 Posted by xSeanZx (149 posts) - 5 months, 21 days ago

If you want to play Far Cry 3 on the highest you will need to spend a bit more than 200-300 dollars (based off of what we have seen so far)

#3 Edited by Bourbon_Warrior (4525 posts) - 5 months, 21 days ago

@Schockh: Get this 7950 they give you Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, Medal of Honor 2 and Sleeping Dogs free with it. That's like 200 dollars of games free with a 300 dollar card that are all redeemable via steam.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006

Plus it's pretty high up on the benchmark list so I would say it would handle Max pretty nicelyi.

#4 Edited by colorbrandon (58 posts) - 5 months, 21 days ago

@Schockh: What resolution is your monitor?

Either way, GTX 660 Ti would be your bang for buck choice. It is in the 200-300$ range.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/far_cry_3_graphics_performance_review_benchmark,6.html

See this for benchmarks.

If you aren't going crazy with the resolution, it seem like you can get about 30-40 FPS with the 660 Ti

#5 Posted by zenmastah (507 posts) - 5 months, 20 days ago

Id get that 7950 if you cant spend more, if you can however do that ive got Palit gtx 670 jet stream 2g and it can handle anything im throwing at it very well. It has base clock over 1000 and boost clock over 1100 and runs very cool.

#6 Edited by believer258 (7877 posts) - 5 months, 20 days ago

Uh... you duders need to ask some questions before throwing numbers at him.

Like, for instance, what are your computer's specs? What sort of power supply do you have? Is there enough space in your case for a graphics card?

If the OP has a four-year old cheap HP tower with a low-end dual core processor in it, then just tossing a graphics card in there - even if it will fit - won't do him a ton of good. Most likely, the power supply in such a computer won't be able to handle the card.

#7 Posted by RidMad (7 posts) - 5 months, 19 days ago

@xSeanZx said:

If you want to play Far Cry 3 on the highest you will need to spend a bit more than 200-300 dollars (based off of what we have seen so far)

That is false, I got my GTX 660ti for 250 bucks on ncix and I can run any game you throw at me at ultra. I get an average of 60-75 FPS on FC3 on ultra settings.

http://ncix.com/search/?q=GTX%20660%20Ti - That's the link to the GPU.

Check out the game on ultra settings here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TaxydFGt8Y

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