Hello, dear community,
half a year ago I bought completely new PC ( I live in UK and bought it from Comet). My budget was quite limited, so I decided to go for better processor rather than graphics card, but now I have been saving some money and I can afford to buy a dedicated graphics card as well, but here I need your help since I know nothing about computers. Basically, this computer is used only to play dota (not even DOTA2). Although my integrated GPU can pretty much play the game around 60 FPS first half an hour (all settings low), but later (when spells become more powerful etc) it starts dropping, game is not smooth at all and picture is jittery, which makes me completely useless in teamclashes. But this is no wonder because the integrated GPU is not really meant for playing, even though this game is quite old and recommended hardware is quite weak. But still, it is updated regularly and game gets more and more complex. Since I am really into this game and most of my free time I spend playing it, it means a world to me and I want everything to be perfect. I was hoping, perhaps, I can get some aid from this forum.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: possibly next week.
BUDGET RANGE: around 100 pounds, can be a bit more. I want to go for brand new one, not used.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: basically only for playing dota, but on a medium settings and without any fpsdrop.
CURRENT SYSTEM SPECS:
Model: Acer Aspire X3960
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 CPU 2.8 GhZ
RAM: 3 GB DDR3
Windows 7 64-bit
Hadrdrive: 500 GB
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 2000
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I prefer buying it straight from the shop (PCWorld, Comet, Currys etc), because I live together with strangers whom I do not trust in receiving the package and I am also working during daytime. But if this option is not reasonable perhaps I can use some trustworthy UK-based online-shop as well (pixmania for isntance).
PARTS PREFERENCES: I am complete novice in computing, so I have no idea.
OVERCLOCKING: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Currently 1600x900
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As far as I am concerned only onboard graphics is the bottleneck in playing dota at 65 FPS (maximum) at all times. Unfortunately, I do not know the type of my motherboard, but I am quite certain it has PCI-Express slot for dedicated graphics card. The downside of this computer is that it is in Small Form Factor case, which means that not all graphics cards are going to fit there, but I have no idea which are and which are not. Let me remind you that I only want to play dota at medium settings without any FPSdrop at all, which means I do not need the best videocard on the market, but it has to be good enough to keep me going for a while without having to buy a new one.
I have done a bit of a research as well before posting here and Radeon HD 7750 1GB seemed like a reasonable card. It is also said that it only requires 75 W ( small form factory computer power supplies are quite weak - I think mine is around 220 W) and it is small enough to fit in SSF case. I do not know whether it is true or not, but perhaps you know better.
Please, anyone with enough knowledge, could you please recommend me something?! It would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Fr3
half a year ago I bought completely new PC ( I live in UK and bought it from Comet). My budget was quite limited, so I decided to go for better processor rather than graphics card, but now I have been saving some money and I can afford to buy a dedicated graphics card as well, but here I need your help since I know nothing about computers. Basically, this computer is used only to play dota (not even DOTA2). Although my integrated GPU can pretty much play the game around 60 FPS first half an hour (all settings low), but later (when spells become more powerful etc) it starts dropping, game is not smooth at all and picture is jittery, which makes me completely useless in teamclashes. But this is no wonder because the integrated GPU is not really meant for playing, even though this game is quite old and recommended hardware is quite weak. But still, it is updated regularly and game gets more and more complex. Since I am really into this game and most of my free time I spend playing it, it means a world to me and I want everything to be perfect. I was hoping, perhaps, I can get some aid from this forum.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: possibly next week.
BUDGET RANGE: around 100 pounds, can be a bit more. I want to go for brand new one, not used.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: basically only for playing dota, but on a medium settings and without any fpsdrop.
CURRENT SYSTEM SPECS:
Model: Acer Aspire X3960
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 CPU 2.8 GhZ
RAM: 3 GB DDR3
Windows 7 64-bit
Hadrdrive: 500 GB
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 2000
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I prefer buying it straight from the shop (PCWorld, Comet, Currys etc), because I live together with strangers whom I do not trust in receiving the package and I am also working during daytime. But if this option is not reasonable perhaps I can use some trustworthy UK-based online-shop as well (pixmania for isntance).
PARTS PREFERENCES: I am complete novice in computing, so I have no idea.
OVERCLOCKING: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Currently 1600x900
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As far as I am concerned only onboard graphics is the bottleneck in playing dota at 65 FPS (maximum) at all times. Unfortunately, I do not know the type of my motherboard, but I am quite certain it has PCI-Express slot for dedicated graphics card. The downside of this computer is that it is in Small Form Factor case, which means that not all graphics cards are going to fit there, but I have no idea which are and which are not. Let me remind you that I only want to play dota at medium settings without any FPSdrop at all, which means I do not need the best videocard on the market, but it has to be good enough to keep me going for a while without having to buy a new one.
I have done a bit of a research as well before posting here and Radeon HD 7750 1GB seemed like a reasonable card. It is also said that it only requires 75 W ( small form factory computer power supplies are quite weak - I think mine is around 220 W) and it is small enough to fit in SSF case. I do not know whether it is true or not, but perhaps you know better.
Please, anyone with enough knowledge, could you please recommend me something?! It would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Fr3