Help! <GPU Question>

[DoctorAwesome]

Would a AMD Radeon HD 6530D graphics card be able to play guild wars 2 at its top settings?

[paul9]

Read this. It may help you.
Guild Wars 2: Your Graphics Card And CPU Performance Guide : Guild Wars 2 Is Here. How Does It Run?

[ShyguyXPC]

6530D is an integrated Graphics chip on an AMD Fusion Platform CPU (also called an APU).

So it would also be dependent on the CPU's performance, and the Speed of the System RAM (you'll want DDR3 1866MHz RAM or faster if possible, since the GPU uses System RAM, faster the better).

Since GW2 is a CPU intensive game as well, you'll want a decent speedy CPU component also.

[ShyguyXPC]

with that said, the Radeon 6530D, since it is on a CPU core, you'd need the CPU, a new motherboard, since AMD's Llanos (Fusion) Platform uses a Socket FM1 design, and new RAM, if this is related to your other post, basically you'll need an entirely New PC.

[DoctorAwesome]

heres the new PC im trying to get, will it be good enough?

Newegg.com - ASUS CM1740-US-2AF Desktop PC A6-Series APU A6-3620(2.2GHz) 4GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6530D Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

And if not could you be able to find me a new PC at that price range but better that what im tryna go for lol.

[ShyguyXPC]

For a bit less in hardware costs you can build a vastly superior and upgradable PC to that AMD Fusion system.


It should run GW2 much better too.

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Internal DVD Writer 22X DVD&#43;R 8X DVD&#43;RW 8X DVD&#43;R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222BB&#47;RSBS

Newegg.com - HEC Blitz Black Steel Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Chassis Gaming Case w&#47; Front Blue LED 120mm Fan &#38; Top 120mm Fan

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb&#47;s 3.5&#34; Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - MSI R7750-PMD1GD5&#47;OC Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Newegg.com - Antec VP-450 450W ATX 12V v2.3 Power Supply

Newegg.com - Pareema 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 &#40;PC3 10600&#41; Desktop Memory Model MD313C81609L1

Newegg.com - ASRock B75M-GL LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb&#47;s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Newegg.com - Intel Pentium G640 Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80623G640

Subtotal: $450.82 Before Shipping and not factoring in any Rebates.


Damn DVD Drive is sold out now too...


Oh well, just replace that one with this one:

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD&#43;R 8X DVD&#43;RW 8X DVD&#43;R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB&#47;BEBE - CD / DVD Burners

You could even swap the CPU above for this one which is a bit better.


Newegg.com - Intel Pentium G870 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80623G870


Total before shipping comes out to just over $467.


That Dual Core (last one I posted) though a dual core, its as good if not better than an AMD Quad Core running at 3GHz for gaming.


so GW2 would run very good on that CPU along with the Radeon 7750.

Factor in another $100 for Windows 7 64-bit OEM, and though its another $100 over the AMD suystem you linked, its a vastly superior and longer lived system, since the motherboard can support the newer Intel Ivy Bridge Quad cores, and has some overclocking capabilities on it.

With Ivy Bridge CPU's you also have access to PCI Express 3.0 spec on this board, which you don't on any current AMD system. Which may come in handy years down the road for Video card upgrades as newer cards start to saturate the more common current PCIe 2.0 spec slots.

[DoctorAwesome]

I would Honestly love to take your advise into consideration but i have not even a single clue in how to put it all together, i mean is it even hard to put one together, or just kinda simple? cuz i would love to just build my own computer seeing as how its less costly and A LOT better features then just buying a whole computer of itself.

[ShyguyXPC]

Basically this picture I recently saw, though deals with the ports in the rear of the PC, can also apply to building one these days.


Its that easy, follow some simple steps, and basic guidelines and its pretty easy to do, especially with the limited hardware list above, you don't have any exotic cooling setup, custom cables and fans and stuff in the build to mess with, simply plug parts into appropriate slots and ports and its done, few screws and stuff here and there.

[DoctorAwesome]

oh DUDE LOL seriously, well damn thanks a bunch man haha well alright as soon as i get the money im buyin everything. I honestly wanted to just know that if i could build one THANK YOU for answering =D super happy right now lolol.

[DoctorAwesome]

Oh and btw would you know how much it would cost with shipping? for subtotal

[ShyguyXPC]

There's a bit more to it than that, some reading on how to put things together, order of installing parts properly, and various precautions to take, but otherwise its pretty easy to put together, just need some patience and willing to learn a few things in order to do it.

[ShyguyXPC]

as to shipping, it depends on where your at in the US from newegg, for me, I was seeing something like 12-15 bucks extra, not including the OS, though its usually free shipping on Windows OS's on Newegg, but I was seeing about 12-15 for shipping, since I'm up here in MN way out of the way of Neweggs warehouses (California, Tennessee and New Jersey).

Just add all the items to your cart, and then input your Zip code to figure out shipping.

[DoctorAwesome]

Hey so ShyGuy are all the items you've listed down for me to build the computer besides the case compatible with each other like ill have no problems with anything fitting or the power supply is enough to run the processor and the GPU?

[DoctorAwesome]

Also the shipping zip code input can only allow 5 inputs while my zip code has 6 i live in Canada lol.

[ShyguyXPC]

then use the Canadian Newegg site and not the US one (You linked the US one in the earlier post)

Newegg Canada - Computer Products, Laptops, Electronics, HDTVs, Digital Cameras, Cellphones and More!


Some items might not be available, or shipping might rape you in costs with Newegg Canada, since a lot of products are shipped over the border still.


another site is NCIX which is native to Canada, but also services US now as well.


as to the parts list, yes everything is compatible, not sure why so many people have to ask that all the time, its not like we just plucked random parts out of our butts to post here, many of us KNOW what we are listing and have been building custom PC's for decades (myself, since 1998).

and yes the power supply is enough to run everything, the CPU uses VERY little power, the GPU uses VERY little power, the specs for the build above, is actually a relatively low power Budget Gaming PC.

it won't even come close to 450W that the PSU is good for.

Radeon 7750 only uses 55W of power, the CPU is a mere 65W, maybe another 100W total, if even that for the rest of the parts, and your barely batting 200W of total power consumption.


Maybe a tad off, but using a PSU Calculator, I'm seeing 272W of total Power consumption for the above list of parts.

your still WAY off from the 450W that the PSU has.


You could in theory, if the motherboard had the slots, run 2 or 3 of those Radeon 7750 cards and still be under the PSU's max wattage.

Todays higher end 3D cards are actually fuel sippers when it comes to power consumption, as they advance they get more powerful and use less power, once you step into the upper echelon cards though, they still pull near 200W range or greater power consumption though, but the current generation cards have managed to drop down from the 250W range, with the exception of Dual GPU cards.

[DoctorAwesome]

LOL, im sorry yeah you seem very knowledgeable about all this, i was just merely trying to find out what was up since im tryna learn how to build one now i gathered info about things like that which is not something i should cast aside and be like, "o hey i think this powersupply will be good enough for me" i just need the right information from the expert "you". Damn well i honestly HOPE i dont get butt hurt from the shipping expenses =(

[DoctorAwesome]

Edit: ok so the Grand total came up to $577.19 Totally got raped lol o well i have enough im not complaining just gotta save up for guild wars 2 now.

[ShyguyXPC]

well, if that 577 was with the OS included, its not too bad, but I have seen shipping rates on various items from the Canadian Newegg and seen how absurd they were... though not really surprised either... 3 years ago I shipped some parts to a gaming buddy in Quebec, one of the other guys we knew donated it, I had to clean it up and repackage the entire half assed packaged box of parts, apparently the guy in Las Vegas was too cheap to send it all the way to Quebec, so he asked me to ship it from MN, so I did, paid the shipping, and then set it up so that any further expenses were paid by the guy receiving... well seems Customs or who ever takes care of the fees and sh*t raped him good....

They claimed the hardware in the box was worth $1500, and charged him accordingly... despite the fact that the current market value of EVERYTHING that was used status, not including the $75 USD 500GB Hard drive, that was the only new thing in the box, but even factoring that in, the entire value of all the crap was no more than $150-200.

they based it off what all the parts and stuff was worth brand new, 3-5 years earlier.


so yeah, he got raped good on paying the extra fees due to the incompetence of the border customs and what not personnel and systems coming across the border.

[DoctorAwesome]

Shyguy, will that motherboard you recommended me be able to put in 2 slots of ram cuz the ram you previously sent me is sold out so i decided i should just get 2 4 GB rams cards but im not sure if the mother board has 2 slots for them.

[DoctorAwesome]

Ok my bad i should have looked at the picture of the mother board lol it has dual slots so yea i guess i can put 2 4GB rams cards in there =S.