Would Wc3 frozen throne look any different on a better card than a radeon 7970?

[Naer]

would it?

I'm wondering if a game as old as this could take advantage of a higher end card. I have a i7 8gb setup btw

 

[lupi]

Given age of the game I think a "no" would be an easy statement to make.

 

[railven]

Go balls to the wall with forced SSAA and enjoy some weird ass artifacts haha. At least that was my experience the last time I tried playing WC3.

Which I think was on my HD 7970 2-3 years ago. Haha.

 

[Ranulf]

Eh, I remember it playing quite well on a GF3 Ti200 or a GF4 ti4400. I'd say a 7970 would be adequate.

 

[el etro]

Using VSR(AMD) ir DSR(NVIDIA) would help some. Is even better than force AA.

 

[Headfoot]

No

 

[cyclohexane]

Dude, this is like a 12 years old game. You don't need an i7, probably will run on an iPhone 4.

 

[tential]

No... You could use vsr if you want but then you soul get a 380 so you can vsr from 4k... And that's a decline in performance for you. The only improvements would be a 1-2% in iq for hundreds of dollars.

 

[RussianSensation]

would it?

I'm wondering if a game as old as this could take advantage of a higher end card. I have a i7 8gb setup btw

32-40" 4K or especially 34" 3440x1440 monitor would offer a better gaming experience over a 22-27" 1080P/1200P or a 1440P monitor. Therefore the most logical step is to get a new monitor first and then if you feel that you need more GPU horsepower than a 7970, only then upgrade the GPU. IMO, for WC3 or SC2 style games, the best way to improve your gaming immersion is more pixels + larger screen size. These trump any GPU upgrade for this genre of gaming.

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Just make sure to check if WC3 supports 3440x1440 as it's a really old game. I think WC3 might actually not support 21:9.

 

[railven]

Also not sure if OP asked, but SC2 also does not support 21:9 support.

 

[IllogicalGlory]

Through registry edits (simple ones), Warcraft 3 can support any arbitrary resolution. Here are the results:

To answer the original question, you can crank catalyst settings (8x SSAA at 1440p) to the point where you become GPU limited in this game. I've done so, and ran into a GPU bottleneck with the rig in my signature, but I just put everything on maximum to see what happened. You could easily get that same IQ without cranking things so high and you wouldn't come anywhere near a GPU bottleneck. Playing custom maps, I routinely run into CPU bottlenecks though. :thumbsup:

 

[alcoholbob]

I believe the game is fixed to 4:3 resolution though. I remember back in 2001 getting a widescreen Dell monitor (2001WFP) and the game looked all wonky. Current Blizzard titles I believe are limited to 16:9. Other resolutions will just result in image stretching.

 

[cen1]

@IllogicalGlory: With all the forced enchantments you used, does the game actually look any better or is it just a waste of time more or less? I am asking because textures are really showing it's age so I have doubts whether any of this actually helps. If it's a yes, I'll do it this weekend on my 1440p and r9 390

 

[Naer]

but something better would suit starcraft 2?

 

[TemjinGold]

Most likely not.

 

[Naer]

Sorry everyone, the card I have is not actually a 7970 but a amd Radeon 7570. "7570"

 

[cen1]

Card does not really matter. If you have everything on highest settings and get 60+fps that is the best you can get (without forced driver processing).

 

[TemjinGold]

Sorry everyone, the card I have is not actually a 7970 but a amd Radeon 7570. "7570"

Well that is a very different card. With that said, what settings are you playing on?

 

[Naer]

Card does not really matter. If you have everything on highest settings and get 60+fps that is the best you can get (without forced driver processing).

why do people buy new cards?

 

[Naer]

Well that is a very different card. With that said, what settings are you playing on?

with starcraft2 1920x1080

for wc3, the highest

but would there be higher resolutions with better cards?

 

[sm625]

A 7570 maxes out WC3. I used to play that game with max settings on a 8600GTS, which this card beats in every way.

 

[Naer]

A 7570 maxes out WC3. I used to play that game with max settings on a 8600GTS, which this card beats in every way.

I own and plan on playing more starcraft 2. Would I get higher resolution with a better card for sc2?

 

[Makaveli]

I own and plan on playing more starcraft 2. Would I get higher resolution with a better card for sc2?

With the most recent patch for SC2 killing some weaker computers now you may want to upgrade for better performance.

 

[Naer]

With the most recent patch for SC2 killing some weaker computers now you may want to upgrade for better performance.

And the gpu is the key component to upgrade? Considering I have i7 8 gb. How many more resolution options will I get with like say a 4 gb gpu?

 

[tenpole]

I think my Voodoo 3000 used to struggle with the game when it got overcrowded.