ESO video card helpFollow

Not for me.

Friend said he wants to drop a paycheck on a new box for ESO. I'd be happy to build it for him but he doesn't want to go that route. And he wants it, like, tomorrow.

So I suggested this guy from Best Buy, if they've got it in stores. Thing is, while the specs on the machine itself are great, that video card is **** and he'll need a new video card. He is getting my old PSU that could not handle the GTX 770, so as long as he keeps it a generation or two back, he'll be fine even if the box has a weak PSU.

ESO minimum specs says GTX 8800, and recommended is a 560 Ti. Ideally he could keep the cost of the card at about $90 or so. I'm thinking of suggesting the Radeon 7770 since I had good luck with it before, but does anyone who actually plays ESO have any recommendations?

Hey, I offered to hand build it but he said no.

And yeah, BB is the only option. No Fred's or Comp USA or whatever else. There is the Korean owned parts shop a few minutes away but we'd still be hand building a system. (Which he said no to.....) Anything else requires at least an hour drive to Atlanta. Actually, there is a Tiger Direct about 40 minutes away, but I was really disappointed at their PC selection last time I was there.

As for the memory/video card thing, that was what we planned to do. Buy a good base system that he can use as the bones of later upgrades. That 4770 will last for years.

Yeah if he buys the box tomorrow, and the new card, like he plans, I'll be dropping in my (not so) old 850 watt PSU. It was either that or recycle it.

I'm thinking of suggestion a Radeon 7770, but again, I don't play ESO so I have no idea how that card will perform.

After a bit of arguing from me and another PC enthusiast friend of ours, he has decided to go with a self-build after all.

Thanks anyway!

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