If you are looking at upgrading your Graphics Card look here FIRST.

[Ganymede]

I strongly recommend you read this article from Toms Hardware and consider the information when looking to upgrade your graphics card for PS2. If anybody considers my analysis off based off actually playing the game or personal insight let me know and I can modify.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

I have scaled the cards off the chart based off the following Jsmed tweet, President of Sony Online Entertainment. If you twitter, a good person to follow for game updates as sometimes he even seems to suprise Higby.
http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj623/Jacob_Calteux/JsmedleypostPS2.png

The reviewer on Toms recommends if your making an upgrade to move at least 3 tiers to see a solid performance boost.

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj623/Jacob_Calteux/GPUChart-1.png

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Keep in mind this is if you have a 1080p monitor. Those with less pixels do not need as powerful a card. A 1280*800 screen has about half the number of pixels, so in general you can use a card that is half as powerful.

[TheBladeRoden]

Hey there's my card barely breaking into the yellow

[Mutant]

Keep in mind this is if you have a 1080p monitor. Those with less pixels do not need as powerful a card. A 1280*800 screen has about half the number of pixels, so in general you can use a card that is half as powerful.

This.

1920x1080 will not have a same performance as 5760x1200


Also smed has stated PS2 has an ultra mode designed for cards that are not yet out (I hope this is some DX11.1 stuff)
https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/222456631647145984

So your max settings no problem section should be empty or changed to 'high'.

[Coreldan]

Yeah.. I got a HD5770 and it barely crosses the yellow there :D Thinking about picking up a 6950 for 200€... But I think I'll try how the game runs first.

[TheMozFather]

This.

1920x1080 will not have a same performance as 5760x1200


Also smed has stated PS2 has an ultra mode designed for cards that are not yet out (I hope this is some DX11.1 stuff)
https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/222456631647145984

So your max settings no problem section should be empty or changed to 'high'.

Did Smedley just say that a 550ti could run this game on high?

[Vancha]

Well we knew a 560 ti would be "bitchin'", so I suppose that's within the realms of possibility.

[Coreldan]

I'm looking to upgrade my HD5770 1gb to either HD6950 (200€) or HD7850 (260€) for Planetside 2, wonder if the 7850 is worth the extra 60€? I pretty much have a budget of 300€, so it can be still something more expensive, but a clanmate suggested the 6950.

[Vancha]

What resolution is your monitor and what CPU are you running?

[Ganymede]

Yeah.. I got a HD5770 and it barely crosses the yellow there :D Thinking about picking up a 6950 for 200€... But I think I'll try how the game runs first.

I think a lot of people are in the boat of needing to get in beta to see what kind of upgrades they need before dropping a lot of money on something they don t need or won't work... I have not played planetside 2 at events or otherwise but I think this is a smart way to approach the situation if you only need a new gpu.

[Mutant]

http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/planetside-2/1225448p1.html
"I was a little surprised to hear Higby boast that PlanetSide 2 had graphical settings built in that can bring any modern PC to its knees. "We have a shadow distance setting. If you go in and crank that up to ultra or max, which aren't even available in our UI right now, it does shadow rendering for your entire view distance. Being able to have shadow rendering going out two kilometers at stencil level is something that you just can't do," he said."

[Coreldan]

What resolution is your monitor and what CPU are you running?

1920x1080, AMD Phenom II x6 1090T mildly overclocked at 3,5ghz. Supposedly can go 4ghz with default cooler and 4,5ghz with a better cooler :P

As bonus info, 8gb of DDR3 1333mhz

[Vancha]

I'd go higher, then. I think the 7870 might be the best deal going right now, if a 670 isn't on the cards (but I agree about waiting until we see what a 5770 can do).

[Coreldan]

Well I'm sure the HD5770 can manage the game "ok", but I am planning to do a lot of recording for our clans/outfits YouTube (see sig) and for that I could probably use the extra performance of a new GPU.

That said, I'd rather keep the budget at or below 300€. I'd get a 7850 for 250€, but a 7870 is an extra 100€, bumping it to 350€.

I'm not really the person to sport the highest specs. I'm not even interested in majority of modern games. Basically as long as I get good performance while recording in APB (can be done with 5770) and PS2, I'm seriously set for years so I'm not sure if it's worth the extra 100€ for me.

[Sturmhardt]

You can get an awesome 7950 for 300€... thats what I am aiming at right now.

[Coreldan]

In Finland you cant :D I've yet to find a place that would ship cheap enough for me to get it at that price either.

[Sturmhardt]

Ah okay, that sucks then :>
I can get the PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ for 305€ now ...(Germany) but Ill wait til I get into beta and order it then, maybe its even cheaper then :)

[Coreldan]

Well, my old GPU decided this matter on my behalf :D My HD5770s fan just died today. I thought about waiting to at least try PS2 first with my old GPU but didnt get that far. I have bought a HD7850, will be picking it up tomorrow.

[Coreldan]

Just an update, did pick up the HD7850 and so far works really nicely :) Can play BF3 and ultra now, which was sort of the goal, this should last me several years since I don't really care for most new games, games like APB and PS2 will keep me hooked for a long time and those are the two games that need to run nicely when recording for me.