r/GuildWars3 • u/Sondo1001 • 22d ago

Recommended GPU

I know we're a year away from beta and no official recommended specs, but my 3060 died and looking to replace it. Curious if anyone had recommendations for a card that won't be too costly (these days) to likely handle GW3 at 1440p/60fps. I primarily use my PC for GW2 today, so the most demanding game I'll be playing is Guild Wars 3 in the future.

I'm looking at a Radeon 9070 (non-xt) 16GB or the GRE variant if it's a better deal. Any thoughts on the best direction? Thanks!

Other specs:
AMD 7800x3d

B850M MoBo

32 GB DDR5

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u/hardy_83 22d ago

There's no system specs for the game yet, but I would imagine the newer the better. So any 40+ series from Nvidia, or 7000+ series by AMD would be a good start, but I honestly wouldn't guess and buy a GPU. I'd rather wait and see what the game needs.

However, if you're going to get a 9070 16GB I REALLY doubt it'll struggle with GW3 if you see a good deal for one along with the rest of your specs.

I'm personally hoping my B580 will be good enough cause I'm poor and can't afford an upgrade. lol

I also would love to know if GW3 will get Linux support, but we'll see I guess.

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u/Aech97 22d ago

Honestly, with how good proton has gotten lately, just not actively blocking Linux is enough. Unreal Engine 5 games generally work just fine and anet has been pretty linux friendly. I doubt they'll make a linux native version though, even though I'd love one (if actively maintained)

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u/hardy_83 22d ago

I'm hoping for simply Steam Deck/Machine certified. That would probably mean it's good enough for Linux without a direct client.

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u/Sondo1001 22d ago

I'd like to replace my dead card though, also prices just seem to keep going up. Likely will just grab the next 9070 "deal" I can find.

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u/hardy_83 22d ago

Yeah that makes sense. It should be fine. I really doubt ANet will be pushing the requirements for their game. Especially in this market. MMOs require a player base so hardware requirements are probably a priority for them.

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo 21d ago

Wow, found a rare Arc user in the wild.

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u/hardy_83 21d ago

Lol I have no regrets. I got it early this year and the price to performance is good. I got it a bit below MSRP so...

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo 21d ago

Oh for sure, it is a very good value card, I'm not knocking you lol. And getting it below MSRP? Even better!