I am getting a new rig soonish, and was wondering what video cards would have enough juice to run GW at high details, with the screen modes 1600x1200 or 1680. Basically, either a 20.1 monitor or 20/22" widescreen.
I'm quite likely obtaining a display with either S-IPS panel (HP LP2065) or AS-IPS panel (NEC MultiSync 20WGX2). The TFTs in question have about 130 eur (~170$) price difference where I live. Of course, I could always go with Samsung SyncMaster 225BW (22") TN panel widescreen, and spare another 50-180 eur, but I am inclined to invest into colour fidelity etc. needed in semi-serious stuff.
I could use feedback what VGA will run GW with adequate frame rate with the respective resolutions. For the reference, 7600 GT runs Oblivion at 1600x1200 AF8, no AA, at 37 fps, and I believe GW demands much less system resources?
The rest of my set would be Core 2 Duo 6300 (unless 4300 sinks a lot in next 2 weeks), 2 Gb ram and the usual stuff.
Oh, and I don't think I'm gonna wait for midprice G80 series to hit market, but have this next purchase carry over til I'm willing to go with vista etc, so patience is not virtue here

PS. the stickied graphic guides are somewhat obsolete
