Hi R4M,
When faced with having to upgrade my TNT 2 in order to play
recent games, I found the Ti4200 64 MB to be the best bang
for the buck. ATI has equivalent models you can choose from.
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Jimmy S.
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| Thanks guys.....
|
| So what would be the appropriate VGA card then?? I want to get one that is
| not too expensive but at least I can play the game.. I'm dying to play that
| game..
|
| Any suggestion please????
|
| Again, thanks in advance,
| R4M
|
|
| | > Your assumption that if one game from EA is ok the next will be also is
| > flawed.
| >
| > EA doesn't make/create the games, just distributes them (or something
| like
| > that). That's why there can be such wild divergence between version's 1 &
| 2
| > (as an example) as it may be a completely different company actually wrote
| > the game.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi, I think you'll find that your video card is not really suited to
| NFS.
| > > The minimum spec for this game is for a card that has at least 32mbs on
| > it.
| > > Your card specs are here
http://www.nvidia.com/page/vanta.html I also
| feel
| > > that as it is a integrated card then it might be using you main ram
| > memory.
| > > If you can, and you'll need to check with your motherboard's manual, and
| > you
| > > really want to play these kind of games, you need to purchase a newer
| > video
| > > card.
| > > Chris C
| > > | > > >
| > > >
| > > > I just installed an EA sport game "need for speed underground". game
| > > video's
| > > > are running fine. but the problem is when i started to play the actual
| > > > game... graphics was some kinda unusual you cant visualize the cars
| and
| > > all
| > > > the background .and i cant even read the letters too.....theres no way
| > to
| > > > see the game options.word appearing like a series of squares..
| > > >
| > > > I am running two EA sports (F1 Racing & Moto GP) game on the same PC
| so
| > I
| > > > assumed that there would be no issue playing "need for speed
| > underground"
| > > as
| > > > far as video card and the sound card is concerned.
| > > >
| > > > PC Specs:
| > > > P4 1.7Ghz
| > > > XP Pro
| > > > 256 RAM
| > > > 80 Gb hard drive
| > > > Nvidia Vanta (not too sure)
| > > > Sound max integrated digital audio.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > Any idea on how to shake this prob???
| > > >
| > > > thanks in advance,
| > > > R4M
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
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