Vista Graphics help

[Madxgraphics]

This whole gaming thing gets me...I am playing WOW on my machine, Intel Celeron 1.4, oc'd abit, with onboard intel graphics, with no problem on Windows 7, an OS that shouldn't play it..Decent card will take the strain away from the under powered CPU

 

[Abarbarian]

This whole gaming thing gets me...I am playing WOW on my machine, Intel Celeron 1.4, oc'd abit, with onboard intel graphics, with no problem on Windows 7, an OS that shouldn't play it..Decent card will take the strain away from the under powered CPU

System requirements Microsoft Windows

• Windows Vista or Windows XP
• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ 1300 MHz
• 512 MB or more of RAM (1 GB for Vista Users)
• 32 MB 3D video card with Hardware T&L or better
• 15 GB free HD space
• 4× CD-ROM drive
• Broadband Internet connection

WOW hardly a rescource hog an if plays on Vista I'm puzzled that you say it shouldn't play on 7.
My limited pc knowledge tells me that spending money on the cards mentioned along with a the psu would be like pi**ing into the wind.

 

[captain zed]

Edit: beaten to it.......Check out this Link....It will check your system for game compatability...

Hi MadX,
Thats a great little site for checking your system before ya shell out for games that might not play for ya.

I checked me laptop for playing COD4.
.... failed on the video card but everything else well exceeded the recommended. Not sure if i can change the card in a laptop though.Think i'll stick with me console for gaming.
Zzzzz

 

[Madxgraphics]

Most things fail on graphics,but as Abarbarian pointed out in post #20, don't forget to check the CPU aswell......................


Edit: He did bring up a very major point.....

 

[joolsuk]

Now you got me confused do i upgrade or not?????? £££ alot to waste if all i'm doing is 'p***ing in the wind'

 

[Abarbarian]

My post 19 is the best advice I can offer.

Read this article and you will be somewhat enlightened on pc upgrades.

http://www.daileyint.com/hmdpc/pcs.htm

 

[guest_9323wk]

At the end of the day which ever card he chooses he will need to upgrade his PSU as the PSU he has at the moment is not powerful enough. I went on the information that the requirement tests came back saying that the GFX card needed improving. Did any of the game tests say that you might need to upgrade the CPU?


The card AB has linked to is not a bad card however I have had problems in the past with ATI cards and them failing on me so thats why I recommend Nvidia cards. Do you think you will want to run up coming games on this system? If so have you considered maybe building a better computer for gaming and using your current one for other things?