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[Poopjunkie]

Sorry to bother with another specs question, but my graphics card is concerning me.

I run with:

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Gateway LX6810-01

Intel Core Quad processor Q8200 2.34 GHz

8G of RAM

and lastly, my video card(which I found under device manager?)   NVIDIA GeForce GT 120


I tried to compare mine to the recomended one, and it sucks ass. Will it run ok? What do I have to go through to upgrade?

Thanks in advance

[PhogoX]

Your card is a budget card and is significantly slower than the recommended card. It's still speculation but you're low settings. When/if upgrading keep in mind you have a 400W Power Supply.



http://social.bioware.com/group/151/



^ that's the hardware group started my flem1

[rpgmastermind]

Since we are doing the specs thing, i would appriate someone telling me what mine can handle aswell,

Windows Xp home
Amd athlon dual core 6400 3.01 ghz
3.25 gig ram
nvidia 8800 gts oc 640 mb

thanks

[Poopjunkie]

Yes, I think I need to upgrade. Any suggestions? I'm open to anything

[CroCelzus]

heh, I was also wondering.... ati hd3850? everything else is ok basicaly.... will it work at higher resolutions?

[Hockey Beard]

rpgmastermind wrote...

Since we are doing the specs thing, i would appriate someone telling me what mine can handle aswell,

Windows Xp home
Amd athlon dual core 6400 3.01 ghz
3.25 gig ram
nvidia 8800 gts oc 640 mb

thanks

You have nothing to worry about

@Poopjunkie (really? POOPjunkie?..ok, whatever)

Check out newegg.com, I've always found the best deals there.

Newegg.com

EDIT**
You're card is decent...and I say that hesitantly.  The bit-rate will be your bottleneck, but you've got the low end of the recommended settings.

I don't know...I'd keep it and see how the game plays and determine after that.


@CroCelzus

The HD3850 is a lower end card now-a-days.  How high res are you looking for?  I don't think you will be able to get much better than low-med settings.

Modifié par Hockey Beard, 27 octobre 2009 - 11:07 .

[Poopjunkie]

Please stop hijacking my thread guys. I'm looking for answers, not more work for the people answering.

[PhogoX]

rpgmastermind wrote...

Since we are doing the specs thing, i would appriate someone telling me what mine can handle aswell,

Windows Xp home
Amd athlon dual core 6400 3.01 ghz
3.25 gig ram
nvidia 8800 gts oc 640 mb

thanks

You're fine.  slightly above req.

Poopjunkie wrote...

Yes, I think I need to upgrade. Any suggestions? I'm open to anything

A new power supply, 600watt.  That will allow you access to the entire field of video cards.  At that point it's a matter of how much you want to spend.  Less than $150 card, in theory game is not out yet, should be able to max settings.  Since you have a Gateway you're going to want to google other people who have upgraded your model.  I have no idea what it's like in there.

[CroCelzus]

@Hockey Beard



Well, basically 1680-1050 is what i play most games on, and most games worked with that card... but I was wondering if i trimmed the details to say, medium, would it still work on that res?

[Poopjunkie]

Thanks Hockey, and yes lol my name is more of a tradition rather than blatant immaturity.

[GhoXen]

The short answer is: If your graphics card is intergrated onto the motherboard, and not independently an individual card, you need to upgrade.

[Hockey Beard]

CroCelzus wrote...

Well, basically 1680-1050 is what i play most games on, and most games worked with that card... but I was wondering if i trimmed the details to say, medium, would it still work on that res?

From what I can tell (without knowing all your other hardware) I can't see that being a problem.  As long as you've got the memory and the CPU for it, I think the 3850 should be fine for the med settings.  It IS an older card however...and I really don't know until its actually been tested playing the game, so my recommendation again would be just to sit tight and wait for the game to come out and then make a decision.

[CroCelzus]

Thx

[Poopjunkie]

Ok, looking at Newegg I found:



POWERCOLOR X1650PRO 512M AGP Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card



that I can get for 35$



How do I know that is compatible with my system?

[Hockey Beard]

Poopjunkie wrote...

Ok, looking at Newegg I found:

POWERCOLOR X1650PRO 512M AGP Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card

that I can get for 35$

How do I know that is compatible with my system?

Its not, and that is actually a little bit of a worse card.

Your interface is a PCI-E 2.0, and that card is an AGP.

I highly recommend just waiting, you might be pleasantly surprised at how well you're computer runs the game.

[Poopjunkie]

Hmm ok. Thanks for the help. NOt sure if it counts for anything, but Wow and the character creator work very well.

[flem1]

LOL. I sense disaster approaching.

Cut&pasted from the group:
4670 ($69, $54 after rebate; free shipping)
low-power 9800GT ($95, $75 after rebate; free shipping)
4770 ($110, $95 after rebate)

These should all probably be OK on your current PSU.

But note that the GT120 = 9500GT, which is good for about medium settings.  The 4670 may not be enough of a performance jump to be worth it...  The 9800GT will, for sure, though.

Modifié par flem1, 27 octobre 2009 - 11:49 .

[Poopjunkie]

How does this look



http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130395

[DPB]

Hockey Beard wrote...
The HD3850 is a lower end card now-a-days.  How high res are you looking for?  I don't think you will be able to get much better than low-med settings.

For DAO, this is very wrong. 3850 512mb=recommended level, high settings. Even the 256mb model should manage medium settings easily.

Poopjunkie wrote...

How does this look

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130395

That's pratically identical to the card you have now, it just has a different name. Look at the suggestions flem1 posted, they're all good options.

Modifié par dbankier, 28 octobre 2009 - 12:55 .

[Poopjunkie]

Well I'm looking at the 9800GT. How would I install it if I bought it?

[Hockey Beard]

dbankier wrote...

Hockey Beard wrote...
The HD3850 is a lower end card now-a-days.  How high res are you looking for?  I don't think you will be able to get much better than low-med settings.

For DAO, this is very wrong. 3850 512mb=recommended level, high settings. Even the 256mb model should manage medium settings easily.

I said it cause 1) I wasn't sure what else he had in his system and 2) its an AGP card, so the transfer rates are going to be slower than on a PCIe card...so I was shooting from the hip.  That is why I told him to sit tight and wait to see how the game plays on his system.

@ Poopjunkie

If you're really interested in dropping in a new graphics card into your motherboard, id suggest looking at true Tech Forums, like Tom's Hardware or Anandtech.  They probably have a How-To all set for you.