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[phatlips]

 I finally downloaded Mass Effect 2 from Amazon, installed it, updated it, and tried to play. It encountered an error and needed to close. I spent some time researching and found out it doesn't support Intel video cards, which is what I have.

My question(s) for you are: Is it worth it to upgrade the video/ graphics card, and what do you recommend I do? What card should I get (if I should)?

My specs:
Vista SP2
Intel Core2 CPU @1.86 GHz
6.00 GB RAM
Intel G965 Express Chipset

ME2 minimum specs:
XP/ Vista/ Win7
Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz
2 GB RAM
256 MB video card (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support) Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater.


I don't know what most of that means, so I'm asking you guys for assistance. 
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[Gorath Alpha]

We can't be certain here. Laptops are deadend disposable appliances. Those cannot receive a graphics upgrade.

Slimline versions of desktop cases are limited to Low Profile cards, and to low amperage cards, unless you upgrade the power supply as well.

A "normal" size and fatness desktop tower is fine; just name your budget amount, the default screen resolution for your display, and your hoped for image quality settings.

[phatlips]

I have a normal Dell desktop. I would prefer under $100, though I'm clueless as to what that will actually get me. My screen res is 1280x1024, and medium quality is the most I would hope for, but anything that works would be great! Thanks for your help!

[mcsupersport]

If you know the model of Dell it would help figure out how old and what it can use without massive upgrades.

[phatlips]

Dimension DM061

[Gorath Alpha]

phatlips wrote...

I have a normal Dell desktop. I would prefer under $100, though I'm clueless as to what that will actually get me. My screen res is 1280x1024, and medium quality is the most I would hope for, but anything that works would be great! Thanks for your help!

OK, let's narrow it down slightly.  You can have exactly what you asked for at a cost under $60, or for closer to $90, you can get some breathing room that would get you better settings and not be overloaded by a new game just over the horizon. 

I'm going with the latter: 

For $85 (and it's $74 after rebate), you can have a good brand HD 5670 ~~

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx

[phatlips]

What about www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZLPS04/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d0_i3 ?

[Gorath Alpha]

That's better than some of what you could get for $60, but on a basis of dollars per frame rate, the HD 5670 offers better value, and has 20 months or so of potential use until it becomes a Low Level entry part, while the HD 4670 is only eight to nine months from needing to be replaced in its own turn.

[phatlips]

Brilliant, thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it!

[Gorath Alpha]

Once it's running for you, pop back in to wrap it up here. We like to know the results. Either way, of course, have fun with the game.