Video card??
 

Hi,

I just got a new Dell 5150 with a Pentium D 820 and an onboard Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950. This game runs well except on the bridge where it is pretty chunky. Can anu hardware types recommend a decent video card which won't break the bank??

Hello

ideally you need a 128MB card for the game. I don't know which ones are good, but I guess any NVIDIA should do. Obviously the larger the memory the better the results, but I can understand that sometimes they can get a bit pricy.

nVidia 6800 series and 7600 GS are really cheap right now, and they run the game (and GW) well.

Video cards are for suckers. I dont even use one. I play SHIII on an electric typewriter.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

That's what I call a hardcore player :D :D :D

Well I play on an 'Enigma' - 4 rotors of course!

My system specs are as follows : 1972 Royal Electric Typewriter missing the J key.

Man, that's even more harccore than the TI-82 graphing calculator I play on.

And back on topic, I'd check out pricewatch.com to see who's got good deals on video cards right now. I imagine there'd be some pretty good holiday sales on.

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Nip
Do you play under water?

I play the Hasbo You Sunk My Battleship game. I do not even need electricity!!! Just me and my pegs on a board........:rock:

Electric typewriters and water dont mix. You seem to have 16x PCIe so I would so as mookie said and check out pricewatch.com. Anything in your price range that suppports 16x PCIe will no doubt be better than the on board video. Maybe if you gave us a dollar amount we could narrow it down a bit for you.

How big is your bank? A 7600GS/GT would run SH3 comfortably.

Check the slots you have on the motherboard. My roommate got a deal on a dell so he bought it and wanted to put a video card in it to play bf2. Unfortunally, the mobo only has a pcie x1 slot (the really short ones) which limited him to the only graphics card made for pcie x1, a ati x1300.

Intel Graphic Card? :o Where did you buy your computer? (Asking because even Supermarket computers have normal hardware cards?!)

Why the J key? And this is hardcore :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

some computer systems come with built in video cards, that is not uncommon (in north america anyways)

i play the Boardgame version of SH3.... roll sixes for torpedo impact.:arrgh!: