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Originally Posted by gimpy117
your gonna want a new card in that thing and the best one you can find!!!
look at core speeds, mem speeds and don't forget memory bandwith!!! a card running at 1200mhz at 128 bandwith for example, is not as good as a card running at 1200mhz with a 256 or above bandwith!
oh ps. that's 900 posts!!! holy cow!!  |
I agree, I have seen in my searches on here that SHIV really taxes video cards graphically. Problem is I just cant justify spending $1000+ for a computer. I do love the photos I see of the game and the video and would love to play the game. Just cant justify spending that kind of money with the economy it is now.
But I will check into those cards on the memory bandwith.
I just checked and I am unsure if this means anything or not.
On the 256MB ATI HD 3450 card it says this
Core Speed 500 MHz
Shader Speed 500 MHz
Memory Speed 700 MHz
Memory Bus Width 64 Bit
On the 256MB ATI HD 3650 card it says this
Core Speed 600 MHz
Shader Speed 600 MHz
Memory Speed 700 MHz
Memory Bus Width 128 Bit
Personally I dont know what any of this means, my strong point is not computers. But I am open to learning more about this stuff before I go and make a buy so I know what I am looking at.