[greekfire]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I beg to differ on this statement. I have the exact same set up but I had a Nvidia 6200 card. This game was unplayable with this card. I purchased the X1300 and the game runs fantastically and looks even better. For someone like myself who does not have $1600.00 to blow on computers, this was the best, least expensive fix for my issues with the game play. It was a darn good choice and I play the game with all the eye candy. Not to mention all the other games I play are even better.

I definitely see your point and you are right... it would play better. The intent of my statements are simply that it wouldn't play anywhere near the cards capabilities and that the card would be a waste in the fact that it wouldn't be able to carryover into future upgrades. Sort of like being forced to buy a european sportscar because it is only car for sale that will get you to the grocery store (not sure that made sense even to me ) . It just seems to me that better long-term options would be components that would carry-over into newer systems and last for a few years. If he goes out and buys a new vcard, he will get a performance increase, probably enough to play, but it is an expensive short-term investment with rapid resell decay. Don't get me wrong, I see your point that a videocard would get him up and running, but in the long-term I think it is the most expensive option. This game uses a ton of RAM and I think that would probably help out just as much as purchasing a bottlenecked vcard. It's a very tough call and if I were in his shoes I would probably go out and buy a videocard too because I would want the instant fix regardless of the long-term consequence of wasting considerable money to get a minor performance increase but I would be angry at myself for making that decision. lol