Is there any real dif in video cards?

Dr. Merc · 03-24-13, 08:33 AM

Greetings, all -

I just picked up this marvelous game a few weeks ago, and, like apparently many people, it gets real sluggish at times, especially when speeded up.

After reading forum comments on the matter, it appears it all boils down to the video card. I just have a stock onboard chip in my Lenovo. It does, however, have an x16 slot, which is what I believe is required for a 'hot' video card.

Digging through the UbiSoft 'requirements' page, I came up with this:

*Supported Video Cards:
ATI RADEON 9600 / 9700 / 9800, X300 - X850, X1300 - X1800
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 / 6600 / 6800 / 7800

Almost all of these are available on Amazon, some of them 'used' for as low as fifteen bucks.

The question for the group is, are any of these particularly better when it comes to game play, or is it really just a matter of "either you have one of these or you don't"?

If the latter, I'll just go ahead and buy one of the cheap used cards, but if some of them are definitely better than the others, I wouldn't mind spending the bucks to get it.

Much thanks for any info,
Doc

03-24-13, 08:33 AM	#1
Dr. Merc Seaman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Key Largo, FL Posts: 33 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Is there any real dif in video cards? Greetings, all - I just picked up this marvelous game a few weeks ago, and, like apparently many people, it gets real sluggish at times, especially when speeded up. After reading forum comments on the matter, it appears it all boils down to the video card. I just have a stock onboard chip in my Lenovo. It does, however, have an x16 slot, which is what I believe is required for a 'hot' video card. Digging through the UbiSoft 'requirements' page, I came up with this: *Supported Video Cards: ATI RADEON 9600 / 9700 / 9800, X300 - X850, X1300 - X1800 NVIDIA GeForce 6200 / 6600 / 6800 / 7800 Almost all of these are available on Amazon, some of them 'used' for as low as fifteen bucks. The question for the group is, are any of these particularly better when it comes to game play, or is it really just a matter of "either you have one of these or you don't"? If the latter, I'll just go ahead and buy one of the cheap used cards, but if some of them are definitely better than the others, I wouldn't mind spending the bucks to get it. Much thanks for any info, Doc