Video Card Help Hey there I bought this game and it turns out I need a new video card to run it properly, the thing is I'm on a tight budget. I chose this one... http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10074772&catid=20397 ...but I just want to know if anyone knows if this video card will run the game smoothly. Thank yo very much.
PCI card... It will work but I can't say how smoothly as the PCI bus is limited to being slow. But it'll work if that's what you're asking.
More important make certain that it will fit inside the computer case ... it may take up more space than exists in one PCI and in any event it will benefit from having space around to allow for cooling. And make sure also that your power supply is powerful to run a graphics card. At $80 bucks it is quite cheap but it won't seem so cheap if you then have spend another $50 on a beefier power supply
Open up the case and take a look at the details of the power supply specification ... The power supply is the boxy lump behind where you plug in the power cord. It's only held in place by it a couple of screws and a tab and slot arrangement ... oh there's a right old mass of spaghetti wiring that has to disconnected before it fall out ... tip don't let it fall on your motherboard ... Seriously you should be able to read off the power supply's output in watts without taking it out I see that the card needs a minumum 250 watt supply ... you might consider that minimum means what it says. 300 w would be better.
