I own an NVidia GeForce FX5700, which, at least for now has had my back for all my PC gaming. I believe it has 128mb. But I plan on buying Spore, and I think I'm gonna need some upgrades to run it. I also have an 1.6ghz processor with 1GB RAM. I've been looking at several models, but I always get confused. What exactly should I be looking for? When people say the card specs are 128/256/512/whatever, are they talking about Memory, Memory Bus or Memory Interface? Are Nvidia Geforce cards good for gaming? Or should I try some other brand? Thanks
Sry for the double post. I've always thought GeForce was a brand of NVidia's, but now I'm seeing GeForce cards from other manufacturers, like XFX, Zogis, and stuff like that. Could somebody explain? Once again, thanks
My PC is not built for gaming. It's a regular PC. With this setup, it runs BF2 smoothly, which, from what I've gathered, is no small feat. But then of course, I know close to zero about these things, so I might be and probably am wrong. Also, I forgot to mention that I live in this hellhole called brazil, where, thanks to it's crappy third world Per Capita and corrupt government, things like games and PC parts are a bit more expensive, and don't have such a large market, so some apparel never actually get here. Any advice would be appreciated
Sry for the double post. I've always thought GeForce was a brand of NVidia's, but now I'm seeing GeForce cards from other manufacturers, like XFX, Zogis, and stuff like that. Could somebody explain? Once again, thanksLuwker
Nvidia makes the reference card, and other companies take the card and do stuff with it like OC it or bundle it with other stuff like games or add differnt fans, etc. And what you should be looking into when buying a card is
A) That it is compatible with your mother board (i.e. PCIe or AGP cards)
B) That its a card MEANT for gaming (in nvidia its usually the cards that have x600 or more.)
Since you want it to play spore im not shure what the requirements for that would be but i would be looking into some of the newer cards that will be releasing soon just to be shure.
Sorry about the amount of questions, it's just that I'm completely new to these things. What do you mean when you say x600?Luwker
Any card whether it be the 6600+ or 7600+ or 8600+ are all meant for gaming. The x is a variable. Add the number there. Since your computer is so old, you have an AGP slot. Only look for AGP slots. The best card for AGP is a 7900GS, but since your CPU/RAM are bad, it will bottleneck your system, meaning it will still run slow. I suggest you gather some money, since Spore is coming late 2008, and buy yourself a cheap computer that is under $1000 but is good for gaming.
Ok, I see. Now, I'm aware that my processor is crap, but will these cards run with 1GB RAM, or do I need more? Also, how strong of a processor should I get? Is 2.0 good enough? Oh yeah, I'm 15, gathering money is kinda out of the question, I'm kinda relying on b-days and the such. Thanks P.S. It's not that I'm lazy or spoiled, it's just that here in this third world hell, being a middle/upper class citizen, it's really hard to find a job or anything of the sort without risking myself A LOT.
^well on the bright side you live in brazil which means you probably see really hot girls in skimpy bikinis all the time. Hey maybe you can play spore with them lol
Welll the only factors that affects whether or not you can run a graphics card is you motherboard. But if you get the best of anything you would feel a real setback with the rest of your components. A 2.0 cpu might be fine if it were dual core, but even then it would hold you back. You might also want to upgrade to a total of 2GB of ram.
People say a lot about women in Brazil, but if you want the truth, here it is: There are a lot of beatiful women here, but 90% of them aren't Brazilian Hot, "big stuff", like the kinda stuff you'd hear about in a 50 Cent song, but are mostly European/American hot, blonde and brown hair.
People say a lot about women in Brazil, but if you want the truth, here it is: There are a lot of beatiful women here, but 90% of them aren't Brazilian Hot, "big stuff", like the kinda stuff you'd hear about in a 50 Cent song, but are mostly European/American hot, blonde and brown hair.Luwker
Welll the only factors that affects whether or not you can run a graphics card is you motherboard. But if you get the best of anything you would feel a real setback with the rest of your components. A 2.0 cpu might be fine if it were dual core, but even then it would hold you back. You might also want to upgrade to a total of 2GB of ram. Penguin_dragon
How much would that cost on average? Prices in dollars are OK, I just want some reference
[QUOTE="Luwker"]People say a lot about women in Brazil, but if you want the truth, here it is: There are a lot of beatiful women here, but 90% of them aren't Brazilian Hot, "big stuff", like the kinda stuff you'd hear about in a 50 Cent song, but are mostly European/American hot, blonde and brown hair.Penguin_dragon
Um... What?
Filmography commented that since I live in Brazil I get to see hot women in bikinis all the time, I was just getting him up to par witht the women. Sorry about the off-topic
[QUOTE="Luwker"]People say a lot about women in Brazil, but if you want the truth, here it is: There are a lot of beatiful women here, but 90% of them aren't Brazilian Hot, "big stuff", like the kinda stuff you'd hear about in a 50 Cent song, but are mostly European/American hot, blonde and brown hair.Luwker
Um... What?
Filmography commented that since I live in Brazil I get to see hot women in bikinis all the time, I was just getting him up to par witht the women. Sorry about the off-topic
Lol sorry i didnt read his topic and I was really confused. And a mother boardboard should be anywhere from $50-100 for single card setup and higher if you want sli. 1 GB of ram can be close to $30 depeinding on what kind. And a decent dual core CPU can cost around $100. The video can also be around $200 or less, but the thing to keep in mind is that prices are constantly falling , so the more you could postpone getting new parts the better price-performance ratio youll get.
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