I recently bought a new PC which is mainly used for internet browsing,
email, wordprocessing and a few old strategy games. It's a core 2 duo
2.5ghz, 2gig RAM with Intel G33/31 integrated graphics, it has a spare PCI
Ex16 slot. For the intended use it is just fine and I have been quite happy
with it. One of my old games is Civilization and version II runs just fine.
About two months ago a little devil whispered in my ear that Civilization IV
was a good new version and had better game play, so I bought it and now I am
enjoying it. This is where the problem comes in. The machine was never
intended for modern games and their demanding graphics plus I didn't realise
that Civ IV was going to be very demanding of graphics as it is a few years
old and a strategy game. I can play but it is a bit jerky even with the
graphics options turned down a fair bit.
So my question is what video card would be an appropriate upgrade? I am not
after mind-blowing latest and greatest but a *cost effective* upgrade for
the purpose. There is still no chance of me wanting to play shooters and
action games at 100 frames/sec.
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> So my question is what video card would be an appropriate upgrade? I am not
> after mind-blowing latest and greatest but a *cost effective* upgrade for the
> purpose. There is still no chance of me wanting to play shooters and action
> games at 100 frames/sec.
>
A new and very fast mainstream (around US$99) graphics card from
AMD/ATI is about to be released in the coming days: the Radeon HD 4770.
Have a look at some of the articles already avaliable on the web:
>I recently bought a new PC which is mainly used for internet browsing,
>email, wordprocessing and a few old strategy games. It's a core 2 duo
>2.5ghz, 2gig RAM with Intel G33/31 integrated graphics, it has a spare PCI
>Ex16 slot. For the intended use it is just fine and I have been quite happy
>with it. One of my old games is Civilization and version II runs just fine.
>About two months ago a little devil whispered in my ear that Civilization IV
>was a good new version and had better game play, so I bought it and now I am
>enjoying it. This is where the problem comes in. The machine was never
>intended for modern games and their demanding graphics plus I didn't realise
>that Civ IV was going to be very demanding of graphics as it is a few years
>old and a strategy game. I can play but it is a bit jerky even with the
>graphics options turned down a fair bit.
>
>So my question is what video card would be an appropriate upgrade? I am not
>after mind-blowing latest and greatest but a *cost effective* upgrade for
>the purpose. There is still no chance of me wanting to play shooters and
>action games at 100 frames/sec.
>
>David
SPARKLE SFPX94GT512U2 GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express
2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814187036
On Apr 26, 10:33*pm, "David Hare-Scott" <sec...@nospam.com> wrote:
> I recently bought a new PC which is mainly used for internet browsing,
> email, wordprocessing and a few old strategy games. *It's a core 2 duo
> 2.5ghz, 2gig RAM with Intel G33/31 integrated graphics, it has a spare PCI
> Ex16 slot. *For the intended use it is just fine and I have been quite happy
> with it. *One of my old games is Civilization and version II runs just fine.
> About two months ago a little devil whispered in my ear that Civilization IV
> was a good new version and had better game play, so I bought it and now I am
> enjoying it. *This is where the problem comes in. *The machine was never
> intended for modern games and their demanding graphics plus I didn't realise
> that Civ IV was going to be very demanding of graphics as it is a few years
> old and a strategy game. *I can play but it is a bit jerky even with the
> graphics options turned down a fair bit.
>
> So my question is what video card would be an appropriate upgrade? *I am not
> after mind-blowing latest and greatest but a *cost effective* upgrade for
> the purpose. *There is still no chance of me wanting to play shooters and
> action games at 100 frames/sec.
>
> David
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