M2TW: suitable nVidia video card

**glasket** · 12-28-2006, 09:47

Currently I have the nVidia Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128MB card and that is no good to run the game smoothly as it crashes sometimes.

I am obtaining the nVidia Geforce PX 7300GS video card (256MB) which is above the 128 minimum requirement to run the game.
Does anyone know if there will be problems with running medieval 2 on this card with its default drivers.

**sapi** · 12-28-2006, 09:55

Is it an agp card?

**glasket** · 12-28-2006, 12:35

Sorry I am not sure.
The full title is nVidia geforce PX7300GS PCIe

The specs are
memory interface - 64 bit
memory bandwidth - 6.5GB/s
fill rate - 2.2 billion pixels per second
vertics - 413 million per second
RAMDACS - 400Mhz
Graphics bus technology - PCI Express
It Suppots Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and true high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting

that is all I have on it.
I hope I will be able to run Medieval 2 smoothly.
Anyone know?

**sapi** · 12-28-2006, 12:48

I'm afraid that that's not going to work with your computer :(

That's a pci-e card (the new format for video cards) and no computer running a geforce 4 has a pci-e slot, so the card won't fit.

You're best off not getting that one and looking for a good agp card (which is really not my area of expertise)

**glasket** · 12-28-2006, 12:51

sorry I should make myself more clearer next time. I am getting a new computer and the geforce PX7300GS PCIe comes installed as standard with that computer.

**sapi** · 12-28-2006, 12:58

Ah - my mistake - i assumed too much

That's a pretty good card, but a computer also relies on other things, so do you have the full specs available?

**shizzernockers3** · 12-30-2006, 06:54

hi im having problems with the battles it really slow even though everything else runs fine i have 2.8ghz 0.99gb of ram and i have a geforce 5200 256mb graphics card i have a dell e310 and i read that it only can take up to a geforce 5500

**sapi** · 12-30-2006, 06:56

What sort of settings are you trying to run on?

The 5200 isn't a great card and it'll have a lot of trouble trying to run at high or even medium quality at a decent resolution.

**shizzernockers3** · 12-30-2006, 07:05

even if everything is on low its still really slow but works fine on the campain map i was wondering if anyone knows if a dell e310 can take a higher graphics card

**sapi** · 12-30-2006, 08:19

The campaign map doesn't take much power to run...

My personal opinion is that dropping a better card in may lead to you discovering that the CPU/Ram/Whatever can't take it either...

**PaulTa** · 12-30-2006, 09:38

Well the graphics upgrade depends on multiple factors.

For instance, can your power supply unit handle the upgrade?

Secondly, what sort of slot do you have? (AGP, or PCI-E?)

Lastly, how much do you have to spend?

Just a word of warning about Dells. They use proprietary parts on most of their models, which means that you can't upgrade your system without buying directly from Dell. In a few cases, Dell has parts that appear to be industry standard, use the same looking industry standard connections, but if you drop anything in but a Dell part your motherboard will fry and your PSU will actually catch on fire (literally). Dell is a naughty company that encompasses everything most people hate about capitalism, but that's another discussion.

Check on the Dell forums (www.dell.com) and post your computer model and what you want to upgrade. There are a few folks on there who really know what they're talking about (usually the people with 20,000 plus posts.), and they'll help you figure out what to upgrade and what you can't.

**glasket** · 12-30-2006, 09:40

Thanks for all your replies.

I think I am settled on getting Geforce7600GS as I am not a hardcore gamer at all and I had to reconsider my budget a little. The 7600 should serve me well I am sure.

I also would be getting a 19" LCD monitor so to go with my system specs I hope medieval 2 will run OK on at least medium quality if not the best quality.