Graphics cards help for a tech-noob

**Beirut** · 12-29-2006, 04:47

Originally Posted by lancelot

Assuming that the graphics card isnt the problem- is RAM the prob?

One gig o' RAM is both the minimum and the standard.

Two gigs gives you breathing room for the big games.

Three or more is top shelf, nice to have, but not often required.

**sapi** · 12-29-2006, 07:47

You've got an x800xt and shouldn't be having any problems.....

linky

**lancelot** · 12-29-2006, 12:07

Thanks again guys...

So, the general consensus is that more RAM is needed? Does anyone else have the same problems with MTW2 as Im having?

**BlackAxe3001** · 12-29-2006, 19:47

I play with 1gb of ram and a Go6800 and I don't have any problems. I did have to have a lot of the eye candy off, but it still looks better than rtw ever did. Turn grass to low or off and turn shadows to low. That bumped my fps up about 10 or so which made a huge difference. Also turn buildings to low. That will help in siege battles. Just turn everything on low and then slowly add more eye candy till it makes it jerky again and turn the settings down a notch. See how that works for ya. Do some tweaking before you dump any money into hardware.

Another gig of ram probably isn't going to help your situation any.

**Murfios** · 12-29-2006, 22:06

Is there any card for normal PCI that will run MTW II? I got one but it does not have shading pixels (something like that)

BTW: Should I wait to get a new Pc after Windows vista is released?

**BlackAxe3001** · 12-30-2006, 03:07

Ok, old PCI + gaming = no way! They don't make PCI graphics cards(for gaming anyway). It just isn't going to happen.

As for Vista, IMO, I would wait. Who knows how Vista is going to be with games. I personally am going to stick with XP for now and wait 6 months or so and see how it goes. The choice is up to you, but I would wait, see how good/bad it is, let 400000 patches come out and then decide if it is worth it. It's going to cost an arm and a leg anyway...