New Video Card?

[dakota-flyer]

Hey, I ' m getting ready to buy a new video card.  Any advise about brand/model etc.?

I have a Compaq Presario with AMD Sempron 3000+ processor, 256 MB Ram and 2 GM HD.

Thanks for any help.

Dakota  

[JBaymore]

Dakota,

Before you spend any money on the video card....... bring your RAM up to one gig.  It will be worth it.  Do that first ansd see what it does for the sim.

As far as what video card to get...... there is no such thing as "too much card" for fs2004.  There might be "too much card" for tyour machine...... but even the best machines with the best video cards are taxed by the sim.

Get the best you can "almost" afford.  I can tell you that I dumped my ATI 9600Pro after only about two months.... it was not anywhere good enough.  I have an 9800XT now...... and it too still gets bogged down in scenery dense areas with everything maxed.

best,

...................john

[4_Series_Scania]

JBaymore is on the money, if funds don't allow for 1GB , at least, get another 256MB RAM - XP Needs a good 256 for itself!

Card wise, I'm more than happy with my Geforce 6800LE

You'll find 6800LE's & 6600GT's cost similar and perform almost identically.

Either Card along with - at least -  another 256MB RAM will see you sorted.

[congo]

JB and Paul are spot on with their advice Dakota.

You haven't said what interface your PC has to add a Graphics card..... ie. slot type (if any).

Onboard graphics with PCI slots only ........ ?

AGP slot 4x  or  8x  ......... ?

PCIe 16x slot ......... ?

Because until you know that, you can't select a card, or may not be able to.

[the_autopilot]

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