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Postby cimmaronjim » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:10 am

I have an old hp pavilion, It exceeds the minimum system requirements but is still running 98se and I need a graphics card.
A new computer is in the future but I want to run this game now.
Can anyone reccomend a graphics card that will work well in this old P.C?
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:33 pm

Can you post some specs? A good AGP card would be best. Something along the lines of a Voodoo3, ATI, or Diamond card should fill your needs. If you plan on running 3dfx games get the Voodoo3. You can still find specs and system requirements for most of the older cards.
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby cimmaronjim » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:11 pm

Thanks, as for Specs,
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby kilotango » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:14 am

Well my freind.
As for your specs, you might go flying, but you will not get much from the game, so why spend money on a graphic card now. Wait for the future new pc.
Anyway. You proberly don't have a agp port, then you must find a pci card, nvidia or ati. I think you can get a used for a cheep price. That is my advice.
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby cimmaronjim » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:04 pm

Well, Maybe I'll try it out while I'm waiting to get a new p.c.
Thanks guys.
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:04 pm

Well my freind.
As for your specs, you might go flying, but you will not get much from the game, so why spend money on a graphic card now. Wait for the future new pc.
Anyway. You proberly don't have a agp port, then you must find a pci card, nvidia or ati. I think you can get a used for a cheep price. That is my advice.


CFS2 should run fine on a 400MHZ celeron with graphics at low to medium levels. I've run it on a 266MHZ PII MMX with acceptable results. I have also installed AGP graphics cards in mid-90's Pavilions. So obviosly some do have AGP slots. Decent graphics cards for this machine can be had for cheap on places like eBay. Usually around <$20.
Just a little research should uncover a good, inexpensive solution. Some cards I have used include Diamond Viper V330, Nvidia TNT64, & Voodoo3. All provided acceptable graphics and gameplay on a Win95/98se machine using 32MB of RAM, later upped to 128MB.
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Re: graphics recommendation

Postby kilotango » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:36 pm

Yes farmer.
As i said, he might go flying.
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