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"Looks like I need a new graphics card..."

Ok, installed GTA3 and after 3 years of believing that my graphics card is good, I suddenly fell back down to earth!

I've got it on the lowest resolution and the game still goes along jumping about and really slow...

I can't remember what card I have got, is there a way to find out?

Anyway, is it that I need a better graphics card or is it just my PC that's slowing me down?

I've got an 800Mhz, 128mb RAM PC, it was rather good 3 years ago!

It's still above the recommended specs for the game though...

Any ideas?

Thanks...

I just tried it on 1280x1024x16 and with maximum details...

It handles it fine with only a tiny bit of slowdown when you crash..

Not bad!

Heh nm about the Radeon im sticking with nvidia.

OK, it's all done!

It's excellent, the car actually drives smoothly now!

I'll try in a decent resolution now too!

Thanks for the help!

I've got it, I've eaten dinner, I've helped my sister to do her homework!

Time to rip my PC to bits and fit it!

I'll rad the instructions first though, don't worry!

Miserableman wrote:
> Whooo! wrote:
> Miserableman wrote:
> Geforce4MX's weigh in at under £50
>
> But they're crap, get a Radeon
>
>
> I looked this up, and indeed the Radeon 9000 is more powerful than a
> Geforce4 MX440, but is a little more expensive and a little less
> stable. Both will rock a TNT2 though.

Anything above will own a tnt2.......

Going now, if it's no good I'll take it back...

Shall I go for it?

Will it amke the gameplay much better?

I'm going there in a minute to see if they've got it then...

SR only sell 3 cards for less than £70. One you already own, one is worse than that you already own, leaving this:

GC - SPARKLE GEFORCE 4 MX440 64MB PCI GRAPHICS CARD FOR PC. PCI GeForce Graphics cards for PC. The ideal card for anyone wishing to have the power of GeForce 4 when only having a PCI slot., Nvidia NV17 (geforce 4 mx440) chipset, 64MB DDR Ram (Double data rate), 270 mhz core clock speed, 200 mhz memory clock speed, 2 rendering pipelines, 2 texture units per pipeline, 6.4 gb/sec memory bandwidth, 540 megapixels/sec theoretical fill-rate, TV Out, Up to 2048 x 1536 at 75Hz.
£69.99 GG2768

OK, so it looks like I need a better graphics card...

I'll give you lot the honours of choosing a good one for me, one that SR sells though as I want to drive over there and get one tonight if they have any in store...

Otherwise I'll order it off ot the net...

I'll spend anything up to about £70, basically the cheapest, bestest card I can get from them...

Whooo! wrote:
> Miserableman wrote:
> Geforce4MX's weigh in at under £50
>
> But they're crap, get a Radeon


I looked this up, and indeed the Radeon 9000 is more powerful than a Geforce4 MX440, but is a little more expensive and a little less stable. Both will rock a TNT2 though.