Nightjay0044 1 Posted November 14, 2006 Hi all, well I've had my computer for I think about 5 years now. Lets say my graphics card is not up-to-date. New modern games are unplayable on my pc. But my PC still runs great with my graphics card..here is the specs for my PC. SPECS: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.53GHz 512MB RAM DirectX 9.0c Veresion. NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 A couple questions. If I were to get a new graphics card, a higher one, will it effect any other of those components? Also what type of graphics card would I need to support ArmA (Anyone know for sure?) What would be the cost of the new modern graphics card around the U.S. Midwest area? Thanks all for answering, because I do plan on buying Amred Assault when it's out, but I nee a supportable PC.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Id say none of those components really meet the requirements for arma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkOmen 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Frankly I'd say that PC will hardly play at the minimum settings. You need a better processor, a (much)better video card, more RAM, and probably a load of hard drive space for all the mods that will be coming out. I don't think it will be unplayable, just not enjoyable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ti0n3r Posted November 14, 2006 [b said: Quote[/b] ]NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 I had one of those fuckers a couple of years ago. It hardly ran OFP Does it even have any kind of pixel shader support? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightjay0044 1 Posted November 14, 2006 [b said: Quote[/b] ]Does it even have any kind of pixel shader support? I'm not sure where to find it. I do have a graphics card ICON in my systems try area on my desktop with options but not sure where to find it in there. Well yeah I believe i would have to atleast update my graphics card...ah well maybe it's time I invest some more money into this thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted November 14, 2006 (Ti0n3r @ Nov. 14 2006,09:25) said: [b said: Quote[/b] ]NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 I had one of those fuckers a couple of years ago. It hardly ran OFP Â Does it even have any kind of pixel shader support? Nope, the damn thing probably wont even start without a Geforce FX/ATI 9xxx-series adapter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightjay0044 1 Posted November 14, 2006 So i'de probably be looking to spend about $200-$500 for a new graphics card for ArmA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted November 14, 2006 (Nightjay0044 @ Nov. 14 2006,09:42) said: So i'de probably be looking to spend about $200-$500 for a new graphics card for ArmA? Youll also need 512MB more ram at least and maybe a new processor as well. Im not an expert on intel stuff so I dont know how well that specific one performs but it doesnt look too good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkOmen 0 Posted November 14, 2006 A great DX9 card, such as a Geforce 7900, can come around $200-300. Depends on your motherboard as well, though. If you still have AGP you are a bit screwed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightjay0044 1 Posted November 14, 2006 I mine as well buy a new PC. lol...But I could buy the game and see how it goes...no guarantees... We'll see once they release the game here in the U.S...which will hopefully be soon. Also I bought the lego starwars for PC and that doesn't work either. Here are the requirements for the game. NVidia GeForce 3ti, 4ti, FX, 6 and 7 series cards &ATI Radeon 8500 and 9000 series or higher... I dont know what all those numbers mean but it seems higher then my graphics card, dont know how much higher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Journeyman 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Get an NVidia 6800GT (AGP version if it is an AGP board) and another 512 of ram and see how it runs! Your processor isn't the fastest but might cope in most situations if you don’t want to fork out a fortune! Changing your processor will probably mean changing your MB and everything else though! If you do anything else you might as well start from scratch and buy a whole new PC!  EDIT: Got PCI & AGP mixed up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aus_twisted 0 Posted November 14, 2006 I wouldn't bother upgrading that PC it's really not worth it, if you upgrade to a decent video card the CPU and memory wont be fast enough. You would be better off getting a mainboard with PCI-Express, 1GB Ram, if you want to go fairly cheap then AMD 3500+ are very cheap now or you could get something like a AMD 4200+ or 4400+ for a bit more. If you dont mind spending more then the best option now would be a Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 or 6600. For a video card nVidia 7950 GT's are going for a decent price as nVidia just released there 8800 series card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted November 14, 2006 A discussion of the nature "what do I need to upgrade" belongs in the pinned PC Discussion thread in the OT forum, please use that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites