- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok, so it finally hit me when I got Call of Duty 2 yesterday. My Intel graphics card couldn't run it, so I said "To hell with this torture! I need a new graphics card."
I went to the nearby Best Buy after school today and saw a great selection on graphics cards. One of the man working there helped me choose the right one for my computer, and as a side note, he was nice as well. xD There was a bunch of Nvidia GeForce FX5200 cards for 80 dollars, so I decided to save up for it (which might take me more than a month to be exact, but through hell or not, I need a new graphics card). And the reason I'm not ordering the best deals from newegg.com or bestbuy.com is because my parents does not want me ordering stuff online, the only way I can buy/get stuff I want is through manually buying it myself with my own money, or Christmas/birthday.
But I have some questions. Yes, I know this card, compared to other good cards out there is sort of bad, but I like it. It'll give me the shiny effect in Halo right (I'm pretty sure it will, but I'm making sure)? And I'm not sure if this is going to happen, considering this isn't such a GREAT card, but will my PC bottleneck it? (hopefully, and most likely not) Here's my specs:
Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz processor
248 MB RAM (Yes, I'm also going to save up for an extra 256 MB RAM stick, so don't mention the RAM...)
Thank you for any answers.
[Edited on 9/29/2006]