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Update graphics card?

billwillbillwill Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I believe I need to update my graphics card so I can run Anno 1404 at full setting, or at least close to full.

My computer has an AMD Phenom Quadcore at 2.2ghz and 3gb of RAM, so I'm pretty sure the fault lies with my graphics card, which is an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, right?

I don't know much about computers, so any advice on what to update would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I'm not looking to break the bank, so please take that into account.

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  • .kbf?.kbf? Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I would personally get something in the 5000 series ATI cards but be very careful that you have a sufficient power supply for whatever you end up going with.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, you're right about the video card. It's getting a little older now, and some games (like Resident Evil 5) say that is the lowest card that it will work with.

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  • billwillbillwill Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Any suggestions on a good graphics card? I think my limit is around $100.

    And I don't know much about power supplies and stuff...how does that work?

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  • .kbf?.kbf? Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    billwill wrote: »
    Any suggestions on a good graphics card? I think my limit is around $100.

    And I don't know much about power supplies and stuff...how does that work?

    If you can spring for a bit more I would go with something like this

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    What the...Why is that card so much cheaper than the Radeon 5870?

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Bartholamue wrote: »
    What the...Why is that card so much cheaper than the Radeon 5870?
    Less than half the stream processors and texture units, for starters. Also half the raster processors.

    Since I saw RE5 mentioned, you can look at some benchmarks and see what that means in practice, which is that the 5750 is much slower than the 5870.

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