Pulsar_t wrote:@sakicfan84- I have to disagree with you. Mass Effect requires a PS3 gpu, and those only started appearing in late 2004. You'd have a hard time getting a UE3 game running on an ATI 9800 for example, if at all. But I still agree on everything else, leave out the oddballs like Crytek and the mediocre like Midway and you'd have plenty of software houses that still care about scalability to guarantee sales from gameplayers with older hardware. Shame that Intel's solutions are crap regardless how you look at it. In fact I think Intel and OEMs don't get much flak over this continuing debacle.
Yeah, Mass Effect will run on a 6800GT which launched around 4.5 years ago. It requires shader model 3.0, so I guess that would really rule out older cards like the 9800 which run 2.0. I'm actually shocked to find that the UT3 can run on a Radeon 9600 which is a mid-range R300, well the 9800 was a high-end R300. I guess there are quite a few people playing on those type of systems from what I've seen; better them than me a I guess
Yeah, most of the Intel stuff is really, really horrible, and people getting into the PC market really don't realize that they are stuck with on-board graphics that is often comparable to graphics cards from about a decade ago. I had to use on-board graphics for a couple weeks when my video card went down, and I could barely even run UT2k4 on it. Considering that 2k4 will run on a GeForce 2, that's pretty damn bad.
My dad bought my newest desktop for me as a birthday present back in 06, a Dell Dimension B110, the final model in the Dimension line, just two months before it was discontinued. Inside it carries an Intel Integrated Graphics chipset, and I must say it is the biggest pile I have ever used. The thing runs everything I throw at it but games. Morrowind doesn't even play correctly, and if I want to get a new card I'll have to pay $80 to get what I want.
$80??
For $30-$50 you can get a card that will run Crysis on Med-High settings just fine. You could probably find a used $15 card that would easily play Morrowind at max settings with texture modifications and everything. PC gaming is much cheaper than console gaming if you aren't going for the latest stuff.
Yes you could run Crysis on that but if you save up 150 dollars you will get a much better experience w/ an Nvidia 8600gt than any 50 dollar card you could ever find (unless you get the 8600gt used then yea). It wont be able to run on high, but it runs very well at 1280x800 at medium settings.
if you want an example of what you will be getting w/ that card.
I am personally an ATI fan. Picked up at 3850 earlier in the summer and it is amazing. good drivers, quiet and cool card. what else could you ask for? oh yea, it was 80 bucks too. ATI has a price and performance edge over nVidia now.
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No mate the 50$ one is better than the 150$. Just wait for a few years and you'll get one better than the 150 one for 50$. It's not worth buying expensive equipment unless it's a monitor that you actually keep for years to come
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You can get a x1550 on Newegg for $16 after a $10 mail in rebate. That card will run Crysis fairly well on medium settings. It should run everything else on high settings. Most games from 2005 and back should run on max with no issues. That's $16 you'd be out. You'd be lucky to find a GBA game in a bargain bin at Wal-Mart for that price.
