Simviation Forum - graphics recommendation

Dec 15^th, 2006 at 11:10am

cimmaronjim Offline
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I have an old hp pavilion, It exceeds the minimum system requirements but is still running 98se and I need a graphics card.
A new computer is in the future but I want to run this game now.
Can anyone reccomend a graphics card that will work well in this old P.C?

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Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2006 at 2:33pm

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Can you post some specs? A good AGP card would be best. Something along the lines of a Voodoo3, ATI, or Diamond card should fill your needs. If you plan on running 3dfx games get the Voodoo3. You can still find specs and system requirements for most of the older cards.

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&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #2 - Dec 15^th, 2006 at 4:11pm

cimmaronjim Offline
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Thanks, as for Specs, 400 celeron 319mb ram 3 gig hdd with almost 2 gig free. Cfs2 is probably the only game I'll be running.

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Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 8:14am

kilotango Offline
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Well my freind.
As for your specs, you might go flying, but you will not get much from the game, so why spend money on a graphic card now. Wait for the future new pc.
Anyway. You proberly don't have a agp port, then you must find a pci card, nvidia or ati. I think you can get a used for a cheep price. That is my advice.

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Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 2:04pm

cimmaronjim Offline
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Well, Maybe I'll try it out while I'm waiting to get a new p.c.
Thanks guys.

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 5:04pm

Mushroom_Farmer Offline
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kilotango wrote on Dec 16^th, 2006 at 8:14am:

Well my freind.
As for your specs, you might go flying, but you will not get much from the game, so why spend money on a graphic card now. Wait for the future new pc.
Anyway. You proberly don't have a agp port, then you must find a pci card, nvidia or ati. I think you can get a used for a cheep price. That is my advice.

CFS2 should run fine on a 400MHZ celeron with graphics at low to medium levels. I've run it on a 266MHZ PII MMX with acceptable results. I have also installed AGP graphics cards in mid-90's Pavilions. So obviosly some do have AGP slots. Decent graphics cards for this machine can be had for cheap on places like eBay. Usually around <$20.
Just a little research should uncover a good, inexpensive solution. Some cards I have used include Diamond Viper V330, Nvidia TNT64, & Voodoo3. All provided acceptable graphics and gameplay on a Win95/98se machine using 32MB of RAM, later upped to 128MB.

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&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 5:36pm

kilotango Offline
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Yes farmer.
As i said, he might go flying.

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