L4D Graphics card

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thread starter FireWithin Jul 19 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hey guys! I was thinking of playing L4D on pc so I ran a system check to see if I had all the requirements and it turns out that my graphics card is pretty bad... So I was gonna go out and buy a new graphics card that would be better for me but I have no idea how to see which ones are newer/better. My friend told me something about the generation of the card and how it relates to the digit of the thousands or hundreds... I forget. For the record, I have NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (I'm pretty sure it's integrated) This is the minimum requirements for the game : Minimum: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (GeForce 6150SE nForce 430) And this is the recommended requirements : Recommended: Shader model 3.0, NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (GeForce 6150SE nForce 430) So if anyone can teach me how to find better graphics cards or even where to buy, thanks for your help. P.S. Should I wait for L4D 2?

hairamoose 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

look at your PSU Mother board specs and see if the specs match the reqiurments for installing the card

azn011 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Yeah, that graphics card is quite garbage :S If you want a new graphics card, you gotta know if your computer supports it. Could you tell us what model your computer is? And also, game performance is not solely based on the graphics card. It also depends on the CPU as well, which could be bottlenecking the graphics card. So if your computer is simply too old, it might not be worth it to get a new graphics card.

FireWithin 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

my computer is only half a year old and also all my other specs are good because i did a system check and only the graphics card is not up to requirements and i'm quite noob at computer specs and stuff but how do you look at your mother board specs and also how do i tell if a card's number is better than the required card's number

LowWillpower 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FireWithin said: "my computer is only half a year old and also all my other specs are good because i did a system check and only the graphics card is not up to requirements and i'm quite noob at computer specs and stuff but how do you look at your mother board specs and also how do i tell if a card's number is better than the required card's number" Well, the motherboard specs would depend on if you bought a custom or not. I don't know what big companies use for their motherboards, so knowing the computer make/model would be easier.

skye09 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FireWithin said: "my computer is only half a year old and also all my other specs are good because i did a system check and only the graphics card is not up to requirements and i'm quite noob at computer specs and stuff but how do you look at your mother board specs and also how do i tell if a card's number is better than the required card's number" Isnt that just a little contradictory Assuming you used System Requirements Lab, you should hand over your system specs.

FireWithin Jul 19 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ok lemme do anothe check and see is this the motherboard O.o You Have: AMD Phenom(tm) 8550 Triple-Core Processor CPU Minimum: Pentium 4 You Have: AMD Phenom(tm) 8550 Triple-Core Processor PASS CPU Speed Minimum: 3 GHz You Have: 2.21 GHz Performance Rated at 5.64 GHz PASS System RAM Minimum: 1 GB You Have: 2.9 GB PASS Operating System Minimum: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64 You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build Service Pack 16001) PASS Video Card Minimum: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (GeForce 6150SE nForce 430) FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options. Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 128 MB Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 3.0 Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 3.0 Video Card Driver Version (DirectX) Your driver version number is: FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. Sound Card Minimum: Yes You Have: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti PASS Sound Card Driver Version Your driver version number is: 6.0 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. Free Disk Space Minimum: 7.5 GB You Have: 362.8 GB PASS

LowWillpower 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

skye09 said: " Isnt that just a little contradictory Assuming you used System Requirements Lab, you should hand over your system specs." But SRL wont tell us the PSU and motherboard slots.

Chickenz 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Whats the model of your computer?

skye09 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LowWillpower said: " But SRL wont tell us the PSU and motherboard slots." Oh no, I wasnt asking for the report from SRL, I was just saying it would help us better help him if he gave us the specs ( and you are actually right since we would need the model ) so we determine if there would be any issues such as bottlenecking.

FireWithin 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

what's bottlenecking?

skye09 Jul 19 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FireWithin said: "what's bottlenecking?" Means one part is hold back another. Its synonymous with "the weakest link".

FireWithin 07/19/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ok but i still don't know how to find out what my mother board is and how to see if it's comptatible with a graphics card i might buy and also how to see if one graphics card is newer than NVidia 6600