graphics card help needed

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by Carrym, Mar 20, 2007.

  1. Carrym

    Carrym Geek Trainee

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    My nine year old brother is desperate to play Lego Bionicle Heroes but our elderly P.C just isn't up to it. Error message says the graphics card needs to support pixel shaders 1.1.
    Can't afford an expensive graphics card or new P.C. Can anyone suggest a really cheap card that is compatible with our machine and will run the game?
    The only technical deatail I have about the machine is AGP 66/133Mz, VGA. and we have Windows XP.
    The game gives min requirements as "DirectX 9.0c compatible cards with 64MB ram, supporting vertex shader 1.1 and pixel shaders 1.1."
    I know little about computers (as I'm sure you can tell) so any help would be gratefully received!
     
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    Swansen The Ninj

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  3. Sparks

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    Yea, that nivida 6600 is a good deal, more than enough power for what you're doing. Better to go with that on sale for around 60$ than to get something cheap for 40$ like a 5200fx. Granted, the nividia 5200fx is passable for low end games, it just wouldn't be a decent upgrade compared to the 6600.
     

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