[Rohtaren]

my comp has no graphics card, so this demo is extremely slow, and ships look like some kind of figure-8 when they are moving around.

still, its pretty good, probably one of the better games i've played in the past year, besides 5 minutes of Halo 3 multiplayer in one of my school's art rooms. it had a projector in it, and some other students brought the stuff.

anyway, what graphics card would you all suggest? I'm pretty sure that my comp has PCI slots.
and, can any other proccesser fit in the slot for an AMD 64? i want to see if i get can the speed up a bit.

[Jake]

I don't know about your demo, but you have a processor that fits in an AM2 socket.

http://www.tomshardw...aming_graphics/

[Aaron]

It depends on what kind of games you plan on playing, and how much performance you expect while playing them. I would say that you can get a suitable card for <$70.

[wibble]

It's more processor heavy than graphics, calculating the AI and missile projections for 20,000 units takes a bit of processing

[Rohtaren]

It's more processor heavy than graphics, calculating the AI and missile projections for 20,000 units takes a bit of processing

Perhaps, but the demo requires 512 MB of graphics space i don't have.

i also want to get the newest version of the game, but i'll do that after i get my graphics card.

[Rohtaren]

sorry about the double post, but i failed to mention that its an amd athlon 64, incase it makes a difference.

I'm doing some research now, plus i have a neighbor who is an expert computer builder, i might ask him about some stuff i might want to throw in this box.

and he's into supcom too, so yay, i've got someone who can really help, and just 2 doors away.

[Jake]

You probably still use an AM2 slot like me.

If you're still uncertain, find a program called CPU-Z fo find out everything you want to know about that processor.
You can just take a screenshot like I did and I'll help you if you want.

[Rohtaren]

hmm, last night i found out i use socket 939, but it was unclear. not even the AMD website really helped.

and price is another factor, i know i can get anything that is under say $70, but being in highschool and not being quite old enough to squeeze money out of stage crew, i got no cash beyond those $70.

[Aaron]

You won't get much further than where you are with Socket 939.

[Rohtaren]

i'll probably end up just purchasing a gaming computer in the end. the time it costs to find all the parts i want and find out if i need more parts to use it isn't worth the difference in monetary cost.

[Troll]

You should build one, unless your really lazy.

[wibble]

I played last year with a Geforce 7800GT and a 4600+ which is about the max for 939, about an hour into matches the unit count got far too much and made it crawl so not much point upgrading.

Intel's Q6600 would probably best with its meaty 4 cores

[Jake]

I'm getting a Q6600 soon.

You should too.

[Rohtaren]

hm... my neighbor builds gaming computers for people, but the ones he buids are expensive and i don't know if i would have to pay him for it all. plus there is the problem that in my house we have 3 active computers, and a bunch of old ones that are inactive or taken apart all over the place, so...

[Aaron]

Your house sounds like mine . Just order the parts and give it to him if you don't think you're up to the task. He'll probably charge you for labor, but that should be much less than buying a pre-made computer.