graphics card help needed

Carrym · 03-20-2007, 10:27 AM

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!

Joel007 · 03-20-2007, 02:20 PM

You could just find an old Geforce2 AGP card with at least 64MB onboard RAM on ebay. As far as i know any gfx card with 64mb should support vertex and pixel shaders. The cheapest i think is the geforce2 mx series, although I personally wouldn't use one since you get what you pay for (ie, not much).

Joel007 · 03-20-2007, 05:16 PM

For an example on prices, the cheapest I could find on ebuyer was about £20, and this is a 128MB card, twice what you need. ebuyer.com - Graphics Cards » Graphics Cards Nvidia » nVIDIA GeForce FX 52/55/5700 » Product details

I strongly recommend finding out what model your motherboard is and seing if it has an upper limit on the type of graphics card it will support though. You can pick up powerful microATX boards these days for around £20-£30 at electronics shops. Many have onboard VGA which may even support that game without an external card.

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Carrym Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3	graphics card help needed 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! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-20-2007, 02:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Joel007 1337 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LAN party: Spending hours becoming an expert in network issues and program compatibility. And possibly some gaming. Posts: 166	Re: graphics card help needed You could just find an old Geforce2 AGP card with at least 64MB onboard RAM on ebay. As far as i know any gfx card with 64mb should support vertex and pixel shaders. The cheapest i think is the geforce2 mx series, although I personally wouldn't use one since you get what you pay for (ie, not much).

03-20-2007, 05:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Joel007 1337 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LAN party: Spending hours becoming an expert in network issues and program compatibility. And possibly some gaming. Posts: 166	Re: graphics card help needed For an example on prices, the cheapest I could find on ebuyer was about £20, and this is a 128MB card, twice what you need. ebuyer.com - Graphics Cards » Graphics Cards Nvidia » nVIDIA GeForce FX 52/55/5700 » Product details I strongly recommend finding out what model your motherboard is and seing if it has an upper limit on the type of graphics card it will support though. You can pick up powerful microATX boards these days for around £20-£30 at electronics shops. Many have onboard VGA which may even support that game without an external card.

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