wah, i need a graphics card!!!

10 public posts in this discussion.

Post 1

i was trying to play some games the other day but my stupid graphics card can bearly handle anything!!! its a 8mb s3 savage one. But anyway i need a new one and mom and dad won't buy me a new one even if i pay half. Is there anyway to get around this problem or do i just have to put up with it, or i could be getting a nvidia g4 for christmas but we'll have to see.

Post 2

forget about games, and go live real life until you can get an upgrade. or play solitaire, possibly turn based strategy games that don't require constant screen updates.

Post 3

Like my old Siggy

Go outside, the graphics are AMAZING !

Post 5

*offers his 16MB S3 savage4*

just kidding. Geforce2 cards are now cheap as chips.
You can pick up a 64MB MX400 gf2 (w/ TV out) for arounf $80-95 these days. So there is no excuse why u cant upgrade.

Post 6

yeha very cheap
u can get a 2nd hand one even cheaper

Post 7

pick up a 2nd hand geforce 3 for not to bad a price. Might help u out for a bit longer

Post 8

Quote from Santa Cruz:
..and mom and dad won't buy me a new one even if i pay half...

Dude, two things.

1) In Australia, your Mother is generally called "Mum" (note the capital), not "mom"
2) Get a paper round or save your pocket money, and as previously said you can get a new card for under a hundred bucks. That's about a month of hard work for a 10 year old, so if you want it bad enough, you can easily get it by christmas.

And as a side note, there will _always_ be games that chug your system. Try playing BF1942 with a 400% spawn setting (even with a 1500+ processor and 512 MB of RAM, my system can't cope!)

Post 9

Quote from Santa Cruz's sig:
When there's work to be done Santa Cruz is the one!!!

Post 10

i'll lend u a gf2 mx till xmas if u want i just got it incase 1 of my better ones dies in middle of the nite as they do