Originally Posted by Tengo
If my computer already runs the game in high settings but with low FPS, does attaching a graphics card makes it run the game in better speed ?
Not necessarily. I suppose it could also be your processor that's at fault, or RAM but yes, the graphics card is likely to blame.
For example, I have a laptop which meets all the recommended requirements for Battlefield 3 except for the graphics card which only meets the minimum requirements. The game plays at a decent framerate on medium-low video settings.
Originally Posted by Hycx
Graphic card is the principal thing to run games on max settings.
Nvidia GT 500 series are the best ones to play new games.
Not all of them, for the newer games 550ti, and 560ti are better ones, of course the optimal vid cards are 570-580-590, they can run everything.
And on the Ati side, they are 6950-6970-and 6990.
But yeah, an Nvidia 550-560ti is good enough.
Originally Posted by 4zb41
Not necessarily. I suppose it could also be your processor that's at fault, or RAM but yes, the graphics card is likely to blame.
For example, I have a laptop which meets all the recommended requirements for Battlefield 3 except for the graphics card which only meets the minimum requirements. The game plays at a decent framerate on medium-low video settings.
Just for explanation: The perfomance of the GPU(aka processor on the videocard, though it has a different architecture to an actual processor) and CPU(processor on the motherboard) should be on the same level, or maybe even the cpu should be a bit faster, as it has to keep the videocard busy, the cpu gives the tasks to the gpu, and it also has to calculate a lot of other stuff.
tl;dr: If you want a good video card, you will need a good processor next to it to fully use it, and vice versa.
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So I went to the store, they don't have the model number :V
But I found a cheap laptop:
Intel core i5 2430, 2.40 ghz
6GB RAM
Radeon graphics card (without model number)
600gb hard disc space.
But I found a cheap laptop:
Intel core i5 2430, 2.40 ghz
6GB RAM
Radeon graphics card (without model number)
600gb hard disc space.
<Marco> and then Oblivion tried to sexually assault me
<Oblivion> and Marco wasn't surprised at all
<Oblivion> and Marco wasn't surprised at all
