saware Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Guys, as the title suggests, Im buying a new PC but Im just wondering about the graphics card requirements as I dont fully understand what is best! The PC Im looking at has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100. The discrete memory is integrated, up to 224MB and shared. Will this run the new FM, and is it likely to run any future versions? I dont want to get a new PC and find it doesnt work. It doesnt have to do much else, but FM is kind of a must! Thanks in advance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeezgob Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Guys, as the title suggests, Im buying a new PC but Im just wondering about the graphics card requirements as I dont fully understand what is best!The PC Im looking at has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100. The discrete memory is integrated, up to 224MB and shared. Will this run the new FM, and is it likely to run any future versions? I dont want to get a new PC and find it doesnt work. It doesnt have to do much else, but FM is kind of a must! Thanks in advance! You're much better off getting a machine that has a dedicated graphics card rather than an integrated chipset. Get something with an Nvidia Geforce card, or ATI Radeon card that has at least 256mb of mem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayden Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Guys, as the title suggests, Im buying a new PC but Im just wondering about the graphics card requirements as I dont fully understand what is best!The PC Im looking at has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100. The discrete memory is integrated, up to 224MB and shared. Will this run the new FM, and is it likely to run any future versions? I dont want to get a new PC and find it doesnt work. It doesnt have to do much else, but FM is kind of a must! Thanks in advance! I have the same video setup on my laptop, and it ran the demo without any problems, so it should be fine to run FM 09. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 The Intel GMA X3100 is alot better than the GMA950... so should be able to play the game. But as stated above you should get a dedicated card, a Radeon 3850 is the best budget card right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge696 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'm also unsure if my graphics card is good enough on my laptop, don't think it is but any advice would be welcome. My graphics card is Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family If not how much is a graphics card and are they easy to fit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saware Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 You're much better off getting a machine that has a dedicated graphics card rather than an integrated chipset. Get something with an Nvidia Geforce card, or ATI Radeon card that has at least 256mb of mem. The Intel GMA X3100 is alot better than the GMA950... so should be able to play the game.But as stated above you should get a dedicated card, a Radeon 3850 is the best budget card right now. Thanks for the advice guys, how would the 256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3450 graphics card rate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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