Need opinions on graphics card.

CleverOaf · Apr 23, 2006, 07:38 AM

Hi,

I have an old Windows XP (around 2002) and it has a Nvidia RIVA tnt2/64 video card in it.
Here's the problem...I just recently bought Battle for Middle Earth 2 and it says it needs a Nvidia GeForce 3 or higher to run on the comp...

Will the game run with my card or is it vital that I really have the newer video card? Or, is there a third party upgrade that will make my card compatible with the game?

Thanks,
the Oaf

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Apr 23, 2006, 07:42 AM

you cannot emulate it, i can't believe that you are still using the card! look into a more current budget card.

CleverOaf · Apr 23, 2006, 07:46 AM

but if I installed the game, would my current card work?

Dyre Straits · Apr 23, 2006, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CleverOaf

but if I installed the game, would my current card work?

There's no way I can tell you whether it will or won't. I'm guessing, however, that you haven't opened the package yet until you find out if you can play the game on your current setup.

If that's the case, since the package says that you need a certain graphics card or better, then that's worth taking to the bank. They are telling you right up front that you do have to have at least a certain model of card.

The only other way to know for sure is to open that package, install it, if it will, and see if you can get it to work. But, if I were in your shoes, I'd take the package labeling at face value and upgrade the system if I really wanted to play that game.

Gardinen · Apr 23, 2006, 09:04 PM

Riva TNT2....that's quite the flashback

Sandok · Apr 23, 2006, 09:06 PM

And if the card is THAT old, the rest of the system must surely be not enough to play either...

Apr 23, 2006, 07:38 AM	#1
CleverOaf DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Need opinions on graphics card. Hi, I have an old Windows XP (around 2002) and it has a Nvidia RIVA tnt2/64 video card in it. Here's the problem...I just recently bought Battle for Middle Earth 2 and it says it needs a Nvidia GeForce 3 or higher to run on the comp... Will the game run with my card or is it vital that I really have the newer video card? Or, is there a third party upgrade that will make my card compatible with the game? Thanks, the Oaf

Apr 23, 2006, 07:42 AM	#2
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Apr 23, 2006, 07:46 AM	Thread Starter #3
CleverOaf DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	but if I installed the game, would my current card work?

Apr 23, 2006, 09:04 PM	#5
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	Riva TNT2....that's quite the flashback

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Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	And if the card is THAT old, the rest of the system must surely be not enough to play either...