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Fishooked · 01-07-2013, 10:46 PM

And I use the term 'nerds' in a positive way, trust me.

I am attempting to wade my way into the PC gaming realm, after playing consoles exclusively forever.

Wanted to play some older games like Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, have a somewhat older PC that should be able to handle it, but I had a question on the video card -

The specs for Fallout3 (using this as an example) call for:

CPU: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
Sound Card: Yes

Obviously these specs are older, so I would go with the much better video card, but not top of the line - but is there any danger in getting one that could be potentially too fast, or what are some pitfalls to avoid?

I plan on upgrading the ram from 2gb to 4gb, and I'll most likely be running this on XP - thanks in advance!

01-07-2013, 10:46 PM	#1
Fishooked dealin' out shithands Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: teh interwebz Posts: 24,705	PC Gaming Nerds, need some help.... And I use the term 'nerds' in a positive way, trust me. I am attempting to wade my way into the PC gaming realm, after playing consoles exclusively forever. Wanted to play some older games like Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, have a somewhat older PC that should be able to handle it, but I had a question on the video card - The specs for Fallout3 (using this as an example) call for: CPU: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz RAM: 1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista) OS: Windows XP/Vista Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) Sound Card: Yes Obviously these specs are older, so I would go with the much better video card, but not top of the line - but is there any danger in getting one that could be potentially too fast, or what are some pitfalls to avoid? I plan on upgrading the ram from 2gb to 4gb, and I'll most likely be running this on XP - thanks in advance!