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Originally Posted by Fishooked
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! |
There is no such thing as too fast. Just make sure your power supply can handle whatever video card you buy. The card should tell you what watt it requires. Most (all) of the modern video cards use a pci express port on your motherboard so just make sure you have one.
I mean...... hot chicks/red meat/football.
Edit: Sorry didn't see that you wanted to buy a completely new one. Don't worry about the motherboard it'll definitely have it.