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Actually, some Mobos come with better-than-acceptable graphics cards. Mine comes with a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 for example. Onboard sound cards are very good, high quality and all, but they use the system RAM, which can be a let-down if you don't have a bunch of megabytes in there [img]smile.gif[/img]
And BGII is mostly processor-dependant than anything else(graphics, sound, memory). RAM comes second. I'd recommend taking something good for that. 256 MB, and a cheap Athlon 1500+ would do the trick.

Yup. You do need a processor. Without a processor your computer is just a dead box with wires in it. You can't play BGII wiht a dead box with wires in it, can you?

To actually answer your question, I don't know.

I have an Intel something... not sure if it's an extremem or not though... [img]tongue.gif[/img] How much do decent graphic cards cost?

Since your from the North lands, just drop by and check out their....

Canada (ATI Headquarters)
ATI Technologies Inc.
1 Commerce Valley Drive East
Markham, Ontario
Canada L3T 7X6
Tel: 905 882 2600

I have intel extreme grphics 2 and i can run GTA vice city on it.

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Originally posted by Azeral:
I have intel extreme grphics 2 and i can run GTA vice city on it.

<span style="color: lightblue">You can run it, sure, but can you play it?

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Originally posted by Sir Goulum:
I have an Intel something... not sure if it's an extremem or not though... [img]tongue.gif[/img] How much do decent graphic cards cost?

Since intel make no good GPUs I am aware of, you really need to replace that. But, post which motherboard you have anyway. In fact, post as many specs as you can find on your PC. Some graphics cards will just go to waste if your CPU cant keep up with them.

A GeforceFX 5200 will set you back £25. As you can tell from the fact that mast people over the age of 5 can lay hands on enough money for one, this is not a good card. Although not as bad as anything Intel.

The GeforceFX 5900XT is another story. £120, which is pretty decent, its a DX9 card and will perform well for most purposes.

Theres also the newer Geforce6 series, but I've heard somewhat mixed reports about them. Since I havent bought a new GPU in years, I havent done any proper research though. You want to know about them, then head to www.tomshardware.com .

Oh, and don't get an GeforceFX 5800 unless you want your pc to sound like a jet engine. They really had a problem with noise.