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malibu43

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Ok, so let me start off by saying that I'm not real computer savy...

I bought a Dell Inspiron 2200 a year and a half ago, and as best as I can tell (although I'm not sure) it came with a GMA 900 intgrated graphics card. Does that sound right?

I want to buy Microsfoft Combat flight simulator 2, which requires a 4 MB video card. This game is about 5-6 years old, so I'd be surprised if I couldn't play it. Will I be able to? My roommate played it on his laptop in 2000, so I'd be surprised if my 1 1/2 year old laptop couldn't handle it.

Combat Flight Simulator 3 requires a 16MB video card...is this one beyond my computer's capabilities?


Thanks for the help and sorry for the simple questions.
 
Arcygenical said:
Should be fine. I just hope you have a gig or more RAM...
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Off the top of my head (I'm at work right now), I think I have 256+512, so that's 768 mb. I'll give it a try with Combat Flight Sim 2 (it's only $10-$15) and see how it goes. Thanks.
 
256-bit graphics core

8/16/32 bpp

Up to 8.5 GB/sec memory bandwidth with DDR2 533 MHz

1.3 GP/sec and 1.3 GT/sec fill rate

128 MB maximum video memory

2048x1536 at 85 Hz maximum resolution
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generally onbaord graphics is 32 or 64 mb dedicated but you can usually run anything up to a requirement of 64mb with almost all current or 1 or 2 old onboard graphics controllers. I had an emachines before this rig and it had a 64mb onboard controller and was 3 years old.
 
It will probably technically work, but the performance will be dismal, and the image quality equally as dismal.

Integrated graphics chips aren't all that great for gaming, unless it is a really old game, in this case it may be ok.
 
malibu43 said:
Ok, so let me start off by saying that I'm not real computer savy...

I bought a Dell Inspiron 2200 a year and a half ago, and as best as I can tell (although I'm not sure) it came with a GMA 900 intgrated graphics card. Does that sound right?

I want to buy Microsfoft Combat flight simulator 2, which requires a 4 MB video card. This game is about 5-6 years old, so I'd be surprised if I couldn't play it. Will I be able to? My roommate played it on his laptop in 2000, so I'd be surprised if my 1 1/2 year old laptop couldn't handle it.

Combat Flight Simulator 3 requires a 16MB video card...is this one beyond my computer's capabilities?


Thanks for the help and sorry for the simple questions.
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Does your board have a agp slot sounds like a 50$ 9800pro will solve your problem or pci they make x1300 pci cards
 
rcf1987 said:
Does your board have a agp slot sounds like a 50$ 9800pro will solve your problem or pci they make x1300 pci cards
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I'm not sure...I can check. I don't know if I want to spend $50 on a graphics card to play a $15 game.
 
rcf1987 said:
O misread my bad
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S'all good... speaking of, weren't laptop graphics supposed to become upgradeable like, 3 years ago?!? You know they never will... too much money to be made with forced total-replacement upgrades...
 
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