Hi there,
I was hoping someone could give me advice for upgrading a graphics card on the cheap that would work well with STO.
I'm trying to get a friend of mine into STO, but his graphics card doesn't meet the minimum requirements. Nonetheless, he was still able to play -- he just had a really terrible/blocky/unrendered graphics experience. I am thinking of getting him a new graphics card, but his computer is a fairly older model (about 4 years old). Here are the current specifications, including his current graphics card, the Radeon X700:
Make and Model: Gateway GT 4024
Processor: Intel Pendium D Dual-Core 805 2.66 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB DDR2 (upgradable to 2 GB DDR2)
Power Supply: 350 Watt
Integrated Video: Disabled.
Graphics Card: Radeon X700 PCI-Express (on the sole PCI-e x 16 1.0 (2.0) slot)
Form Factor: uBTX / Mid-Tower
What would you recommend for him?
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i picked up a point of view extreme overclocked GTX260 for 165 quid. this card will last a long time before i have to upgrade it again.
This card has 512 megs of GDDR5 and from pretty much every review I can find beats out the nvidia cards at the same price point such as the GT220 & GT240. It was $104 with tax and shipping (ordered yesterday afternoon 3 day standard, received it today since I live close to one of their warehouses).
I will be installing my card when I get home from work so I'll let you know how it does after playing some this weekend.