need expert computer advice please

terry bartlett · Post by **terry bartlett** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:42 pm

hi i purchased a new computer recently and found out it has the new radeon ati 200 pci express ghraphics card setup. now the problem im having is determining what games i can try and play without purchasing another card.
my comp has the pentium 4 524 (ht), 1024 mb. ive played the elder scrolls no problem and recently i tried dungeon siege 2 and the expansion. dungeon siege 2 runs great so what im wondering is can i go for world of warcraft or dnd eberron maybe? also id love to try doom 3 but was told that would be pushing it. any advice would be great , id really apreciate some help!

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:36 pm

terry bartlett wrote:hi i purchased a new computer recently and found out it has the new radeon ati 200 pci express ghraphics card setup. now the problem im having is determining what games i can try and play without purchasing another card.
my comp has the pentium 4 524 (ht), 1024 mb. ive played the elder scrolls no problem and recently i tried dungeon siege 2 and the expansion. dungeon siege 2 runs great so what im wondering is can i go for world of warcraft or dnd eberron maybe? also id love to try doom 3 but was told that would be pushing it. any advice would be great , id really apreciate some help!

Wait a minute, are you referring to the ATI Express 200? Because if you are, that's not a graphics card. Its an integrated graphics chip. Well, basically, you can play some high-end games like Half Life 2 and Doom 3 with it but you're going to have to tone done a lot of the settings. As for games that could play on your configuration, you might want to try out Fable: The Lost Chapters and the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series. These games will run fine on your system.

P.S. You have the same configuration as my computer, except mine is 512MB RAM and a 128MB Geforce 6200 for my graphics card.

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:38 am

Modern games often still can be played with video cards from three years ago. The real question is how much eyecandy you will have. I think WoW and Doom 3 will run fine if you lower the video settings a bit.