It's not that great due to the fact that I'm using a laptop. No real reason for me to change it (if this laptop has the ability to) considering I'm a console gamer and the PC games I love are fairly old and don't require a top notch graphics card.
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Nvidia GEforce 8500GT. It's served me well, but i'm going to need to upgrade soon if I EVER want to play GTA4.
Replaced a 6150SE that served me through the beginning of my gaming evolution (IE HL2)
needed to be replaced a year after I got it (For IE HL2:EP2, Portal, Etc)
Funny, considering how HL1 on a computer I never knew the inside of was one of the three games that made the FPS genre for me. (CS, and MOHAA being the others. Man I miss being a bazooka soldier.)
and @thatstheguy: I hear you. I used to be console only, but the few PC games I did play still hold a special place in my heart.
Replaced a 6150SE that served me through the beginning of my gaming evolution (IE HL2)
needed to be replaced a year after I got it (For IE HL2:EP2, Portal, Etc)
Funny, considering how HL1 on a computer I never knew the inside of was one of the three games that made the FPS genre for me. (CS, and MOHAA being the others. Man I miss being a bazooka soldier.)
and @thatstheguy: I hear you. I used to be console only, but the few PC games I did play still hold a special place in my heart.
not to sure about what graphics card it is, but I can tell you that it allows me to play Crysis on medium settings and most other games on high, including Fallout 3 and Oblivion.
It can even handle intense moments in Command and Conquer 3 on high settings
so in other words it kicks ass and I should be good for a few years.
how would I check what I have anyway?
It can even handle intense moments in Command and Conquer 3 on high settings
so in other words it kicks ass and I should be good for a few years.
how would I check what I have anyway?
Right click on your desktop, go to properties, then click on the settings tab and it should tell you under display.Irridium said:
I've just done that to double check the 'GT', 'GTX', 'GTS',
By the way, does anybody know what all those different 'Gxxx' actually stand for, like which ones are better and what the 'T' or the 'X' actually means, and the logic behind Nvidia's labelling system (apart from sounding like fast cars)?
Interesting story. I had a graphics card that is crappy by todays standards but amazing by 2004 standards. (I got the computer in 04) I noticed I needed to get a better graphics card to play fallout 3. I got the Nvidia 95000. My computers power supply was insufficient and it made the computer explode. Now I am stuck on a crappy laptop that I don't think I can safely upgrade.
EVGA 9800GT, I love that thing 
Nice and cheap (130 bucks) plays what I want (Just about all of my games at 1440x900 with high-ultra high graphics depending on game) and runs at a nice old 35 idle and 75 max load.
Man I love that thing so much... It's pretty too!
Nice and cheap (130 bucks) plays what I want (Just about all of my games at 1440x900 with high-ultra high graphics depending on game) and runs at a nice old 35 idle and 75 max load. Man I love that thing so much... It's pretty too!
