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I just got my computer back from circut city last week with a new vid card installed. They said its supposedly 2 cards up from what i used to have but when i tride playing vbf2 and bfv it seemed to lag. Im not sure if this was because i just reinstalled bfv downloaded a patch and a mod for it that and along with some music. Any ways back to the original question, how high can I put my graphics with this new card?

heres my "gaming rig" according to my xfire
Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 1470MB RAM
Hard Drive: 240 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: Logitech USB Headset
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack

trial and error is your friend.

The graphics card you listed is integrated. If that's really the case, then low everything.

Graphics card is lacking.

that is a desktop card and very lacking! you cannot play high end gaming with that in there.

I just built my kids machine at :

single core 3700+, 2 gigs pc3200, nvidia 6200 turbo cache

and it plays games like a dog! It isn't much better than the last pc with an ati 9600xt in it!

Getting them an 2600xt next time i get some money soon and putting it in for them. It's either that or an x1950pro like I have (not quite got the cash for that though!)

Get new GPU and PSU probably to power it. Look for cheap x1950pro's. In the UK cheapest price is £65 right now for Jetway model from Aria.

if its intigrated i doubt he could even fit a new one

Thats very far from a gaming rig =P It's really really really really old, and slow. Consider investing in a new one =(

Try this very handy "test your pc for game performance" type of site.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

How do you get xfire to grab your system specs like that?

Did you tell the tech./store who sold you this card that you intended to game with it? I can't believe that they even sold you that card, it is so low down and old that it seems underhanded to me. I would strongly suggest returning that card, though i can't see it being worth much, and buying a new/used card in the 7600+ or 1600+ family of cards. When you you get around to purchasing a card be sure to post your options on here before you buy, don't trust the shop to sell you whats best for you.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_ ... &chart=276

Use that chart in buying a proper card for what sort of fps you will see in PR @ 1024x768 high everything 4xAA with your cpu and ram (most likely, don't quote me on it!)

If you are going to buy a proper gaming card, post here or a tech forum first including the specs of your current power supply unit inside your case to make sure it can power it!