Video card advice for COD4 ?

trackerman

Hi, I'm not a gamer.. yet
But I am very intrested starting, either with in COD4 or Battlefield 2

My main worry is that my Graphics card will not be up to the demands.
My PC is a fairly fast 2.4 Ghz Dual core Intel, OC'ed to 3.4 Ghz and 4GB ram.
MB is Asus P5B DLX/WIFI-AP.
But my Graphics card is a cheap'o from Kompett...
Gainward GeForce 8500GT 256MB DDR3, PCI-Express, DVI/Tv-Out, SilentFX

Link to specs here: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=334545&view=detailed#ProductTabs

Will this be enough for COD4 or BF2 ?
Or should I consider a faster graphics card ?

Thanks,

Ray

Spear

trackerman wrote: »

Hi, I'm not a gamer.. yet
But I am very intrested starting, either with in COD4 or Battlefield 2

My main worry is that my Graphics card will not be up to the demands.
My PC is a fairly fast 2.4 Ghz Dual core Intel, OC'ed to 3.4 Ghz and 4GB ram.
MB is Asus P5B DLX/WIFI-AP.
But my Graphics card is a cheap'o from Kompett...
Gainward GeForce 8500GT 256MB DDR3, PCI-Express, DVI/Tv-Out, SilentFX

Link to specs here: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=334545&view=detailed#ProductTabs

Will this be enough for COD4 or BF2 ?
Or should I consider a faster graphics card ?

Thanks,

Ray

It'll be fine for low/medium detail.

christophicus

It really depends on what resolution you are playing at. It should play BF2 no problem at high enough resolutions . And yeah it should play CoD 4 at medium -low settings at about 1024x768 at least.

Steffano2002

Should play fine on the 8500GT if the resolution isn't set too high.

You have a good PC, you should invest in a proper Graphics Card (8800GT or GTS or GTX)...

trackerman

Thanks guys, i'll give it a go and will upgrade if necessary.

Nehpets

Try www.srtest.com

I play it on a laptop with 8600mGT card and it looks great.

Steffano2002

Nehpets wrote: »

Try www.srtest.com

I play it on a laptop with 8600mGT card and it looks great.

Great website there Nehpets! Thanks for that!