No graphics card will be compatible with it, because it is a dinosaur.
You wasted $100 bucks.
If don’t believe me, go to a computer shop and ask them.
I have dinosaur graphics cards, one might be an improvement. What ports do you have, definitely have AGP cards?
It’s coming in the mail, ordered it a few days ago.
I know I gotta look to see if it’s 6 or 8 prong, and the Watts. About all I grasp.
Space issues too, I can’t look inside till then.
why are you people so broke, don’t you ever save money?
I do, I spend it all on more important machinery.
So… Trixie said your the smartest and wisest person on the site, most virtuous and willing to help.
What graphics card?
Impulsive purchasing is never a good thing, turd, you must be a sucker during the sales season.
Just send it back, amazon are pretty good at refunding, then put the money towards something better…why put yourself through all the fuss? Personally i’m not a big gamer, but i did somewhat recently buy a base unit, 6 core, nvidia 700 series, 16g ram…it’s not the best of machines but it plays most games fine…I play quake, wow and some old games on emulation.
No, I needed a dedicated computer for my machines. I’m keeping this.
What graphics card?
Dunno, ask Trix, he is more experienced with the gaming side of computers since he does make games, so i would imagine he could be helpful…but I would advise him against helping you because this would only encourage you to waste your life even more playing Total War, which will turn you into Ricardo Lopez, the lazy bastard who became obsessed with Bjork, and later killed himself after he found out she was dating somebody else…
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P.s please swallow your pride and admit you made a mistake buying it and send it back.
Hurry up and get a good computer so we can play games on steam together 
I’m doubting I’ll be in a position to play online, this computer will eventually end up in a storage garage powered by a generator off the back of a van. It’s gonna be a few years before wireless internet matches wired internet in terms of speed and unlimited gigabytes, my phone plan only has a 8 gig hotspont, and I haven’t really been into shooting games since N64. I played the first few Halo games, but never had to buy a X-Box.
No, total war is good, I’ll be able to make a guide to Ascledciodotus and Onasander through it, maybe even Vegetius and the Stratigikon, perhaps some late works after I get a laptop or tablet down the road that can pull off Attila or Charlemagne.
Your processor is what’s the trouble.
Core 2 Duo 2.3 ghz is garb, almost as bad as my 10 year old laptop if not worse.
The age of the computer, and manufacturer, are the most important qualities. Computers made by HP often have heatsink problems, But are practically invincible. Newer computers with the same architecture as older incarnations, will generally run faster due to nuances and upgrades in manufacturing factory protocols. However, I still would not buy a computer with only 1 gb of RAM even it was an i7 made in 2016. As a computer ages, its parts wear out, much like a car. That is why the superiority of organic tissue is needed for high level warmachines, purely metal mechs just don’t cut it. Japanese are highly intelligent and not taboo of genetics like Americans. That is why in Metal Gear Solid the warmachines use organic legs for movement.
So my verdict is, Do not even bother with the videocard, doubt it will even be compatible, and processors are as important to run games as videocards are if not more so. But if that computer was made in 2016, you might have a chance for it working out, as opposed to buying a used junker.
If it was made in 2016, it’s 50/50. If its a used junker don’t even bother.
I want a old video card capable of running this game. Why can’t anyone just state a cost effective card. I don’t need a i7, will not wait another year, I just want a realistic graphics card that would carry this game, and run a lathe, vinyls cutter, 3-D printer, and make images of Gib running around Canada holding bags of dick.
The game is the hardest part. I can afford a i3 upgrade, but would much rather have a graphics card. I don’t need to do anything else on a computer. I don’t need to be cool. I dont need to do the most cutting edge thing ever. Just need a old model, compatible graphics card that is a improvement for this computer, that will work well, and is cheap. I’ve seen dome on Amazon.com for $30 bucks, just don’t know what to get.
I’m not trying to be a computer programmer, but a product designer. I don’t need something amazing for your tasks, but my own. I’m not under any circumstance returning this.
As a bonus, if I get this game working, I will be too bust to post for the most part for months. Be as if I was banned almost… but only if this game works.
Try the onboard videocard, if that runs too laggy, Just about any 30 dollar GeForce or ATI will do. The important thing to note is, the 6000 of a GeForce refers to the generation it was made, and the 100 refers to it’s evolution. So a Geforce 6800 will be better than a 7100, but worse than a 7600.
Second thing is, Programmers should use low end computers to maximize compatibility, not high end ones that half the gamers don’t use.
You can tell what is videocard lag (videocard problems) as opposed to CPU lag (Processor) as opposed to RAM lag.
If you are in a 3D game and look around with the mouse and it lags based on what direction you look, you have a weak videocard.
If you are in a 3D game and your computer fan starts running hot and it appears to have a “lag switch” that turns on and off unrelated to the mouselook, you have a weak processor.
If you are in a 3D game and it takes a long time to load, or stutters often, you have weak RAM.
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I might upgrade to a CPU like that one, in the $70 range. Seems much faster than a i3, but I’m not sure how to guage my needs right now with a video card to a the electrical balancing of the wattage of the PC, to planning a card not that bad for when I eventually upgrade to a CPU akin to this, able to easily run Total War Attila or Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion.
I know there us a way to chart a balance between these. Might even have to buy a PC Tower and use these parts in it (they run cheap).
Economy of each buy vs future needs, each buy makes older purchases look weak, I want the least amount of dissapointment. I can only afford $30-$70 purchases per pay, and that’s for anything other than food or rent. I can do that per paycheck. I don’t want a CPU worth $140 if I have no need for one, makes no economic sense, if a $70 or below one works fantastic for my needs.
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It is more risky to upgrade a CPU than a GPU. Videocards have easy access slots and require less compatibility of the motherboard.
However, Videocards have 3 forms, PCI, PCIe, and AGP. PCI is the worst and PCIe is the best. If you buy an AGP it will not fit into a PCI slot.
I was looking at installing the CPU chips, it had a square, for the core duos, from 2.3 to 3.0 ghz, showed this clear window you popped open, place it in, screw shut.
I realized some wouldn’t fit, I would do then as I do now, Google the fuck out of it, then ask others, then come here and break down and cry asking for help.
I don’t impulse buy, I literally bought the cheapest computer from Amazon that could remotely get close to delivering my needs, then upgrade it from there. Just shocked, everywhere I asked, people mocked the computer, refused to help, saying you can’t play for just $100 bucks.
Perhaps not, but maybe $130, $170 if I upgrade it.
If I get too bored with this game,upgrade it again.
For 170 bux they probably make decent systems right out of the box. Have you tried pawn shops?
I don’t want to spend $170 bucks in a single buy. $170 bucks can buy me some important parts for making a livelyhood. I can spend maybe $70 once every few months to upgrade my computer.
Then, in a year or so when I’m no longer starving, I can just but a $3000 gaming computer water cooled, have it hooked up to batteries in a van, off solar power and a generator and when not on calls, fycking around in a parking lot, play that.
Like I said, this system is gonna end up in a garage storage facility, running my equipment at 2 AM to make me shit to sell online. If I can sit down in 30 years and play Rome 2 while waiting for my machines to make a plastic or metal tool, I will be okay, be I poor or a billionaire, or if I have the most advanced computer ever at home. This is more work related than anything. Computers in factories are never that advanced. What I’m doing us starting the earliest stages of a factory, on a long ass table.