Upgrading A Graphics Card

[Jake]

I finally broke down and got the Crysis 3 game ($30 @ Amazon) along with an upgraded video

card from a 9500GT to 630GT because the game requires DX11 rendition.  Unfortunately, my

Windows 7, 32 bit did not like it at all.  My sound utility program (RealTek) was lost and I was

unable to go on line.  Plus it had starting issues after I did a couple restore.  

 

I totally gave up and begged Judy to fix my computer.  She had it up and running within an hour.

I re-installed my old card back and reloaded the same driver.  All is good now.  I guess I will save

the Crysis 3 disk until I get a higher performance rig.

 

In the meantime, I'm going back to my old school way of playing video games:

 

 

 

[lonewolf]

i can see that the old way has its atractions i ll have to try that one

[Mike S]

To my pal Jake ..... although I love the buttons you are pushing and I'm sure you will get a lot of pleasure from the effects of them you are not a TRUE gamer until you can ignore all the little distractions that life will throw at you ...... :thumbsup: :hystery: :hystery:

 

That being said here are the requirements for playing Crisis 3

 

Minimum System Operating Requirements for PC

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM

• Dual core CPU

• 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)

 

Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• Nvidia GTS 450

• Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)

 

Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD5770

• AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

 

Recommended System Operating Requirements for PC

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM

• Quad core CPU

• 4GB Memory

 

Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• Nvidia GTX 560

• Intel Core i3-530

 

Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD5870

• AMD Phenom II X2 565

 

Hi-Performance PC Specifications

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• Latest DirectX 11 graphics card

• Latest quad core CPU

• 8GB Memory

 

Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• NVidia GTX 680

• Intel Core i7-2600k

 

Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD7970

• AMD Bulldozer FX4150

 

With out knowing what you are exactly running on your rig I'm not sure if I can help or not but if you don't meet the bare minimum you are chit out of luck (see first requirements) .... :mocking:  .... back in 2011 I upgraded my GPU to a GeForce GTX 560Ti and I hope it will last me for many more years to come and that is another reason I won't upgrade to a new version of windows no matter what version they come up with for Direct X .... plus sometimes there is always a work around if you do some searching on the net .... I was running a version of Direct X a few years ago that I wasn't supposed to (according to M$ ) but with a downloaded program from another source it worked just fine ......

 

So cheer up my friend there is hope for you yet in the world of the big boys gaming .... :thumbsup: :hystery: :hystery: ...... now get back to twiddling those knobs you booby freak ..... :hystery: :hystery: :nudie:

:cheersty: