Video Card help

ninjarabbi

I just got a new PC and was wondering about video cards. The integrated card that it came with works and I allocated 256 of the system RAM to it. Would it be possible to play portal without having to buy a new card? If not, then what is the best card available for around $100? I've looked around and found a few god ones but no customer reviews. Help would be very much appreciated!

Omnutia

Can someone find that website that could test your system specs and tell you what games you could play?

Zeehat

I think this is what you are looking for.

spotdart

There's a similar site, canyourunit.com (while it should be read as "can you run it" someone pointed out that it also reads "can your unit"). Were I in your shoes, I might opt for one of these two cards in terms of specs and good reviews.

Bronzdragon

There's a similar site,canyourunit.com(while it should be read as "can you run it" someone pointed out that it also reads "can your unit").

I will have to point out that it's EXACTLY the same site, one link just refers to the other.

Techparadox

For any of us to give an accurate answer we would first have to know what video card your PC can handle.

Is it AGP-only? If so then you're pretty much screwed when it comes to getting anything that is a decent upgrade. You could probably get one that would play most of today's games, but I wouldn't expect any graphics that make you go "ooh" or "ahh" out of it. If I had to pick one of the two that spotdart suggested I would go with the GeForce based unit as I wouldn't wish the pain that is dealing with ATI's Catalyst drivers on my worst enemy.

If your box can handle PCI-Express then I would suggest this card as it clocks in at just over a C-note and would be slightly future-proof - it could easily get you through the next few years. Just don't expect it to run Crysis at full speed, mmkay?