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B1gg3stN00b · Jul 30, 2008, 06:43 AM

I'm not wanting to spend more than 130$ on a card though as this machine is mainly for low graphics intensive games like Spore, CS:S, The Sims 2, and various strategy games.

I'm just worried it might not have enough power to run D2:LOD at 800x600!

System Name:	Free Rig/Compaq Laptop
Processor:	E6750/Turion X2 1.9ghz
Motherboard:	EVGA 680i SLI/Quanta EA30
Cooling:	Random big fans!
Memory:	8GB Geil Black Dragon/2GB G-Skill 4-4-4-12
Video Card:	Nvidia 8800GTS/Nvidia 7000M - Hauppage PCIX TV Tuner
Hard Disk:	250gb SATA WD/120gb internal Samsung SATA
Optical Drive:	2 ASUS lightscribe dvd SATA burners/Stock
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS 21.5" 1080P monitor
Case:	Raidmax Smilodon/Regular
Sound Card:	Stock into 2.1 Altec Lansing Rig
PSU:	Cooler Master 650W/12 cell HP battery
Software:	Vista Ult. 64 Bit, Ubuntu 64 Bit 8.10/Vista Ult. 32 Bit, Ubuntu 8.04 32

Jul 30, 2008, 06:43 AM	#6
B1gg3stN00b Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 672 (0.33/day) Thanks: 87 Thanked 111 Times in 102 Posts System Specs	I'm not wanting to spend more than 130$ on a card though as this machine is mainly for low graphics intensive games like Spore, CS:S, The Sims 2, and various strategy games. I'm just worried it might not have enough power to run D2:LOD at 800x600!