kz
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just got doom 3 but it doenst work on my pc! says my gfx aint good enough 
i have 64mb but its built in, not an extra card. are all games like this these days? havent played a game for ages so wouldnt know! what other first person shooters are there out there atm? i dont really want a war game like moh or call of duty
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Carr
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Yeah for any decent up to date games you will need a stand alone card of at least 128mb and up
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Ren
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Get the old (but still pretty powerful) Radeon 9800 Pro. They go quite cheap nowadays, and also consider getting a new motherboard. The ABIT AI7 is the one i have, and its never done me wrong. All together, about £120-£160. You're bound to find a deal somewhere.
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Dan B
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Unless you do upgrade your motherboard, it's not worth suggesting a replacement graphics card unless you specify if your current motherboard is PCI-only, AGP, or PCI-Express...
Oh, and for those HL2/CSS fans amongst us, download the demo of the soon-to-be-released FPS game FEAR (First Encounter Assault Recon). Spooky and very atmospheric......if you've played Clive Barker's Undying, imagine a present-day version of that using a game-engine similar to the HL2 one.
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Carr
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Must admit that FEAR does look good. Say the trailer on gamespot a few weeks back
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Dan B
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The demo is available from a few places, I got it from here, because we have one of the mirrors in work (nice quick download, despite the 687MB file).
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kz
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damn call of duty dont work either 
what i dont understand is that minimum requirements say it needs 32Mb...
ive got 64Mb! and it still wont run.
my gfx does allow opengl, why does it need a seperate card if the graphics is sitting there waiting to be used?
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Carr
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Because the 32mb will be for a stand alone card with a certain chipset which yours won't have
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Ren
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And yours might not support dynamic texture and lighting, which most games seem to require these days.
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kz
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i do have an old ati rage fury maxx 64mb card... but i remember having problems with xp with it before
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Carr
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If you want to play some games just pick up a cheapish card that meets the requirements of your favourite games
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