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[stoutfellow]

I've been playing Civ IV for quite a while, but my computer is slightly underpowered for that game. Reading tygerr's description of the visual effects has prompted me to remedy this situation.

The manual says that, at minimum, the game requires a "64 MB Video Card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)"; it recommends a "128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders)". I think that's the only respect in which my system falls short. Does anyone have a recommendation as to what video card I should order? Money's not too much of an object.

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[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Does your motherboard support PCI-Express or AGP?

If the former, something like this:

http://www.bfgtech.com/7950GT_512_PCIX.html
or
http://www.bfgtech.com/7950Gx2_1G_PCIX.html

if AGP, then:

http://www.bfgtech.com/7600GS_512.html

(This is, of course, taking you at your word that money is no object. Of course, there's also:

http://www.bfgtech.com/8800GTX_768_PCIe.html

But I tend to try and stay one generation back from the top of the line.)

I've bought several video cards from BFG, and they've all been exceptional.