Do i need a graphics card?

mpkc76 · 08-09-2007, 07:15 PM

I was looking at a game that you can put on you PC. It was Madden '06, NBA live '06, FIFA '06, NHL '06, and Tiger Woods Pro Golf '06. All of these games were in one package. When I looked at the system requirements, I wasn't sure if my computer had them all. I asked a store clerk and he said that the only issue there might be is with the 3-D graphics, and said I would need a GX4 Graphics Card. The problem is, I'm not sure if my computer already has that. My computer is a Windows XP that I got in 2002. Do you know if my computer already has this graphics card?

**TheMatt** · 08-10-2007, 02:28 PM

If it was in 2002, I don't think it will be up to those games, but you might be able to upgrade it just enough to give it the power it needs to play those games.

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mpkc76 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 114 OS: Vista	Do i need a graphics card? I was looking at a game that you can put on you PC. It was Madden '06, NBA live '06, FIFA '06, NHL '06, and Tiger Woods Pro Golf '06. All of these games were in one package. When I looked at the system requirements, I wasn't sure if my computer had them all. I asked a store clerk and he said that the only issue there might be is with the 3-D graphics, and said I would need a GX4 Graphics Card. The problem is, I'm not sure if my computer already has that. My computer is a Windows XP that I got in 2002. Do you know if my computer already has this graphics card?

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