high quality graphics

With my very modest graphic card, the units texture looks very poor (on medium quality). Could someone forward a screen shot of what a unit looks like on the battlefield with the highest settings?

I am trying to decide if a new card is worth the investment

Much appreciated

Never mind ... found some screen shots ... will get a new card

What do you have now? GPU and CPU?

Originally Posted by Shabby_Ronin

What do you have now? GPU and CPU?

I'll give you the specs once I get home (I am at work).

I have something in mind that fits my budget but I would welcome the advice of someone that knows more about graphic cards than I do.

Thanks for the help.

You could look at the Pictures and video thread

Originally Posted by Marechal_Davout

Never mind ... found some screen shots ... will get a new card

excellent choice sir

Well, if your going all out, people really seem to like the new ATI cards. I got a sweet deal on a GTX 280...I probably would have went 5870 route if I was gonna pay full price.

Just make sure you have a good CPU as well.

I use a GTX 260 and its able to run graphics on ultra high settings. However if you are playing drop in battles I recommend you lower the graphics just a little bit.

Running at what fps though?

I'm stuck for some while with my crappy rig... I need a new AGP card (have a nVidia 6800GT). What do you guys think of this one?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4257&CatId=318

Here are my specs - The card I have in mind is the ATI Radeon HD 5750 - Can my system handle better (I think that I need a PCI Express w X16), and at what price?

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MIKE-PC
System Manufacturer ACER
System Model Aspire M5620
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. R01-A0, 7/21/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16407"
User Name Mike-PC\Mike
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 3,070.63 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.78 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.18 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.85 GB
Page File Space 3.29 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Power Supply
Industry Standard 250 Watt

Video
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 (Intel® GMA 3100), featuring:
Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) 4.0, Enhanced 3D effects, Intel® Clear Video Technology
PCI Express® x16 graphics card support

Expansion Slots
1 PCI Express® x16 slot
1 PCI Express® x1 slot
2 PCI slots

Current Card
Name ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_94C3&SUBSYS_E400174B&REV_00\4&13D7CD30&0&0008
Adapter Type ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x94C3), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64
Driver Version 8.01.01.899
INF File oem21.inf (ati2mtag_RV610 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1200 x 59 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFEAF0000-0xFEAFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000DFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967288
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmdag.sys (8.1.1.899, 4.28 MB (4,491,776 bytes), 4/29/2009 4:31 AM)

Moved to Napoleon: Total War Technical Help.

Shabby Ronin has the right idea. You may have to buy a power supply to run it.

I updated the specs with video interface and power supply

can I get a card such as the ATI Radeon HD 5750 which requires a PCI Express 2.0 x16 interface when my system advertise a PCI Express x16. In other word should I worry about the "2.0"

yes you should, but your motherboard does support it.

Originally Posted by Mr MM

yes you should, but your motherboard does support it.

Cool, thanks - I appreciate the help