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[Pjsprojects]

I built up a cheapo 3ghz micro atx pc in a small case and fitted a rubbish Geforce 210 graphics card i had knocking around just to get it running but i'm struggling to find a geforce card that has a bit more power. I looked at the 650t but its still deeper than a true single slot card.

 

Its only to run Simcity at a better level so don't need any power house titan

 

Any ideas on what i could buy?

[Hinkik]

AMD radeon 7770

 

or if you want GeForce, GTX 650 ti.

[Plutonas]

if u want a beast gpu for many years, but I dont know which cpu u use...

 

GTX 670 Soon is comming in a mini edition!!!!!  just for mini itx cases!!!  Here is the video enjoy this beast in mini. AT 3:30 minutes...

 

[alan123]

depends on how much you want to spend.

 

i have,

 

Win 7 Pro
AMD 64 x2 4200+
4GB RAM DDR 2
MSI nForce SLi Motherboard
Nvidia GTX275 (896MB GDDR3) [Overclocked]
WD 250GB HD 
WD 320GB HD
Sony DVD R/W
Sony DVD-ROM
Audio Realtek AC97 (Creative 5.1 sound)
Display 1920 x 1200 - 60Hz

The Windows experience index is as follows;

Processor 4.9
RAM 4.9
Graphics 7.1
Gaming Graphics 7.1
Primary Hard Disk 5.3

 

it runs Sim City 5 all setting on high with Anti-Analyzing turned on, it runs the game no problems at all

[Penguin101]

I have a AMD Radeon HD 6870. It's relatively cheap, and pumps out over 2TFLOPS I'd recommend that as a decent and cheap GFX card solution

Edited by Penguin101, 16 March 2013 - 09:07 AM.

[Pjsprojects]

AMD radeon 7770

 

or if you want GeForce, GTX 650 ti.

Both the above are listed as single slot versions but looking at them they are double slot cards. The slot for my graphics card is right at the bottom of the case so i simply don't have clearance for a double slot depth card.

[Hinkik]

Both the above are listed as single slot versions but looking at them they are double slot cards. The slot for my graphics card is right at the bottom of the case so i simply don't have clearance for a double slot depth card.

Ah how dumb I am single SLOT. I thought he meant non sli for some retarted reason.

[3Dude]

sim city 4.

No really, i am being so serious right now. Its so much better in every conceivable way.

[Pjsprojects]

sim city 4.

No really, i am being so serious right now. Its so much better in every conceivable way.

Yeah i know but it's been running pretty much all day without any problems,maybe England does not get the problems that the USA gets???

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

SimCity ??? ok XD

 

but anyway, goodluck

[Pjsprojects]

SimCity ??? ok XD

 

but anyway, goodluck

Erm not me,the wife wanted Sim city, i'm playing Tomb raider and Crysis 3 on it.

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

Erm not me,the wife wanted Sim city, i'm playing Tomb raider and Crysis 3 on it.

oh ok

[3Dude]

Pjsprojects, on 16 Mar 2013 - 04:29, said:Yeah i know but it's been running pretty much all day without any problems,maybe England does not get the problems that the USA gets???


Im not even talking about those problems yet.

You could make bigger cities in the snes version of sim city. No. Seriously sc5 is just.... God Awful.

-Limitations to players in fake single player mode.
- The presence of empty spaces not editable (useless empty spaces) with automatic road connections.
- Absence of terraforming.
- Absence of farms.
- Not being able to save your maps on the hard drive (you will not be able to reload the city to a stage prior to disasters).
- Road connections placed in a fixed and pre-determined location in the map.
- Airport City (the city is only one International Airport, occupying the entire map 2x2km).
- Absence of subway.
- Automatic road connections.
- Player doesn’t have complete control over the zoning by population density (almost automatic zoning).
- Dead space between all the buildings.
- Size of the maps is 2km by 2km (small maps).
- Not being able to control the regional transport.
- Modding restrictions.

Not to mention the ai is fundamentally broken

Edited by 3Dude, 17 March 2013 - 06:09 AM.

[Pjsprojects]

Pjsprojects, on 16 Mar 2013 - 04:29, said:Yeah i know but it's been running pretty much all day without any problems,maybe England does not get the problems that the USA gets???


Im not even talking about those problems yet.

You could make bigger cities in the snes version of sim city. No. Seriously sc5 is just.... God Awful.

-Limitations to players in fake single player mode.
- The presence of empty spaces not editable (useless empty spaces) with automatic road connections.
- Absence of terraforming.
- Absence of farms.
- Not being able to save your maps on the hard drive (you will not be able to reload the city to a stage prior to disasters).
- Road connections placed in a fixed and pre-determined location in the map.
- Airport City (the city is only one International Airport, occupying the entire map 2x2km).
- Absence of subway.
- Automatic road connections.
- Player doesn’t have complete control over the zoning by population density (almost automatic zoning).
- Dead space between all the buildings.
- Size of the maps is 2km by 2km (small maps).
- Not being able to control the regional transport.
- Modding restrictions.

Not to mention the ai is fundamentally broken

Some good points, farms i had forgot about and zones levels. What is it with duff games these days,Aliens...