Graphics Card for Spore

[Darkurai]

Okay so I got Spore (no cracks about the quality of the game please). But my graphics card apparantly isn't really what's needed to play it.
Could someone please assist me in finding a way to play it?

Like, if there's a graphics card I can buy, then please point it out or something.

 

[F1r3w0lf]

There's a ton of different cards out there. The minimum requirements are 128 MB of memory, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0. I have a Nvidia Geforce 5500, which has 256 MB, but ADP (or whatever) rendering. I would recommend something with 256 MB and PCI-Express rendering, as something with the minimum requirements runs the game in a slow and crappy manner. You might want to upgrade your RAM if it's under 1GB, as that will also help a lot. (However, it's SPORE, so it might not be worth that)

 

[Darkurai]

It might help for me to add that money is a sensitive subject in my house, btw. So it'd help if people suggested things that weren't too expensive.

 

[Viox]

Whats your budget and your current graphics card?

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

i play it fine with ATI radeon 2600 HD

 

[F1r3w0lf]

You can probably find something good on eBay if you punch in the specs you want.

 

[Viox]

System requirements for Spore taken from http://www.spore.com/what/specs_spore

Below is listed the minimum requirements to play the game and underneath that is a list of graphics cards the game will support. I suggest you do some research and find one which suits you pricewise.

# FOR WINDOWS XP
# * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
# * 512 MB RAM
# * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
# * At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations.

# FOR WINDOWS VISTA
# * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
# * 768 MB RAM
# * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
# * At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations.

# When launching the game, some Microsoft Vista users may receive a warning about running out of address space along with a link to the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If you see this message, it is recommended that you follow the instructions and go to the website listed in the message to update your system.

# For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
# * Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above.
# * 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent.
# * 768 MB RAM

# Supported Video Cards
# NVIDIA GeForce series
# FX 5900, FX 5950
# 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
# 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
# 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
# 9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280

# Intel® Extreme Graphics
# GMA 950, GMA X3000, GMA X3100


# ATI Radeon™ series
# 9500, 9600, 9800
# X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
# X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
# 2400, 2600, 2900
# 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
# 4850

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

Just make sure you always have at least 4 GB RAM for gaming machines.