What graphics card is good for this game?

[Raxiaz]

After installing the GeForce 460 I get this error when starting the game...

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[Altera]

I bought this card for my PC: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=623542

It runs quietly thanks to 2 big fans for extra cooling instead of the tiny on at the end of the card. I am running everything on Highest. 1920x1080 reso and my fps seems to run smooth enough for my tastes

The pure 6970 may be more expensive, but with this card from Asus, you can buy the cheaper 6950 and alter its BIOS and it becomes a 6970.

[Frein]

The pure 6970 may be more expensive, but with this card from Asus, you can buy the cheaper 6950 and alter its BIOS and it becomes a 6970.

I don't think every 6950 can be turned into a 6970. Also, while not a bad idea in general, it's probably not a good idea for a computer illiterate person to go for a card mod unless they feel like really looking into it. It shouldn't be that hard but my mother can't even read instructions that are in plain text on the screen in front of her, so it's hard for me to say what's easy and what's hard to less computer savvy people.

As far as the OP's question goes, it's impossible to answer without knowing what the rest of his system looks like. It's pointless to upgrade your graphics card if everything else in your system is ancient. You'll only create massive bottlenecks and won't get much extra performance from the upgrade. Likewise, you don't want to buy a high end CPU and then skimp on the GPU because the CPU sucks at graphics calculations and can't make up for the bad graphics card regardless. Balance is what you want from your system: Mid range with mid range and high end with high end. Low end won't get you anywhere, so always avoid that if you want to play games.

[Rohab]

I play this game on a Macbook Pro using bootcamp with Windows 7. Macbook is 64 bit, but for some peculiar reason it says my Windows side is 32 bit.

Anyway, I can nearly run this game on full graphics. I only have ambient occlusion and depth of field turned off, as well as having General Drawing Quality at 7 - 8 (depending on where my laptop is sat at the time).
I find ambient occlusion tends to lag my game to a halt, even if my graphical settings are set to medium or low (maybe my graphics card).

I have an nVidea GeForce 9600M GT, and, as just mentioned, I can nearly run on full spec.

Not sure if you have found a graphics card yet, but if it's any help you could compare my graphics card (I know it's in a laptop!) to something you are thinking of purchasing.

I'd take everyone elses advice as well. Try to find out what is inside your PC so you can make the best choice for picking a card.

[Esk]

You'll get a lot of info on that sort of error Via Google.
Try another hi end game or two, let us know what happens with that.

[Raxiaz]

I try to play FFXI and it gives me the same exact error >.>; I'm thinking it has something to do with the drives but idk. Either that or my power supply and either way I think I'm screwed xD I've tried google and the various "fixes" do nothing so I'm a little pessimistic at this point...

[Frein]

It could be broken card, though that seems unlikely. I'd guess you'd get different symptoms if your PSU was actually running out of juice when the card kicks into high gear.

[Raxiaz]

So...faulty card? It's a pretty common error with NVIDIA cards it seems. Persistent problem since 2007 and still no solution except to return. Glad I went through Newegg, they seem rather good with their return policies xP Still kinda disappointing though! Anything else anyone wanna offer trying before I pack this back up...?

[Esk]

It's a non de script error is the problem, a bad card is a possibility, bad drivers, error within windows.
Is your PSU ok? Dose it have enough power (including the 12v rails) to run the card.,
How old is your windows install? Is it well maintained?

I've had this sort of an issue with cards before.
You could try stripping the drivers, using a different PCI-e slot, Full windows install.
I've never had this error on a bad card, its always been hi temps or bad drivers/install.

[nasomi]

Try loading the 275 drivers. I had issues with the 280's and had to roll back as far as 260's to get things to work when i was haivng issues.