Graphic card upgrade help

[kbass24]

Hello,
i am using the ATI Radeon HD 4200 grahpic card and i recently got empire total war and even at the losest deffults lagged, so i was wondering if i could upgrade my graphic card with out it being to costly?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

That depends, it won't be cheap and probably the rest of your system is old (?) and should maybe be updated / bought new. Computer specs please. ( processor, pcu power output, memory etc. )

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

sorry i meant psu power output, it's late, really need to go to bed now

 

[kbass24]

oh well i under stand, so is there no way i couldnt just buy a new graphics card with out buying anything else , im not looking for the best top of the line card, im more of looking for one that will play a game like empire total war with small to no lag on average settings? also i dont think anything else is wronge i looked at my rating scale for windows 7 and my graphic card is 4.2 out of 10 and gameing graphic is 5.2 and everything thing else is 7.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

i can't tell if i don't know what kind of pc you have, so . . .

 

[kbass24]

oh my bad uhm i have a acpi x64 based pc

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

with an i3 or i5 or i7, 870, 960 ? how much memory ? how much power ( watt ) from your power supply unit ( transformer ) ? The way a pc is performing is a combination of all of these components. It has no use to put in a powerfull gaming videocard when you only have a pentium 4 with 2G of memory and a powersupply of only 300 Watts.
So please give me all the system information you know of

 

[jyjjy]

We need to know what processor is in your computer and what power supply before we can give any advice. How much ram, what resolution you use and a budget would also help.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Exactly ! Seems the answer may take a while so i'm off to me bed now, worked ( i'm a security guard so maybe working is a bit overstated . . . ) from yesterday 18.30 till 7.30 this morning. jyjjy have fun with it.