I picked up a new computer a few weeks ago and I was looking forward to playing a few games on it. It's a Dell Dimension E521 with Vista, 2 GB of RAM, an Athlon X2 4000+ processor, an nVidia 8500 GT 256 MB graphics card, and a 22in LCD monitor. Sounded OK to me especially for $750ish...but I picked up GTA San Andreas and it runs really choppy on it. My computer specs seem to be much higher than the game suggests to. Is the 8500 just a crappy card? It should be able to play 2 year old games you'd think.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2007-06-22 15:57:49 · 3 answers · asked by Mike D! 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The 8500GT isn't great, though it should be plenty good enough to run a game that old without a problem. Try updating the drivers.
2007-06-22 16:01:50 · answer #1 · answered by William E. Roberts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 8500GT is best for HD videos w/ Nvidia's PureVideoHD. BUT in 3D graphics, it is just comparable to a 7300GT. The cheap 8500GT w/ just ddr2 v-ram may even be slower. Try lowering game quality settings. It should run faster.
2007-06-23 01:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats your problem, 1 its vista, and 2 its a dell, dells are pieces of junk
2007-06-22 23:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋