So it happens that Witcher 2 fried my ATI Radeon 3200 HD (error code 43) despite of my lowest of the low settings. Luckily I've a kind of a hybrid card that has also 3800 on it and computer switches between these two for games and office programs. No worries ROHOS still runs well.
I was about to update my rig anyway soon enough becasue of names like Skyrim and ME3. Money is not the problem for a let's say up to 200 €. The problem is that I'm tech savvy enough to know that there can be severe compatibility issues at hand but not enough to find out what kind of a card works for me. So I ask of thee, show me the direction.
I've got no idea what kind of information you guys will need so I post a bunch of specs from dxdiag for the starters.
Current chipset http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/7-series-integrated/Pages/amd-780g-chipset.aspx780G
System information
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 2
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
System Model: MS-7304VP
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1962MB used, 4392MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode
Display devices
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9505)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9505&SUBSYS_E630174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 1785 MB
Dedicated Memory: 506 MB
Shared Memory: 1278 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Yleinen PnP-n
I was about to update my rig anyway soon enough becasue of names like Skyrim and ME3. Money is not the problem for a let's say up to 200 €. The problem is that I'm tech savvy enough to know that there can be severe compatibility issues at hand but not enough to find out what kind of a card works for me. So I ask of thee, show me the direction.
I've got no idea what kind of information you guys will need so I post a bunch of specs from dxdiag for the starters.
Current chipset http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/7-series-integrated/Pages/amd-780g-chipset.aspx780G
System information
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 2
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
System Model: MS-7304VP
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1962MB used, 4392MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode
Display devices
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9505)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9505&SUBSYS_E630174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 1785 MB
Dedicated Memory: 506 MB
Shared Memory: 1278 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Yleinen PnP-n
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