Video Card Help

[Culhwch]

Don't know much about video cards, but after reading all the many postings in the disscussion forum about the grapics not working I got a little scared. So I tested my comp to see if it meet the minimum requirements and it appears that I have a Redeon 7500, something which according to the majority of the posts does not make for a good game. Anyways I was wondering if people had any suggustions on a relitivly cheap (under $100 replacement and where I could get it) Also is it better to order these kinds of things online or would it be better to go to a local computer store.

Thanks,

 

[allism]

When I've had to buy computer parts, I've been extremely happy with newegg.com. Good customer service, good prices.

As far as recommending a video card that will work with this, if you look around for a thread that says something about video cards (and it has "with chart" in the title), you will see a list of video cards that do and do not support T&L, and you can look at the ATI threads to see which ATI cards don't seem to work well with the game. If I recall correctly, there IS a list in the "with chart" post of cards that play well with the game.

UPDATE: here's the link to the thread I was referring to earlier.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133278