I don't want to buy a game that I would not be able to play.
My processor is AMD Athlon II x2 M300 (2.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
Others are fine.

When I saw the requirements, I was shocked. Dual Core 2 GHz? Really? Minimum system requirements?
Now Gstaff said that those are recommended, where graphic cards are unlikely to be recommended, how can I be sure that I will be able to play this game? I have a very bad experience with a game on my former laptop, so I don't want to experience it again.

I ran FO3 on hight details, not very high, not medium, just high. Will I be able to play this game on medium settings at worst?

Any proper and convincing answer would be highly appreciated

It depends on the type of thermal compound you're using. I've had much better results putting a thin vertical line down the center of the heat spreader with Arctic Silver 5 than spreading it evenly over the entire surface. AS5 spreads really well on its own when it heats up, and putting too much on will actually reduce thermal conductivity.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

Click that if you want a quick test to see if your computer can run it. Just select the game in the list, it'll ask you for this add-on if you don't already have it and you'll get results. I passed all the way!

Your specs will run fine.

How well do you guys think my computer can handle Fallout New Vegas?
System requirements says I'm fine but I'm wondering what settings I could probably play and my frame rate

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50 GHz
3.7 GB Ram
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 64 bit
GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i video card
(Video ram: 1.9 GB)
(Hardware T&L: Yes)
(Pixel Shader Version: 3.0)
(Vertex shader version: 3.0)
Free disk space: 349.4 GB

Thanks in advance guys!

You can run New Vegas and will be fine.

Edit: You should most likely be able to pull off High.

THANKS

Got a $100 or $130? You would benifit greatly from a new video card, for any game. Like this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131372

However the game will run, just turn down some of the settings and resolution to get decent frame rates.

I wish lol
I'm a poor university student
I'm cutting down my food consumption so I can get Fallout New Vegas LOL

High with a Nvidia 7100? I dont think so, I would keep it at low settings for bearable FPS. KarZ should pick up a new GPU if possible. The game will look and play pretty terrible on a 7100 chipset (its not even a real card)

You have an integrated video card. If you intend to play games, that is a very bad thing. You do not have 1.9gb of video ram, and canyourunit has problems determining vram. In fact, you don't have any dedicated video ram. Your card borrows from your system memory and only up to 256mb of system memory according to wikipedia's page. Additionally, the card's fillrates are a fraction of those of the 7800 which is, pretty much, what is in the PS3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_7_.287xxx.29_series

You will be able to run the game, but don't expect an enjoyable frame rate even on the lowest settings.

Your other components are, however, fine and you do have a pcie slot so getting a better, dedicated, video card is an option.

I should be just fine.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9813/uhytjuhjusujh.png

@Tanshaydar if you can run FO3 on High Settings there would be no reason you couldn't run FONV, your good

Thank you very much, but as minimum requirement "dual core 2.0 GHz" really made me worry. I'm a student and I can't spend money that much. Last time I bought a game was on March, which was a pre-purchase with discount.

But you know, "to be able to run" and "to be able to play" are far different things. I want to play this game.

Not sure if I'm posting this info right? What would be a good video card for my system and how well after adding video card could I run this game?

Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4200

Display Memory: 3177 MB
Dedicated Memory: 365 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB

Well, the confusion still remains for me as well. I see the CPU requirements as more recommended...but not the video cards listed. You should be more than fine though. You have a dual-core cihp and since you ran FO3 well, I don't see why you would run NV well.




The GeForce 7100 chipset (not even a real card) is not going to pull high settings...no way. In my eyes, you'd be lucky to even run it and it will be at the lowest of settings. It's not going to take $100-$130 for a video card to get you modest settings. A Radeon 4650 can be had for $50 and it would run the game at least on medium settings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102829&cm_re=radeon_4650-_-14-102-829-_-Product

A couple things here. 1) You have a 4200 chipset, which doesnt support DX11. The OS has DX11 but neither the game nor your chipset is running DX11. 2) As to recommending a GPU you will need to state how much you want to spend and what PSU you have with brand and wattage.

I have an OCZ 700W modxstream pro PSU

As for price on the GPU.....no more than $200 if possible, $300 at the absolute max.

GTX 460

Seconded on the GTX 460 recommendation. There's nothing in direct competition with that card at its price point.

If you can spend a bit more, the Radeon 5850 is nice. Radeon 6-series should be coming out before the end of the year, so maybe even wait for those too.

Yes, he should wait. The AMD Barts XT and Barts Pro cards, 6850 and 6870, will be released in the coming weeks. There will be price cuts, especially at his price range.

How well will I be able to run the game after getting said card?

You can probably bet on maxed out. Although these cards seem to be lowwer power consumption versions of the Radeon 5850 and 5870 based on rumoured reports. I guess we'll see.

AMD/ATI has just changed its naming convention and the HD 6870 and HD 6850 which are expected to release later this month are the new mid range cards to replace the HD 5770 and HD 5750. The new high end cards to replace the HD 5870 and HD 5850 will be branded as HD 6970 and HD 6950 and are expected late in November.