Vid card for Dell Optiplex small form puter and Civ4

[Barington]

Looks like patches or no I may have to dump the Intel 82865G extreme graphics card I have to get this game working well. (obviously not extreme enough for Civ4).

Any one else looked into cards for the Dell Optiplex GX270. I presume it needs a low profile card.
I have found the following which I think will both run Civ4 and fit the Optiplex;

GeForce FX5200 low profile
Radeon X550 low profile
Radeon 9600SE low profile

Anyone got any comments on better alternatives; problems with these cards etc.

Thanks for any suggestions

[Backpack]

I recommend Nvidia (And hence the GeForce FX5200). It's a company recomendation, not a card or performance one. (I have bought exclusvly Nvidia for the last several years, and the day I installed CIV is the day I had my first problem of any kind.

I believe my problems will be fixed by the memory leak patch, and many people have reported success with the 5200 series. - Check the Video Card Thread

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Backpack
P4 1.8, 1GB RAM, GeForce 6200 w/128 MB 4x/8x AGP

[CrONoS]

How much Graphics Power Does a PC Really Need?

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050302/index.html

VGA Charts III

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/

Read this, explore benchmark. I think you'll take a better choice that way.

See ya

Originally posted by Backpack
I recommend Nvidia (And hence the GeForce FX5200). It's a company recomendation, not a card or performance one. (I have bought exclusvly Nvidia for the last several years, and the day I installed CIV is the day I had my first problem of any kind.

I believe my problems will be fixed by the memory leak patch, and many people have reported success with the 5200 series. - Check the Video Card Thread

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Backpack
P4 1.8, 1GB RAM, GeForce 6200 w/128 MB 4x/8x AGP