Happened to find Gothic 3 in my local thrift store in brand new condition so since I loved playing Gothic 2 so much thought I'd give it a try. What info do you need to give me advice on a new graphics card? I haven't played the first Gothic yet but planned to. The game is a 10$ download directly from Piranha Bytes. 2 GHz are tolerable.ĭid you play the first Gothic? If not, try the demo to find out if it works on your PC. RAM is less of a problem than the graphics card - RAM prices are at an all-time low.Ī CPU with 3 GHz or equivalent is fine. Most 100$ cards should be okay - if they fit into your mainboard.įurthermore G3 needs 1 GB RAM, runs okay (!) with 1.5 GB and likes 2 GB. It should be obvious that there´s no reason to buy anything below SM3.0 (or even shader 4.0 for the same price) nowadays. The higher the shader version the more sophisticated visual tricks the graphics card can render. Even if you could make it work the chip is certainly far too slow. Intel 915G is probably incompatible because it only supports older shaders. Gothic 3 needs a solid graphics card with shader technology 1.4, 2 or 3. We need the exact specification to give you precise advise whether or not it´s worth the effort. Even if a game works it´s unlikely you will get the maximum visual quality.Ī graphics card upgrade on a 3 year old PC is a bit tricky. Onboard graphics is generally very slow and not fast enough to run games. If it´s still possible I would suggest you return the game.

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