I've really only used my computer for school work mostly, it's got a solid hard drive and runs super well. Recently I wanted to get into a game called Infestation: Survivor Stories since a bunch of my friends play it in their off time.
Apparently my computer specs are all fantastic for it except my graphics card, which it tells me cannot run the game at all.
My graphics card right now is ATI Radeon - HD 4250. I know it's not great but it's what came with my desktop about 2 or 3 years ago.
My problems are that
1) I'm not sure what to look for in a graphics card when trying to figure out a new one to buy
2) Price range: Preferably under 100 - 130. I'm kind of broke and in college, so I'm not sure how much more I would be able to spend.
3) Size. Everyone tells me to make sure the new graphics card will fit into my computer before I purchase it, this makes me nervous since I'm not even sure what any of the inside of my computer looks like, graphics card included. I'm always nervous opening it up since I don't want to mess anything up and then wouldn't be able to put it back together / fix the problem.
TLDR: Need a new graphics card for ~100, willing to go to 130. Would like to play a game called Infestation, need to figure out the size of my GC now so I can make sure this new one will fit. Please help.
Thank you in advance
-FP
Apparently my computer specs are all fantastic for it except my graphics card, which it tells me cannot run the game at all.
My graphics card right now is ATI Radeon - HD 4250. I know it's not great but it's what came with my desktop about 2 or 3 years ago.
My problems are that
1) I'm not sure what to look for in a graphics card when trying to figure out a new one to buy
2) Price range: Preferably under 100 - 130. I'm kind of broke and in college, so I'm not sure how much more I would be able to spend.
3) Size. Everyone tells me to make sure the new graphics card will fit into my computer before I purchase it, this makes me nervous since I'm not even sure what any of the inside of my computer looks like, graphics card included. I'm always nervous opening it up since I don't want to mess anything up and then wouldn't be able to put it back together / fix the problem.
TLDR: Need a new graphics card for ~100, willing to go to 130. Would like to play a game called Infestation, need to figure out the size of my GC now so I can make sure this new one will fit. Please help.
Thank you in advance
-FP