Sins of SE + FX5200 128 mb - Can i run it?! ((Need your help))

I'm at university and am also somewhat addicted to PC gaming. I have a PC that is capable of running any game on the market currently maxed out. If you are serious about being at university and continuing your education, games will never stand in the way. I play every day for many hours but I would never let it get in the way of my work when there is some I need to do.

on this card you can run hellgate london :D

or cs source, hl2

or nfs undergroud 1 and 2, most wanted, carbon, pro street, undercover laggy, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, mx vs. atv unleashed, I test on this card many games ;d

From my experience, sometimes the site will tell you that you can't run something but you actually can (on low settings, that is). But it's never told me I can run it when I actually couldn't.

Try 2nd hand hardware.

ATI Radeon Mobility X1400. But the game has a demo. Try it http://download.cnet.com/Sins-of-a-Solar-Empire-demo/3000-7483_4-10822743.html

I have the same exact card that you have. The game does run.. but even with all of the settings set to the absolute minimum, including the smallest resolution, the game runs incredibly slow whenever you have your camera over top of a planet, even at the beginning of a game on a small map, which is really freaking crappy. I believe that the more units you make the slower the game will run as well. You can zoom out a ways and play that way (I haven't tested it over multiple hours, though), but you're not able to see any units at all, just their icons.

Here are my specs:

• AMD Athlon 64 3500 2.21 GHz
• Gerforce FX 5200 128 MB
• 2 GB RAM
• Windows XP

I definitely recommend a better card if you're able to get one. Even though you missed the deal for the game for $10, it's still worth it for the $20 IF you do plan to upgrade sometime soon.