He needs a good enough power supply and a compatible motherboard. You shouldn't recommending anything that old to anybody. The issue here is the GeForce 8600GT is several years old. You telling me to do homework? Show me a better configuration for $2000. Take a look at my PCДЄSUS P8P67 Workstation Revolution motherboard You telling me to do my homework before choosing components? Perhaps you don't know what job I have. 300 Watts is insufficient for most graphics cards today, and normally don't contain the 6 pin power cable needed for most graphics cards today. I don't think you should get a new graphics card because:ДЄ) Your processor is most likely going to slow down any new graphics card you buyДЄ weak system like that probably has a 300 Watt Power Supply. If you use a laptop that may be a problem, for most laptops have graphic cards built in to the motherboard & cannot be changed.You should look into the Nvidia Geforce 8600gt Graphic Card, make sure you know what Pci slot your compter takes!ДЄre you serious? You are recommending a GeForce 8600GT in June 2011? How is that kind of misinformation even allowed here? My machine only has a Nvidia Geforce 8400GS card which is sufficient but, not exactly what the game requires. From what you said your machine seems fine however your graphic card may be the problem! I don't even know how I run it. To whose processsor is 2.70GHz your processor is better than my best machine which only has a 2.4.

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