[Snuffy]

A Video card for about $30.00 is not (IMHO) going to be very productive. I'd recommend nothing that is less than equal to NVidia GeForce 7300GS 256Mb PCI EXpress 16X dual , but at least equal to the NVidia GeForce 7600GS 256Mb PCI EXpress 16X dual. The equal to 7300gs will play most 3D graphics such as Silent Hunter III by Ubisoft. but the 7300GS is just not enough to for Silent Hunter IV. The graphics are jagged, and fuzzy, *(turnoff the outside camera helps).

SH III
Seawolves: Submarines on Hunt
U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean
Supported OS: Windows® XP/Only plays well in Vista


Minimum Requirements:
P1.4GHz
512MB RAM
64MB 3D accelerator
4xDVD-ROM
1.5GB free disk space

Silent Hunter 4 System Requirements 4/5/07
Supported OS: Windows® XP/Vista Only
Minimum System Requirements

* CD-ROM: 0X CD-ROM
* CPU: 2 GHz Pentium 4, AMD Athlon
* Hard Drive Space: 6000 MB
* DVD-ROM: 0X DVD-ROM
* Other:
* RAM: 1024 MB RAM
* Video Memory: 128 MB VRAM

Recommended System Requirements

* CD-ROM: 0X CD-ROM
* CPU: 3 GHz Pentium 4, AMD Athlon
* Hard Drive Space: 6000 MB
* DVD-ROM: 0X DVD-ROM
* Other:
* RAM: 2048 MB RAM
* Video Memory: 256 MB VRAM

If you not playing any games... I'd agree $30.00 for a PCI card with 128 MB will do ..