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David Lamb  <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:
>The trouble is the usual one I have with games: they list one graphics 
>card, I have another, and I have no idea how to find out whether mine is 
>adequate.  They say NVIDIAŽ GeForce 8800 or ATI RadeonŽ X1900; I have 
>Radeon 3600. My system is old and although I expect to upgrade it 
>eventually I need to put that off for a little while.
>
>So is my card good enough? And, more generally, is there some website 
>that tells you "if they say this, and you have that, you can/can't run 
>the game."

I use the chart at the end of Tom's Hardware's monthly Best Graphics
Cards for the Money article to rank cards by performance:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

According the chart your graphics card would be somewhat slower than an
Radeon X1900.  That *might* not be too much of a problem in a Paradox
strategy game.

						Ross Ridge

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