Is a Geforce G210 Rubbish?

I just purchased an average computer last year and I don't want to buy the top end computer parts, just something cheap and good but I want to play the game "The witcher 2" on minimum graphics without 5 FPS. also when I checked if my computer meets the requirements, the site said I might need more than 2.8 GHz. Any tips please?



Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

I Have: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor -pass



Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

I Have: 2.8 GHz (The site gave me the "!" sign here)



Minimum: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista and Windows 7

I Have: 4.0 GB -pass



Minimum: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 (32/64-bit)

I Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit -pass



Minimum: 512 MB RAM, supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon HD 3850)

I Have: GeForce G210 -pass



Minimum: 8 GB for game and 8 GB bonus content

I Have: 769.3 GB -pass|||is it rubbish? no not really; though for gaming purposes it is probably best described as average.

The game site is probably not reporting your hardware correctly, possibly seeing two cores (hence the two lists for the processor) and ignoring the others as the game is not going to use them. Like most multi core processors if it is not needed the CPU throttles back on the other cores to save power, and this is maybe why the site gave you the caution "!" sign because the second core was not really working hard.

As to cards to buy, depends how much money you want to throw at it but the best gaming card at the moment for the money versus performance is the NVidia GTX560Ti though it is not cheap and may need you to change your PSU if it is not powerful enough.

I would suggest one of the GTX450 or 460 is perhaps the more budget concious choice, good enough for most games and wont break the bank.|||The G2(X) series of cards are nvida's prior generation, bottom of the line.



Check out the URL below....



http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-…



...to get some nice charts on where your card is in relation to other cards on the market.



Your CPU speed can be lower than the required as long as you have enough RAM and your video card can pick up the slack.



Look into the G460 series, they are cheap and have over double the power of your current card.|||Yes, the GeForce 210 is useless- It's just a low-cost card for everyday work.



The GeForce 210 is fine for web browsing, e-mail, word processing and watching movie clips, but it's much too slow for gaming. It's performance is approximately equal to the Radeon HD 4350.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Inno3…

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphic…



As you can see, it's nowhere near the minimum cards- Radeon HD 3850 or GeForce 9800GT (which is just the renamed 8800GT)

http://www.techspot.com/review/245-ati-r…



Your processor is fine, better than the CPUs specified. Why it gave you the exclamation point I'm not sure- but no worries on that count.



You DO need a graphics card upgrade. At least a Radeon HD 5670 to meet the minimum requirements. The 6670 is even better, but it's only 10% faster so that might not be worth an extra $25 to you...



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Both of those cards will run on a stock 300 watt power supply (the official recommendation of 400 watts is overinflated). So open your computer case and read the label- if yours is at least 300 watts, you'll be fine with either of those cards.



To install any cards better than those, your computer needs at least a 400-450 watt power supply. Anyway, the 5670 can play on minimum, so that's the most cost-effective choice.