video card issues? or maybe something else, i need enlightenment

[renniel]

i just installed hitman blood money but when i ran it my pc restarts after the game intro. i think it has something to do with my video card, the game requires a directx 9 compliant graphics card supporting Pixel Shader 2.0 although i don't know what that is. i plan to upgrade and i would like to ask for some advice on what video card to choose or maybe im on the wrong path and there's other problem with my system. actually a newbie and not very good with hardware stuff. here's my specs. THANKS

Motherboard make/model: P4M266A-8235
Motherboard graphic interface: AGP 4x
Power supply make: ATX
Power supply watts: 300W
Power supply amps on +12v: 15A
CPU: Pentium 4 2Ghz
Ram: 640Mb DDR

 

[AlbertLionheart]

If you are using the on-board graphics on your Via board it does not spec up to what the game requires to run.
GeForce 7 series cards will support this - depending where you are I should find an on-line supplier and source a card there.

 

[renniel]

i'm using ati radeon 7000, i think its not enough for the game and i plan to upgrade to radeon 9550 will it make a diffence? which is better anyway geforce or radeon?

 

[almcneil]

Make sure you using the latest DirectX 9.0c for XP. If you're using Vista, it's not DirectX 10.1. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en

 

[kpo6969]

Get another 512mb (or 1GB) ram and a 7600GT

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150233

My old system came with a Radeon 7000ve and a whopping 32mb (back in 2001).

 

[renniel]

ok guys thanks for the responses i guess i really have to upgrade video card.

 

[nickc]

u really need to upgrade the video card, PSU, and the Ram.