Integrated Intel Graphics

[kfeltner]

Will my integrated intel graphics be able to run this game or do I need to get a graphics card. My PC is a Dell Inspirion 3847 with 8GB of RAM and an Intel (R)) Core i3-4150 CPU at 3.50 Ghz. Not seeing how much integrated on board I have.

[JosephM]

Hello KFeltner,

Thank you for contacting us. It is recommended to use a dedicated graphics card with 256MB VRAM, as per the product page. However I am running the game on an Intel HD Graphics Core I3 card with 64MB dedicated memory and the game does run. However I do feel it prudent to say that the game can suffer some slowdowns. Certainly when the Smoke Artillery is used, the graphics slow to a crawl, but if you then zoom out with the mouse wheel it does improve this. Also when there are many units on screen, especially tanks and their animations, the game does slow down noticeably.

[kfeltner]

Thanks for getting back with me. Any all around card, if you can say, that you would recommend? Ive been out of PC gaming for awhile. I dont want to break the bank though. Thanks again.
ps - side note I have been playing Panzer Corp and it seems to be fine? from what I can tell.

[kfeltner]

Panzer Corp with my current setup that is.

[JosephM]

Hello KFeltner,

Strangely VPaulus and I were discussing this the other day. He showed me the below website, which is for mid-range cards (Mid in terms of both price and power), and you can use the dropdown at the top of the article to change the price band. Honestly, even the entry level cards perform above the Intel on-board cards, but I was looking into getting myself a card within this price range, as it is enough to be good for a few years.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gam ... 107-3.html

[kfeltner]

thanks