I want to play Team Fortress Two on my computer. I need a graphics card with directX9. Two Questions, One- Will the "JATON Video-PX628GS-LP1 GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express x1 Low Profile Ready Video Card" run Team Fortress Two? It has Directx10 but only 512mb! Secondly- Will this "JATON Video-PX628GS-LP1 GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express x1 Low Profile Ready Video Card" run with a computer that only deals out 240 watts? Thank you|||The amount of memory on a graphics card is NOT a measure of it's performance! The card MODEL is what matters, not the RAM. A 512mb GeForce GTS 250 is more than quadruple the speed a 1gb GeForce GT220.
Having 1gb of video RAM only helps performance when running at resolutions of 1920x1080 or higher. If your monitor resolution is 1680x1050, 1440x900, 1280x1024 etc. there's no difference between 512mb and 1gb versions of the same card.
As to your specific question, the 8400GS a terrible card you'll want to avoid. It's less than 1/3 the speed of a GeForce GT220.
http://www.techspot.com/review/244-ati-r…
Over 95% of today's computer's have a PCI-E x16 slot. So you probably need a PCI-E x16 card, not a PCI-E x1 card. If your computer is a slimline/small form factor model, then you'll want a low-profile PCI-E x16 card. While some motherboards do exist which don't have a PCI-E x16 slot, those are very rare. Older motherboards from 2004 and earlier often have the older AGP slot instead of PCI-E x16.
http://www.playtool.com/pages/vidslots/s…
The 8400GS draws very little power so the 240W psu isn't an problem. But there are much better low-power options like the Radeon HD 6450 and GeForce GT 220 (now replaced by the GT 520). Either of those cards would handle Team Fortress 2.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/rade…
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