Okay please assume I'm stupid and have no idea about computers. I just got Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban and it say I don't have the required hardware. Apparetnly I need a chipset. NVIDIA GeForce2 or greater, ATI Radeon or Matrox Parhelia. Okay, my question is, what should I get, how do I know, well, basically everything. I can only support up to 512 mb of ram will what I get be included in my tam space? Also keep in mind that I completely poor and need the cheapest thing I can get even used. Can someone give me a suggestion? I am sooo lost :) Thanks!

Go for a Radeon 9600 XT, or even a 9600 Pro if you're really pressed for cash. You can get a 128MB card for under $100. Video RAM doesn't count in the system RAM count, so don't worry about that. I don't understand your problem about system RAM... do you have 512 MB, or can your motherboard support only 512MB and no more? If you're not sure look in your motherboard manual, it should say somewhere near the beginning. But about your card problem, look up anything higher than a Radeon 9600 Pro (preferrably higher if you can spare the clams).

I would get a Radeon 9550 considering your CPU is only a Celeron 1.7GHz. Even that video card will outpace the rest of your system, so no point in spending any more money than that. Make sure you get a 128-bit version of it. Also, make sure your computer has an AGP slot before you buy anything. If you do have the slot... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121511 Your system documentation should say if it has this expansion slot. If you're REALLY on a budget, you could go with an FX5200 from Nvidia, but you're saving $20 or so. "Republicans in Congress are moving to ratify a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, thus ending the Iraq insurgency."

Okay thank you for the answers I will be getting whichever staples has tomorrow. The girl there couldn't seem to help me! LOL.

You're gonna get ripped off there. Order from newegg and thank me later. "Barbra Streisand hasn't ruined the culture since Yentl."

Stay away from ATI, no SM 3.0 support. As Harry potter uses unreal engine, new games might not be able to support because next unreal engine requires Direct X 9.0C compatible gfx card... Roger ASPIRE ATXB4KLW-AL Antec 400W ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD 3700+ San Diego Corsair 1GB 2x512 eVGA 6600GT 250GB Hard Drive Sound Blaster Audigy Windows XP HOME W/SP2

LOL, and her computer will be able to run games that will use the next Unreal engine? Dude, she's got a Celeron 1.7GHz! "Republicans in Congress are moving to ratify a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, thus ending the Iraqi insurgency."