What is a video card for windows XP?

I got the game Spore and was just got done installing it. when I tried to play it, my computer said the video card was under the min. space. How can I make the space go up? will I have to buy a new video card?|||A video card is a card that enhances graphics some of the newer games require really heavy video cards and to be able to play that game you need a video card that supports that game.



heres an example of a video card



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card |||it means you have an old pc, and you need to update your video card. get a new 512mb one. i hear they're "wat's hot"|||A good graphics card at the moment on a tight budget would be a 8600GT/9600GT on sale.



Jimmy's answer needs more explanation. 512mb isn't just enough for a card to be "hot". You see 8500GTs with 1GB of memory but they are junk. It depends on the clock speeds, the chip model and more. The memory ties in but not as much. A 8600GT 256mb beats a 8500GT 1GB any day.



Check if your slot is PCI, PCI-E or AGP. If it's PCI-E (fairly recent computer, not one from 10 years ago) then go with 8600GT/9600GT or 8800GT which is a bit more in cost but better.



Also make sure your PSU is adequate.



Good luck!|||A video card is what's putting the graphics on your monitor. Without one you wouldn't see anything.



If you read the error message again you'll, undoubtedly, see that it says your video card is under the minimum specs ... not space. This means that it doesn't have the capabilities needed to play the game.



If you click on the link below, and select Spore from the list of games in the drop down menu, you can allow the site to scan your computer. It will then tell you that these are the following requirements to play Spore:



Video Card

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Minimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 [GeForce 6200 for Vista]+ / ATI Radeon 9500+ / Intel 950+)



I'm afraid that if your graphics card doesn't meet these requirements the ONLY way round it is to purchase another video card and replace the one that you're currently using. There's NO way that you can upgrade your present video card to make it better.