I just picked up an ATI Radeon 7000 32MB vido card at Best Buy for $50.
It works great, and seems to have no problems displaying the game whatsoever.
In the BF-1942 release notes it says there may be issues with this card, but I went and got the latest drivers and so far so good.
Maybe a better card would display the game better, but this is my first foray into PC gaming (I was solely a PS2 guy until last week. Thanks Loren. ), and the quality for the cash outlay seems acceptable to me.

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