I'm not sure if the S3 will work. I seem to remember people having trouble with the S3 when The Political Machine came out, and GalCiv2 uses a lot more 3D features than The Political Machine does. If it's the one that only has 8 MB of VRAM, it definitely won't work.
We haven't finalized the minimum requirements for GC2, but I think that they will be something like this:
1 GHz CPU, 256 MB of RAM, a video card that supports DirectX 9.0c with 32 MB VRAM, Windows 98 or higher.
You can check www.pricewatch.com for a newer video card if you need your computer to last you for a few more years before upgrading. I recommend getting an ATI Radeon from the 9000 series or a Geforce from the FX series.
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