A mild overclock is also highly recommended on both those cards. you should see a slider bad that says Mipmap LOD Bias Adjustment, set it at say 0.5 or 1.0 this will make the game look worse but will make it run better. Under the main tab below driver settings there is a little pop out box with a DirectX logo on it click on it (Customize). \NVIDIA\Global and set LODBiasRange to 4. Select the power user tab, find Riva Tuner. Both of these systems are decent for students, those that cant afford to spend loads on new graphics cards and represent a general sort of system to be found in a comp sci or engineering students home.