yes, if your graphics card does not have the RAM or processing speed then it will affect the start up.


according to FS One website here's the minimum:

Minimum System requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP or Windows 2000
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP 2500
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Drive Space Available: 4 GB
Video/Graphics: NVIDIA or ATI graphics card with 64 MB VRAM
NVIDIA: GeForce Ti, GeForce 5000-series (5200 or better)
ATI: Radeon 9000-series (9200 or better)

to tell what kind of graphics card you have try these steps:

1) Right click on the "My Computer" icon from the start menu and select "Properties"

2)click on the "Hardware" tab

3) then click on "Device Manager"

4) the click the "+" next to "Display adapters"

this will tell you the type of graphics card in your system...