Is a DirectX 9 graphic the equivalent to 128 MB video card?

I'm thinking of buying a PC and to play sims 3 I need a 128MB video card is this the same as a DirectX 9 graphics?|||DirectX is a software implemented multimedia sub system in Windows.



It works with the graphics hardware, not in place of it.|||No.



Direct X specifies a set of APIs and hardware functionality to be certified as compliant. While Direct X does recommend a minimum amount of RAM, just because a card has 128MB of RAM actually is DX9 compliant.



That said, Vista has been out for over a year, so nearly all graphics cards of a year or less should be OK.|||the amount of memory has nothing to do with whether the graphics card is compatible with dx9, However, pretty much any graphics card you buy now will be compatible with dx9