Computer Question!!!?

Question

I'm trying to download a game that says the requirements are 500 MHz processor. I checked to see what processor my computer has and it said 1.70 HGz.

Is 1.70 HGz the same as 500 MHz?

Also, I checked to see if my computer had a video card. I looked it up to see how to check what video card I had and it said
NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT (Microsoft Corporation)
Is this the video card and how do I know if it works?

This is a computer that was given to me as a gift so I don't know much about it. Anyway, I'm trying to play the Kudos download free trial. It allowed me to download the game but when I go to open it it says check sysytem requirements. By the way I have windows XP if that makes a difference.

Answer 1

yes, 1.7GHz is MORE than 500MHz. MHz means Megahertz which is x100 i think. whereas GHz means Gigahertz which is x1000
Basically its how fast your computer can go

The more GHz or MHz you have, the faster it will be.

A video card is how your computer displays information (on you moniter).. your computer seems to be an average power. It should be capable of good games..
Hope this isnt too complex
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Answer 2

As others have already explained, your computer is fast enough, at 1.7GHz, to play the game that you've downloaded. However, the video card NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT, is not a card that I've heard of. I've just visited the NVIDIA site to see what information I can find out about it, but can't find a link to any information. I even tried to download any updated drivers, but it wasn't mentioned. I have a strong suspicion that your video card is 'onboard', meaning that it's built onto the motherboard, and hence, shares your system RAM. This may well be what the warning you're receiving is pointing to. Many games need a video card that has dedicated RAM (RAM of it's own). I'm afraid the only way you're going to get around this is by purchasing a separate video card. The type of video card depends on your motherboard/mainboard. You'd need to look inside your computer to determine what type of video adaptor slot you have available. In your case, it's more likely to be either PCI (usually a white coloured slot) or AGP (usually a brown coloured slot). I would think that your motherboard is too old to have a PCIe (Peripheral Component Interchange Extended) slot (usually coloured black).

Without actually seeing inside your computer, or a photograph of your motherboard, it would be difficult to suggest which one you may require.

By the way, you mentioning that you use Windows XP would normally have made absolute sense, but in this case, it's not required.

Answer 3

Let's take your questions in turn.

First of all, you mean GHz, not HGz. This is a measure of the processor speed. 1 hertz (1 Hz) is the metric unit representing one cycle per second. (In this case, that would be processor cycles, but the same unit is also used for sound, alternating current, and other things with cyclic properties.) Since the hertz is a metric unit, it takes standard metric multipliers. Thus, 1 kilohertz (kHz) = 1000 Hz, 1 megahertz (MHz) = 1000 kHz, and 1 gigahertz (GHz) = 1000 MHz. Thus, 1.7 GHz = 1700 MHz, so your computer is much faster than the minimum requrement.

1000 GHz would be 1 terahertz (THz), but we haven't got that far with chip design yet.

As to the video card...every computer with a monitor has some sort of video card, or it would not produce any video image to begin with. nVidia makes video cards and drivers, so the Vanta is very likely your video card.

Answer 4

I believe that should read 1.70GHz (Gigahertz), which is equivalent to around 1700MHz

Nvidia is one of the leading companies involved in the creation of video / graphics cards..... you should know it works by the fact an image appears on your computer screen when it's connected to it.

To learn more about the specs of your computer, I suggest giving it an optimisation scan at this website: http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/ - which will show you the specifications in full, how it compares to similar computers, flag up any problems with it, and suggest a few minor improvements you could make to it if you wanted to.

Answer 5

If you see anything on your screen the video card is working.

1.7Ghz is 1700Mhz, so yes it is fast enough for the game.

Nvidia makes graphics cards, what you listed is the driver that makes it work not the card itself.

If you would please download the free trial of Astra 32, and then add more details about your computer.

Answer 6

1.7 GHz is over 3 times as fast as 500 MHz.