English version of Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
Celeron 1.8GHz Pentium 4 (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD processor.
512MB RAM
8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
11.0 Gigs of uncompressed free hard disk space
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
DirectX 9.0c
128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers.
Must be 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible.
Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above.
2006-12-28 08:12:09 · 16 answers · asked by Jamsames 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Really you should have a recent (1 year or so max) at least middle of the road system to meet these reqs. if it was a budget PC or a Mac, it'll be hard to meet. Check the following:
Boot your computer, if it does not start with a Windows XP screen, you are probably in trouble.
If you have no start button on the screen after it boots, and you don't know how to get it, you are probably in trouble, and I can't help you.
If any of the above, left click Start, right click My Computer, left click Properties.
If the popped up window tells you System Microsoft Windows XP, you are on step one! (can't help you if you don't recognize English)
With luck, it'll tell you on the bottom of the window: Computer:____________ This should be better than the processor line. and the amount of ram should be listed below.
If your computer accepts CDs, click on my computer and see what kind of drive it is. Check the front just in case, it'll say if it is a DVD drive. Speed here is nice, but only required to avoid waiting (unless it checks and stops install).
click on my computer and right click on the C: drive left click Properties. It'll show the amount of free space.
Install Directx9 from Microsoft's website, and test (dxdiag). It should clear. Sound, keyboard and mouse are usually okay.
Click (left) Start, control panel, click on display, go to tab settings, click on advanced.Go to tab, Adapter, check memory Size, and locate newer divers on-line. If the generic drivers are loaded, open case and find out what you have. If the monitor is plugged into the motherboard directly, get a new card.
close properties, check if you are able to raise resolution to 1024*768 (or higher).
That should be it!
2006-12-28 08:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by Don't look too close! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
START
- Settings
- Control Panel
- System
Look at the General tab for the Windows and CPU info, and look under the Hardware at the Hardware Wizard. (The Hardware wizard will let you look at the devices such as DVD drives that you have installed on the PC, and lets you check what drivers are being used.
To check the DirectX drivers you have installed and test for compatibility, just use START - Run and then type in "dxdiag". The DirectX Diagnostic tool will let you test the components like the video card, monitor, and sound card.
For the hard disk space, use Windows Explorer, right-click on the Local Disk (C:) and choose the properties. Free space should be listed there.
2006-12-28 08:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English version of Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
Celeron 1.8GHz Pentium 4 (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD processor.
512MB RAM
------ For these, above this line, right click "my computer" and go to properties.
8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
-------- To check your DVD ROM, go to start>Control Panel>system>hardware>device manager>find your DVD ROM and double click it (from classic view)
11.0 Gigs of uncompressed free hard disk space
------ For harddrive space, right click your c:\ from my computer, and go to properties
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
------- You most likely have this. Same as DVD ROM
100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
---------In the my computer>You def have this if your keyboard and mouse work in windows xp or 2000 (almost all of them do)
DirectX 9.0c
---------- If you do a google search, it comes up first-- download right from microsofts site
128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers.
----- check the documentation from your video card
Must be 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible.
------most likely, it is.
Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above.
-------it does. ;)
2006-12-28 08:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by ninjamasterdave 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can download a program called 'Belarc Adviser' which you can find for free on the internet. Just type 'Belarc Adviser' into a search engine. Once you have done this let it run and it will analyse your computer and bring up a big screen which gives you every bit of information about your compter you can imagine. A very handy tool I have found as it will give you all the serial numbers of your software as well so its worth printing out the page for future referance.
2006-12-28 08:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by susank2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok, i'm assuming you have windows xp. go to my computer, then somewhere, probably on the left side will be a thing that says view system information. i believe almost if not all of the info can be found there. for the things with video cards, and things like that, go to the hardware tab and press device manager. it should be in there. hope that helped
2006-12-28 08:16:31 · answer #5 · answered by fyre975 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this:
System Information for Windows
http://www.gtopala.com/index.html
You dont need to install it, just uncompress it, and will list every detaild about the installed hardware on your pc.
Tip:
By right clicking on MyPC you can get the processor type and speed + total memory
Also:
Microsoft included a tool for getting about the same info as in SIW the command is:
"msinfo32.exe" (under accesories - system tools - Sys Info or similar)
2006-12-28 08:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by Cat 9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running Windows XP:
Click on Start then RIGHT-CLICK on my computer and select "properties".
This will give you some stats.
DirectX is a Microsoft Software package you can download from Microsoft.com
2006-12-28 08:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 02:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by binnu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who told you Belarc Advisor is right. It's a great program, and I print it out to make sure I have my specs and info in case of a crash.
Heres the site, you can copy and paste it. belarc.com/free_download.html
2006-12-28 08:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to my computer, then to control panel and then to system. Look at the tab device management and see what you have also some of the other tabs as well.
2006-12-28 08:15:58 · answer #10 · answered by egotist61 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋