computer spec?...?

Question

- 520 Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology - 2.8 GHZ!
- 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
- 160 GB 7200RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive
- 8x DVD+RW/CD-RW dvd and cd writier capabilities
- CD-Rom Drive 48x Max speed
- Intel Graphic Media Accelerator with up to 128MB shared video memory

is this good for gaming?

Answer 1

Your graphics card will really hold you back on games, and RAM is not great but okay. Everything else is good.

I have only 512 of RAM too, but I am running games pretty well, like sims 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, and others. But it would be better if you had at least a gig. And I'm also Vista Ultimate at the same time too.

Answer 2

Not really.

The worst part is the video card. Integrated solutions are very rarely good for gaming. Shared memory makes it even worse. A good video card has super fast ram on it that is used by the card alone. Shared memory also lowers the amount of ram the system has available to it

The second part is RAM. An XP system should have 1gb or more and a Vista system should have 2gb or better for serious gaming.

The rest of it is basic, but ok for gaming.

Answer 3

NO NO NO NO NO
+You would likely want to upgrade from "- 520 Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology - 2.8 GHZ" to atleast an Intel Pentium D or Intel Core Duo
+Highly recommended that you add more PC3200 RAM, atleast 2GB
+Definately upgrade from an Intel Video Card to atleast an ATI Radeon X1200

Answer 4

Solitaire maybe.

CPU is O.K. a bit slow.
Too little memory.
Hard drive is on the small side.
DVD/CD dos not matter.
Intel graphics are cheap and are definitely not good for gaming.


Add more memory.
Get a decent video card.

You should be able to play last generation games O.K. the latest and greatest you will need yet more memory, an expensive video card and probably a CPU upgrade.

Answer 5

no.

Memory is way too low. a gaming machine is 2 gb. the processor is old. you should be looking at a core 2. the hard drive will be too slow as well, look at 10000 rpm hard drives.

finally, your graphics card is a joke. that is a built in card, you need to go get a high end card for gaming. the ATI Radeon x800 is a good gaming card.

The specs you have there is for a basic everyday PC, not a gaming machine.

Answer 6

Not really. Depends on the game. Get a real video card with its own memory, ditch the shared onboard, and get some more RAM.

Oh, here's my specs and this one is a few years old.

ASUS P4P800-X
Intel P4 Prescott w/HT @ 3Ghz
2 GB Corsair TwinMX PC3200 DC/OC memory
ATI Radeon X850XT-PE /w 512Mb memory
36GB SATA WD Raptor @10K RPM (System)
2x 160 GB WD IDE drives @7200 RPM (Storage)
DL DVD/CD Burner

Answer 7

With 512mb of RAM that is the minimum for most games.
128 of that is going to be used for graphics.

I recommend having at least 1024mb.

Your 128mb of video graphics memory will play some games alright .

I recommend having at least 256mb of video memory minimum.

Here is a great website systems requirements lab you can go to and u just select what game your might want to run.
It will automatically tell you if your PC has the minimum or recommended requirements for that particular game.
Very useful interesting tool.....Hope this helps just click on the link. http://www.canyourunit.com/

Answer 8

NO! It is just an average business desktop. The integrated graphics is useful for 2D and video but SLOW for 3D graphics (games). Better overall system performance will improve if RAM is at least 1Gb.

Answer 9

No, but depends to the game. I think you should upgrade :
-2GB RAM DDR2
-200GB Hard Drive SATA2
-Graphic card minimal ATi X1300/Geforce 7300
-Sound Card ( Don't use onboard, Creative labs sound card are good)
-Motherboard that compatible with another parts

Answer 10

Nope.

If you want a system for gaming, you are better off buying a desktop and spending the money you saved on a good graphics adapter.

Onboard graphics are not good for gaming.