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Fast System to play the games?

docbrown2015docbrown2015
edited April 2011 in Game Support
I got a new pc from the 10 year old one i had, here is the new specs, it's a gateway dx4300-03, i want to know is this is good enough or a way i can update the videocard that will be compatible with my unit, but if my specs look okay, please tell me..thank you in advance! ;)


Operating System1

Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-Bit2 (Service Pack 2)
Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic (Service Pack 2)



Processor1

AMD Phenom™ X4 quad-core processor
AMD Phenom™ X3 triple-core processor
AMD Athlon™ X2 dual-core processor
AMD Athlon™ processor
AMD Sempron™ processor



Chipset

AMD 780G Chipset



Memory1

Up to 8 GB of DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM (dual-channel support on four DIMMs)



Hard Drive1

Serial ATA hard disk up to 1 TB



Optical Drive1

Optical drive options: •Blu-ray™ and SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
•Blu-ray reader / SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
•SuperMulti drive with Labelflash™ technology
•DVD-ROM drive



Media Card Reader

Multi-in-one card reader, supporting: •CompactFlash® (Type I and II)
•CF+™ Microdrive
•MultiMediaCard (MMC)
•MMCplus™
•MMCplus™ HC
•MMCmobile™
•MMCmobile™ HC
•Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
•Secure Digital™ (SD) Card
•miniSD™ Card
•miniSD™ Card HC
•microSD™ Card HC
•SmartMedia™
•xD-Picture Card™
•Memory Stick®
•Memory Stick PRO™
•Memory Stick Duo™
•Memory Stick PRO Duo™



Expansion Bays

Two external 5.25-inch
Four internal 3.5-inch (hard drive bays)



Graphics

PCI Express® 2.0 ×16 graphics card support
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 onboard graphics solution
ATI Hybrid CrossfireX™ support



Audio

Embedded high-definition audio with 7.1-channel and EAX® 4.0 audio support
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support



Network Support

LAN: Gigabit Ethernet



Front I/O Ports

Multi-in-one card reader
Photo Frame button
Four USB 2.0 ports
High-definition headphone and microphone jacks




Rear I/O Ports

Four USB 2.0 ports
Two PS/2 ports (keyboard and mouse)
Ethernet (RJ-45) LAN port
IEEE 1394 port (6-pin)
Six audio ports
D-sub VGA port
HDMI™ port



Add-In Card Slots

One PCI Express 2.0 ×16
One PCI Express 2.0 ×1
Two PCI 2.0 conventional



Power Supply

300 or 500 watt



BIOS

AMI PnP BIOS compatible with SMBIOS 2.6



System Compliance

PC 2001, ENERGY STAR® 5.0



Dimensions (W × D × H)

7.1 × 16.3 × 16.3 inches (180 × 413.2 × 412.4 mm)



Certification

FCC, CE, BSMI, CCC, VCCI, CB, MET



Software

Gateway Photo Frame
Gateway Games
Gateway Recovery Management
Adobe® Reader®
Best Buy Software Installer
Cyberlink® Power2Go
Cyberlink Label Print (included with Labelflash drive)
Google Toolbar and Desktop Search
Microsoft® Works 9.0 and Office Home 2007 Trial
Microsoft Money Essentials
Norton 360™ All-in-One Security suite (60-day trial)




Optional Accessories1

Gateway keyboard and mouse
Gateway LCD monitor
Media Center remote control


1.Specifications vary depending on model.
2.64-bit software is required to enjoy the advantages of 64-bit processing.

Comments

  • Asian InfernoAsian Inferno
    edited March 2011
    A great site to check if your computer can run any PC game is the "Can You Run It?" site: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

    I use it to check my computer!

    10 years is a long time in the technological world, but honestly though it isn't a graphically heavy game. So check that site or if you really want to make sure, go download Episode I and see if it can run for yourself. It's free!
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2011
    A great way to see if your computer can run the game is to play the game! The first episode is free!
  • RibsRibs
    edited March 2011
    Asian Inferno wrote: »
    A great site to check if your computer can run any PC game is the "Can You Run It?" site: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

    I use it to check my computer!

    10 years is a long time in the technological world, but honestly though it isn't a graphically heavy game. So check that site or if you really want to make sure, go download Episode I and see if it can run for yourself. It's free!
    Sorry to break it to you, that site doesn't work and never has. It's really bad at telling if certain things are better or worse then your things.
  • BryceSBryceS
    edited April 2011
    It has to be said, that for a relatively simple game, it does seem to run extremely sluggishly on many computers. I'm running an Athalon II X2 P320 (dual core 2.1 GHz), 4GB RAM, a Mobility Radeon HD 4250 on Windows 7 64-bit. Now I'm not expecting to run Crysis on this rig, but did expect it to be able to play an adventure game like BTTF. Unfortunately it is so sluggish as to be unplayable.
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