Would this be a decent pc for gaming?

[XxGaaraxX]

I was just wondering since i'm getting a new pc would this be a good one to buy to play games?


OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 3800+
MEMORY: 1024MB RAM DDR1
HARD DRIVE: 250GB 7200RPM Serial ATA ; OPTICAL DRIVE: LightScribe Double Layer 16X DVD±R/RW drive
CONNECTIVITY: 56K modem and integrated 10/100 BaseT Ethernet
GRAPHICS CARD: Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 LE Graphics with up to 256MB shared video memory CARD READER: 9-in-1

 

[Agozer]

Don't go with Integrated graphics if you plan on doing some serious gaming and/or emulation. Even if it's nVidia we're talking about here.

 

[xneoangel]

Don't go with Integrated graphics if you plan on doing some serious gaming and/or emulation. Even if it's nVidia we're talking about here.

Integrated graphics is never good for gaming, just as Agozer said.

If you want to play games with medium to high settings you should go for a GeForce 7600GT or better.

 

[yegosimo]

Yup, get a real graphics card, not like mine...

 

[XxGaaraxX]

K thx for the replies

 

[ShizZy]

I beg to differ. Integrated graphics is only bad if it's a bad integrated card Any GeForce 6 is pretty much sufficient or all emulation at this current time, as the biggest bottle neck with most emulators is cpu emulation. As for gaming, it's still a geforce 6.

 

[SlimickGamer]

Are chipsets integrated?

 

[t0rek]

Well it also depends upon the resolution he want to play games, if he's good with 1024x768 a Geforce 7600GS will do and it's cheaper. For emulation that integrated card can handle it, because is a geforce one, intel crap for exmaple is not good at all.

 

[revl8er]

These days, you can get a halfway decent gfx card for a good price.

 

[Doomulation]

It should do fine. When upgrading later, you should consider: better GFX card & more memory.

 

[xneoangel]

Well yes for emulation it will be enough but for decent PC gaming no, well yes the games will run on it but with everything on low.

 

[Doomulation]

Well, yes, that's what you need to expect from anything integrated.

 

[zAlbee]

I beg to differ. Integrated graphics is only bad if it's a bad integrated card Any GeForce 6 is pretty much sufficient or all emulation at this current time, as the biggest bottle neck with most emulators is cpu emulation. As for gaming, it's still a geforce 6.

Pay attention to the last 3 digits. GeForce 6150 LE. 6 just means the shader support is there, 150 means the speed is garbage. You can try it if you don't believe me, but don't say I didn't warn you :whistling

 

[XxGaaraxX]

Well its a lot better than the pc I have now lol I have a crappy pc atm it has 248 ram and a crappy Intel (R) Extreme Graphics 2 Integrated card.