I would appreciate if someone would help me out on upgrading my Desktop to play today's computer games. I also think I might have to upgrade to a dual core since most games ask for one anyways :/ My system specs below: Computer: CQ5300F Processor AMD Sempron LE-1300 2.30 Ghz (single core) Socket AM2 (940) System type: 64bit Motherboard Narra5 Chipset: Nvdia DDR2 3072 MB Installed memory ram: 3GB (2.75 usable) guessing the gfx card uses some. Graphics Nvidia Geforce 6150se nforce 430 Gpu: C61 revision: A2 memory size: 256mb Bandwith: 6.4Gb I have installed some games just according to this site called systemrequirementslab.com where you can check out if you can run all these games or not . I installed, Sillent Hill3,Splinter Cell,Gta sa,Resident Evil 5, FEAR and the expansions Alien vs Predator 2 and other various games. They worked Okay, that is if everything was on low. even then sometimes I would get 20-30 fps. But when I installed Crysis,Fallout:3,Devil may Cry 4,Ect.. My pc got raped. Any help would be awesomely appreciated Edit: I'm running Windows 7
get a pci/e 16 videocard that meets your games requirements. what is the total wattage of your psu, is marked on a label on side of psu? Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades: Socket type: AM2+ TDP: 95 watt •AMD Phenom II Quad-Core •AMD Phenom II Triple-Core •AMD Phenom Quad-Core (A) 9xxx series (AM2+) •AMD Phenom Triple-Core (T) 8xxx series (AM2+) •AMD Athlon X4 •AMD Athlon X3 •AMD Athlon X2 (B) (AM2+) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...c=en&dlc=en&cc=ca&lang=en&product=4107501#N92
Okay so my Input read 250W max. which sounds low. Pci/e 16 righ? well, what card do recommend for playing today's games?
To play Crysis. CPU Recommended: Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz/Athlon X2 4400+ or better You Have: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor LE-1300 Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your CPU does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations. CPU Speed Recommended: Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz/Athlon X2 4400+ or better You Have: 2.28 GHz RAM Recommended: 2 GB You Have: 2.7 GB PASS OS Recommended: Windows XP/Vista/7 You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 64-bit PASS Video Card Recommended: Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 640MB RAM or similar. You Have: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations. Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card Required You Have Video RAM 640 MB 1.4 GB 3D Yes Yes Hardware T&L Yes Yes Pixel Shader version 3.0 3.0 Vertex Shader version 3.0 3.0 I want to be able to run crysis at medium high smoothly . Im willing to spend 200-300 dollars
you do realize crysis is one of THE most demanding games out there, right? your system has no chance of getting playable framerates. you're better off building a new system from scratch. and if you're going for crysis, you're going to spend in excess of $700+ on hardware.
Thats exactly why I said crysis! if I can get a decent frame rate with good graphics then I can play any other game with no problem! Oh.. that building a pc from scratch sounds out of reach for me.
your cpu is a single core so you fail it too. you need new dual core cpu, new videocard & possibly new psu.
