is the intel gma 950 any good to play games, especially when its integrated like battlefield 2142?
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I suggest you get a proper video card if you are thinking of playing games like BF2142.\n\nBasically, the Integrated video chip sucks irregardless whether they are from Intel or not.\n\nBesides, they take up some of your system RAM which in turns affects the game performance. \n\nIn addition, video cards uses GDDR3 which has better bandwidth and speed which of course leads to better performance and displays.
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Definitely go for a strong Pentium 4....however, in my opinion, AMD processors are better for gaming. Also, it's not just the CPU you have to worry about. Flight Simulator runs best with at least 1 GB of RAM. That's what I use, and it runs fine.\n\n\nHope this helps!!!
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This are the system requirements:\n    * Windows XP, ME, 98, 95 and 2000 (2000 Server and NT are not supported)\n    * 500 MHz processor\n    * 128 MB RAM\n          o 256 MB for Windows XP and Windows 2000\n    * CD/DVD-Rom Speed: 16x\n    * At least 1.2 GB of additional hard drive space\n    * Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card\n    * Keyboard\n    * MS compatible Mouse\n    * Controllers are not supported by this title\n    * A video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver and one of the supported chipsets.\n\nSupported video cards:\n\n    * Nvidia GeForce 256 or Higher\n    * ATI Radeon or Higher\n    * Matrox G400\n    * Matrox Parhelia\n\nAdditionally, the following specifications are required for multiplayer:\n\n    * One set of game discs per player.\n    * Internet Exlporer 6.0 or higher \n    * 56Kbps or faster direct Internet connection is supported\n    * DSL or Broadband connection is recommended \n\n\nThese next steps are settings that can be changed inside the game itself.\n\n    * You can also change the video settings:\n          o To reach the video settings:\n                + From the Main Menu select Options.\n                + Select Video. \n          o Systems with 128MB of RAM should always run the game with video settings set to "LOW".\n          o From the Video menu select Texture Quality and experiment with the slider in order to find the best setting for your computer.\n          o You can also try lowering the Graphics Quality and Effect Quality in order to meet your machines level of performance.\n          o You can uncheck the Shadows check box. This will prevent the game from creating dynamic shadows for soldiers and vehicles and should improve performance.\n          o Try unchecking the Lightmaps check box. This will prevent the game from adding detailed shadows on the buildings, which should improve your performance.\n          o You can also uncheck the Environmental Mapping check box. This will remove the environmental effects on water, vehicles and weapons. This should improve your performance.\n          o Also from the Video menu, try to reduce your View Distance in order to increase performance. This will impact on gameplay since your opponents will see you before you can spot them.\n          o Try checking the Alternative Spawn Interface which will give you a black background when you bring up the spawn interface while playing instead of keeping the game view in the background. This improves the mouse sense in that menu on slower machines.\n          o Try reducing your Video Resolution to 640x480 in the Video menu. The lower the resolution, the easier it is for your computer to run the game.\n          o From the Video menu you can try to lower your Color Depth from 32 to 16 bit by picking your desired resolution with the color depth of 16 (800x600x16).\n\n    * You can try adjusting the sound settings.\n          o To reach the video settings:\n                + From the Main Menu select Options.\n                + Select Sound.\n          o You can try to lower your audio quality by checking the 11khz checkbox.\n          o Also test with lowering the number of channels used to 24 or 16.\n          o Systems with 128MB of RAM should always use 11khz.\n          o You can try to lower your sound detail to Medium or Low. This will prioritize sounds harder so that only the core sounds of the game get played.\n          o From the Sound menus second page you can activate Hardware Acceleration given that your soundcard supports this. This should improve your performance.\n\n\nupdate your drivers thats the first thing you should do:\nhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html\n\nHere you will find the latest drivers for your card\n\n\nAnd if all this doesnt help conntact EA games tehnical support by clicking this link:\n\nhttp://uk.electronicarts.se/pages/3673/\n\nI hope this will help \n\nGood luck
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Yes, it'll work just fine. Games aren't dependant on the CPU. If it'll work on a P3, it'll definitely work on a P4, as P4 can handle more than a P3.
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not much. spend about 30 bucks more and get a 6600GT 128meg card. works with all games. very nice for the price. go to www.newegg.com  they have the best deals.
783024
Its ok for old games. I would steer away from AMD boards and for that price you can get one at Compusa that is better and same price on sale!
1111391
I wouldn't recomend PCI port for high end gaming like oblivion.  Try using an AGP port if you have one, or a PCI-express, if not then you should try an nvidia card, maybe the 256mb geforce 6200, it runs on PCI, but you're gonna sacrifice a lot of graphics.
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Processor is OK\nRAM Memory is OK\nVideo - NO WAY - bye with at least 512 RAM to be sure it will run Vista/ good games\nSoftware included with is too old - Word 2002???\nMaybe it will be better to wait for Vista capable computer - which means Video card with 512 ram and support for DirectX 10 and at least 1 Gb Ram
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Very, very bad answer from that last guy, very bad.  That is an integrated card that was not meant for gaming.  Anyway, there is really nothing you can do, laptops are not easily upgradeable like desktops.  This laptop was not designed for gaming, and there is really nothing you can do to change that.  Sorry.
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haha, i love the first two posts.\n\nYes, I installed it on a PC with a 3mz processor and 1gb memory and didn't have any serious hardware performance issues.  So far, so good.  The only real problem I've had is that it didn't pick up an audio driver, but that's only a minor detail for a beta version.  The games are pretty cool; I'm glad they added chess.  The kids games are... well, interesting.  I love the "windows key+tab" window panes feature.  There's some annoying warning messages when you try to get into system configuration type things.  I can't figure out how to turn those off yet.  I like it so far.  I wouldn't suggest using it for a main PC though.  There's bound to be some bugs so you might throw in another drive to boot it if you have a spare.
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intel865GSAL is not compatible with windows vista \nhave no idea about the compatibility or graphic memory of this m/b  \nbut its definitely not compatible
780832
I depends on what you want. personally i prefer AMD X2's but that will soon change to AMD 4x4 and 8x8. Core 2 Duo's are ok, but i dont like intel. thats personal preference i guess. really the best chip in theroy is the quad core intel. notice i said in theory. IT;s slightly buggy in real life. dual core Xenons are good too and will give u a server pretty much. also remember that a processor can only be as good as the rest of the computer lets it be. if you only have 256mb of ram, no matter how fast the processor, your performance is gonna be terrible.
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No.  You can't upgrade it.  Even if you had a dedicated solution (you don't) but if you did you wouldn't be able to upgrade it.  The GMA that you have is a chip integrated on the motherboard.  A dedicated solution would be more of a small card that is also integrated to the AGP or PCIe interface on the motherboard so in either case an upgrade would not be possible.\n\nThere are a few laptops that you can upgrade the graphics card in, like Alienware but you can't upgrade it yourself with a stock card, you have to send it back to Alienware for the upgrade.\n\nBut in your case, as I have said, an upgrade is not possible and I'm sorry to say that an Intel GMA is one of the worst graphics solutions on the market, even for an IGP, it's terrible.
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It says on the case of my Doom 3 that the minimum cpu requirement is P4 1.5GHz or Athlon XP1500+...\nAre you sure you're not running it on your P4?  \nFess up, you've mixed your machines up - too many late nights on Y! Answers.\n\nI wonder if downgrading the resolution possibly puts some additional loading on the cpu - it has the overhead of conversion from the "natural" resolution?  On a lower power cpu (and in this context the P3 qualifies) the cpu then becomes the bottleneck.\nThe 9250 is fairly recent and although not fast, I think it has full hardware  support for directX9.0b. \nSo I'm speculating that even with medium quality 1024x768 it's the cpu that's limiting the system - but as it's not having to tweak the graphics it' actually has less to do.\n\nIt would be interesting to know how the 9250 compares to the 9550 you appear to have fried last week...
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If you're wanting to play newer MMORPG's, including Oblivion, you'll want a fairly fast dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a fast video card.\n\nI'd personally go with this processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004  this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017  any of this RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2010170147+1052108080+1052308477+1052416064&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147  an X1900XT video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121029  or 7900GTO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130065  and a good, large psu, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005  or at least this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817711002
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NO!\n\nIntegrated graphics is a no go for that heavy piece of game.\n\nBuy a laptop that has GeForce 7XXX go (7300 and up), or ATI Mobility Radeon X1XXX (1600 and up) with a DEDICATED (not shared) memory of 256 MB or more. Its a very heavy game, unless you want to play on lower detail. Even those laptop cards might not be powerful enough (will be kind of choppy). Buy a desktop with a sparkling new GeForce 8800GTX!\n\ngood luck!
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Currently for games having a dual core will not increase the speed of the game dramatically because computer games are single threaded and thus only utilize one core.  However, the advantage of a dual core processor is that you can say; burn a CD while playing a game, or have one processor concentrate on the game while the other one handles windows and your other background programs.\n\nThe AMD x2 4200+ you are interested in is a good processor.  The 2.2 GHZ clock speed is actually way faster then your old P4 2.46 GHZ.  Because the AMD64 uses a shorter pipeline in its processor,then that of the P4. This makes the AMD64 more efficient and therefore faster.\n\nAs for the best dual core processors out now; the Intel core 2 duo is the best.  Any dual core will play better then any P4 processor.\nMy personal choice would be a AMD processor, but the Intel core 2 duo is the best for the money currently.