Buying a cheap computer, just for the game
By
Call Me Awesome,
Posted on: 2010-04-01 15:49 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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It likely will run the game weakly. The game prefers to have at least two processing cores and the Celeron 450 is a single core. The ATI 4500 graphics is likewise very weak. If you were running it on a small monitor resolution, you might be able to play to your satisfaction, but it would definitely be at low resolution.|
Originally Posted by Nemele
I'm buying a friend of mine a new Dell, just for the fact that her current computer can't run COH. I bought it last night on dell.com but now I'm starting to worry that with an Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 GraphicsSpecifications - Video Card, she may still have problems. Can anyone advise if this computer is good enough to run the game. It doesn't have to be the best, but we want to be able to play together. While we're at it, if it is enough to play the game, any chance it'll run ultra mode?
Inspiron 560 Processors Intel® Celeron® 450 (2.2GHz,512K L2,800MHz) Specifications - Processors Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP2, 64-Bit Memory 2GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM3 at 1066MHz- 2 DIMMs Hard Drive 320GB5 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache Video Card Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 Graphics Sound Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio |
Now, you could upgrade both the processor and the graphics capability (assuming the motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot), but it would cost roughly half of your $260 purchase price or more.
I'd say try it and see if it "just runs" the game to your satisfaction. If not, you can come back here and we can try to fit something into your available budget.
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I'll go out on a limb and say there's no chance at all of Ultra Mode working on that integrated graphics adapter... I seriously question if CoX will run at all; the graphics are extremely weak.|
Originally Posted by Nemele
I'm buying a friend of mine a new Dell, just for the fact that her current computer can't run COH. I bought it last night on dell.com but now I'm starting to worry that with an Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 GraphicsSpecifications - Video Card, she may still have problems. Can anyone advise if this computer is good enough to run the game. It doesn't have to be the best, but we want to be able to play together. While we're at it, if it is enough to play the game, any chance it'll run ultra mode?
Inspiron 560 Processors Intel® Celeron® 450 (2.2GHz,512K L2,800MHz) Specifications - Processors Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP2, 64-Bit Memory 2GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM3 at 1066MHz- 2 DIMMs Hard Drive 320GB5 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache Video Card Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 Graphics Sound Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio |
If it does run, you're probably looking at the lowest settings on everything and low resolution, probably with graphics errors. The good news though is that you've enough computer horsepower otherwise and if the machine has a PCI Express slot you ought to be able to drop an inexpensive video card in; check out the "ultra mode shopping guide" thread for ideas there.
I realize this isn't what you were hoping to hear, but unfortunately your machine is severely underpowered as-is. It's fine for business apps and web browsing but not much more.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
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All I could find about the Power Supply for that model was that it was "300 Watts". A graphics card upgrade may or may not require a power supply upgrade too.
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Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
If it does run, you're probably looking at the lowest settings on everything and low resolution, probably with graphics errors. The good news though is that you've enough computer horsepower otherwise and if the machine has a PCI Express slot you ought to be able to drop an inexpensive video card in; check out the "ultra mode shopping guide" thread for ideas there.
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Thanks for the help guys. With your input, I've decided to re-approach the situation. This seems like a perfect excuse to get myself a new computer, and sell her my 2yr old dell.
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That works. If you have any questions on specs for the new machine, feel free to come back here.
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Originally Posted by Nemele
Thanks for the help guys. With your input, I've decided to re-approach the situation. This seems like a perfect excuse to get myself a new computer, and sell her my 2yr old dell.
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I'm buying a friend of mine a new Dell, just for the fact that her current computer can't run COH. I bought it last night on dell.com but now I'm starting to worry that with an Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 GraphicsSpecifications - Video Card, she may still have problems. Can anyone advise if this computer is good enough to run the game. It doesn't have to be the best, but we want to be able to play together. While we're at it, if it is enough to play the game, any chance it'll run ultra mode?
Inspiron 560
Processors Intel® Celeron® 450 (2.2GHz,512K L2,800MHz)
Specifications - Processors
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP2, 64-Bit
Memory 2GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM3 at 1066MHz- 2 DIMMs
Hard Drive 320GB5 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Video Card Integrated Intel® GMA X4500 Graphics
Sound Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio