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stotheamuel
August 11th, 2006, 21:20
:( doubt it but there is still hope

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review2288.html

Video_freak
August 11th, 2006, 21:23
i have the eMachines T2885. there shouldnt be much diference between mine and your T2862...
(i've never tried running anything on it yet so...)

Malksta
August 11th, 2006, 21:42
You could always play doom :D

Video_freak
August 11th, 2006, 21:43
you could always play doom from anything between a supercomputer to an iPod nano :rolleyes: :)

stotheamuel
August 11th, 2006, 21:50
hahaha i know but Im hoping along the lines of.. halo, doom 3, counterstrike, WoW... >_<

I have maybe 200 dollars at the most for upgrades

Malksta
August 12th, 2006, 02:34
If you dont mean counterstrike : source then i think you can play CS with about 40-50 FPS same like my other eMachines

rokobungi
August 12th, 2006, 03:26
does it have agp or pci-e?

if so a 150-200 graphics card will allow you to play them pretty well if you don't go crazy with resolution or detail settings(safe bet is the radeon 9800 group or nvidia 7600 set o cards but there are better cards for under $200.

now something like black and white 2 or fear it might have trouble with

SSaxdude
August 12th, 2006, 03:32
You could probably play Postal 2 (if you're crazy like me.)

BrooksyX
August 12th, 2006, 23:03
if you throw in some ram and a decent video card you should be able to play doom 3 and hl2. I can play both of those games on my pc: sempron 1.6ghz, 512 mb ram, geforce 4400 128 mb. ( yeah I know my pc sucks but I am planning on upgrading to a dual core system soon)

semicolo
August 14th, 2006, 18:35
hl2 is playable on my athlon 1.4 Ghz, 512 MiB RAM and Ati 9600.

Tomlo
August 16th, 2006, 23:32
Ya it will run stuff like HL1 and CS1.6 at about 50fps but HL2 and CS:S is out of the question until you buy a video card.

Junixx
August 17th, 2006, 00:48
Lol i can play CS:S and HL2 with a 1.1 Ghz 256 Mb RAM, 128 Vid card, but im not using XP, im using 2000 advanced server

But yea you should be able to upgrade the RAM and the video card you should be able to play it just fine, thats what my brother did (768 RAM, 256 MB Vid card, 1.8 Ghz Athlon)

Morph
August 17th, 2006, 01:06
Morph's Suggestion:

If your CPU is socket 775 (if you are lucky), chuck it, and get a cheapo Intel Core 2 Duo. A bios update might be all you need.

Reformat with Windows XP Pro or Home, w/e works.

Run in high-performance mode

MAKE SURE TO INSTALL OFFICIAL VIDEO DRIVERS!!!1!!one!!!

DO all of those, and your machine will be perfectly acceptable, and might even run Oblivion (abiet on low settings)

Video_freak
August 17th, 2006, 01:08
MAKE SURE TO INSTALL OFFICIAL VIDEO DRIVERS!!!1!!one!!!
LMAO!!!1!!one!!! :)