I know this is asked alot. Is this a good gaming computer?

[Deatheater Dewd]

My System Details Dell Vostro 1500

PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Duo T5470 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic

PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9. Does NOT Include MS Word

LCD PANEL 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display

MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM

OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/ Roxio Creator

VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce? 8600M GT

HARD DRIVE 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

MEDIA DIRECT Dell Exclusive MediaDirect? Instant Play Software Application

WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card

WEBCAM No Webcam Option

My Accessories

BATTERIES 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit

Edited March 20, 2008 by Deatheater Dewd

[blah238]

decent for a somewhat portable notebook, although the CPU is a tad on the low end, I would go up to 2.0 if you can. Lower the HDD if necessary, a notebook doesn't really need that much space.

Edited March 19, 2008 by blah238

[Deatheater Dewd]

Thanks for your answer. I really wish I could lower the freaking HDD but it wont let me! I wish there was a AMD powered one!

[anonymous1986]

For the price that is one of the best laptops, could try and get a 2.2Ghz processor or try for a 7200rpm HDD, however you wont be able to play games like crysis at medium settings. Most games would run fine at decent resolutions and medium settings.

Edited March 19, 2008 by anonymous1986

[Deatheater Dewd]

yea theres an option for a 160gb 7200rpm HDD. I guess ill get that. Srry but i cant get the 2.2. way to much money

[anonymous1986]

Yea with that configuration i can play pes 2008 at 1280 resolution and high detail at 60fps and ut3 at 3 detail level (medium) and 1024 resolution at 40-50fps. I've looked around a bit and for that price the vostro is a great buy.

[Deatheater Dewd]

I appreciate what you guys are doing for me. Your a great help! Thanks! P.S I such a noob i dont know what game hes talking about! Whats pes? Also, can this play Crysis at medium?

Edited May 28, 2008 by ®®®

[tabish]

you're wrong. you REALLY wouldn't want an AMD mobile processor in your laptop. believe me, amd is good for NOTHING except their desktop processors which clearly overpower intel's and their graphics cards (ati).

also your graphics card is decent. good for running bioshock and some other games, but if you're thinking about crysis it's a big no-no.