If i have a 1.6Ghz motherboard and i want to buy a 1.7Ghz game will my computer run it properly?
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Well, is the 1.7 GHZ the "MINIMUM" requirement, or the recommended. It probably won't be worth playing if you don't meet the minimum. As long as you meet the minimum requirements you can usually play in lower resolutions, with fewer effects enabled.
833297
Of course it will.  Get 1 GiG of RAM or better too, for the best optimaization, if you all ready haven't yet.
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I will not suggest to buy a new processor or mother board. You can buy a graphics acceleration card. like G-Force (256 MB or 512 MB). I hope you will enjoy playing Call of Duty2.
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it depends on the bus speed of your computer im guessing at 2.7 ghz it should be pc2700 but more likely pc3200 and it depends on if your running ddr sd ram or just sd ram and dont buy the bargain ram spend the money on the more expensive ram its more dependable
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yep it should work fine as long as you have a spare pci slot and if your board has onboard sound you may have to dissable that as well. It may be helpful to upgrade your ram to 256 MB to speed things up a bit
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It will work more than fine, but if you really want to not sacrifice any noticable performance for quality in the  higher end graphics I would add one more gig of ram. \n\nIt is not a  necessity, but currently in high end gaming 2 gigs of system ram is the sweet spot right before you begin to see diminishing returns. ( I am speaking in terms of games which pursue graphic realism, not ones like WoW or guildwars, which look nice but are entirely different and not as resource hungry)
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If you still have the owner's manual, look it up there.  If not, go to the website of the manufacturer and find your model and look up the specs there.\n\nThe mainboard will require ram that has a specific bus speed [e.g., DDR 333 aka PC 2700], a specific type [ single data rate or double data rate], and will support a certain amount in mb's [1 gig, 2 gigs].\n\nYou can usually find what mainboard you have by going to Start, All Prog, Accessories, System Tools, System Information.  With System Information highlighted on the left pane, on the right under System Manufacturuer and System Model your mainboard will be listed.
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go to newegg.com, i myself have a evga geforce 6800gt it works well and runs almost every game out on medium or low settings
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If you can tolerate 1.13 GHz lieu of 1.4GHz, they are going for about 20 bucks on Ebay. I am pretty sure your current processor is a "Slot 1", but if i'm wrong, then you have a "socket 370". You'll need to know this for sure before you buy a P3 replacement.
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The graphics built into the motherboard is what controls the graphics, not the cpu.  Having a fast processor helps, but to play games like half life 2 you would probably still need to buy a separate graphics card.  Your computer is only as fast as the weakest link so don't overspend in one area (cpu) and leave another too slow (memory or graphics).  For processor speed comparisons check out the link.  Look for the benchmarks at the end. The site reviews many different computer parts.
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You shoould be able to do gaming, but you will have trouble with some of the newer games.  my laptop has a 1.6 mobile and runs unreal 2004 just fine.  It has trouble on the other hand with cpu intensive games like Age of Empires III.\n\nIt is important that you check the graphics card.  Some are upgradable now.  Others are still embedded on the motherboard.\n\nYou can also improve your performance with more memory.  I saw an incredible difference on unreal when I went from 512 mb to 2 gb
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yes! it will definitely run faster. you should get a minimum of 512 MB for you computer which is like the minimum reccomended RAM size for just about everything. if you plan on playing computer games or something high tech like that you should probably try and get at least 1 GB of RAM. you will definitely notice the different. good luck. definitely get at least the 512 MB though.
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it will work only if you know how to underclock. my suggestion is to buy a new motherboard and start from scratch. since you allreay have a box then upgrading is easy. you need to price what you want to upgrade to by going to newegg.com or computergeeks.com. compare prices and maybe even upgrade your box. prices for complete systems run around 400$-1000$ depending on what you want.good hunting\nand its not recommended to upgrade a pc with a new cpu that runs faster than what the board can handle.you will eventualy run into more problems than its worth.\nbe sure to stick with a ddr(ram) board.\n\nand for the record,you can get cheap hardware and software from these two sites.\n\nThe MaddMann\n\nps:here is a bare bones system that you put together:\nhttp://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=J-S775KIT-K10&cat=BBK
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there will be no problem at all, a 1GHz processor is more than enough to handle the tasks that most of us perform on our computers.  There will be no improvement on upgrading to XP as far as internet speed is concern.
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1.8 GHZ processor speed is slow by today's standards. Two years ago it was a blazing fast speed computer. Although the requirements on the game's packaging say otherwise, most of today's games require at least a 2.4 GHZ processor with 512mb RAM just to play. \n\nI know games like Halo and Call of Duty are graphics intensive. Adjust your display settings within the game's configuration settings. Ensure your display is set at 640x480 or 800x600. Also, ensure the games detail and character settings are set to LOW. \n\nAside from getting a new computer, this should work.
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yah it shoudl run without any issues make msure you have more than 512 MB RAM.\n\nkshounish
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yes, your machine should be able to run any game out there, although it won't give the best performance possible on some of the more demanding titles...\n\ni'd say that as long as you don't want all graphics/lighting etc at the highest possible settings, then your pc should do the trick.