For the last few months, I been thinking/debating about building a custom PC for myself so that I can play the newest games. School has took my time away and also draining my money. Don't really want to pay for a 1.5-2K custom PC right now so, I decided not to act on that and instead, just upgrade my current PC.
Some of the specs:
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel® Core i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Hard Drive: 485 GB
Sound Card: Can't locate it
Video Card: Intel® HD Graphics - Problem?
Power Supply: Input: 100-127V-8A, 200-240V-4A 50/60hz (No idea what that means, just copied it | Output: 300W max
I am playing games like BF1942 and GTA: San Andreas with low to medium video settings and my FPS bounces a lot. It will go as low as 25 and even if I do renderer.lockfps 100 to bf1942, it will not be stable. This angers me since playing bf1942 with low video settings is not a pretty sight!
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I want to play games smoothly with desirable video settings. Is that possible here? What do I need to do? Also, it is possible to play games like BF3 and DayZ with this specs? (after some upgrades ofc).
I could use all the help I can get. If you need me to post additional info, let me know.
Thanks a lot!
Catman