I'm looking for some nice, lower-end PC games..

I don't have the best set-up for this day and age, so I'm looking for some fun games that can be played on my PC. It's running at about 2.3 GHz, 512 MB RAM.. Graphics card is a Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 128MB. I will play most kinds of games, I prefer First person shooters less than others, however. But any good suggestions at all will be appreciated. I just want games that will run well on my PC and play well at the same time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

FEAR, Half life 2, Stalker, halo, battlefield 1942 should work, company of heroes(rts), neverwinter nights 2(might work) , diablo2, wow? lol

I have a GeForce FX 5500 in my system and I play America's Army (Free FPS game), Battlefied 2, Battlefield 2142, Battlestations Midway, Call of Duty 2, Command & Conquer 3, Madden NFL 07, Flight Simulator X, Civilization IV, Soldat (Free 2D shooter), Tomb Raider Anniversary, TrackMania United (Very fun racing game), and Unreal Tournament 2004.

Mind you that not all games run at high quality of course, but you get used to it. At least u get to play ur games without shelling out for new hardware, at least until Crysis arrives on the scene:D

You'll really notice a difference if you get more RAM in your system. I suggest at least 1 gig. I upgraded mine from 256 to 1 gig and was blown away by the difference

I basically have the same setup as you. I play Half-Life 2, CS:Source, DOD:Source, America's Army, KOTOR 1&2. All of those I can run on atleast medium settings. For the Source games (including HL2) I can run on some higher settings. The KOTOR games I can run everything on high. All of those games are amazing and should be purchased for any gamer that enjoys FPS and RPG.

i would definitely reccommend you get at least another 512mb ram to have 1gb. would improve performance and allow to play slightly more demanding games.

dunno how you'd go running FEAR well...what bout Doom3, or Thief 3? I know its not FPS but Max Payne 2 is pretty sweet. Call of Duty and United Offensive are great games.

maybe tell us what you already own/already played?

Darwinia.

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FEAR, Half life 2, Stalker, halo, battlefield 1942 should work, company of heroes(rts), neverwinter nights 2(might work) , diablo2, wow? lol

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STALKER?

FEAR, Half life 2, Stalker, halo, battlefield 1942 should work, company of heroes(rts), neverwinter nights 2(might work) , diablo2, wow? lol

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STALKER?

I don't have the best set-up for this day and age, so I'm looking for some fun games that can be played on my PC. It's running at about 2.3 GHz, 512 MB RAM.. Graphics card is a Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 128MB. I will play most kinds of games, I prefer First person shooters less than others, however. But any good suggestions at all will be appreciated. I just want games that will run well on my PC and play well at the same time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Fenix_Darkblaze

I has a system the same as that except it was a P4 2.4 Ghz Processor.

Anyway, you can run Call of Duty 1 + 2, Half Life 2, FarCry, Rome Total War, Medal of Honour Pacific Assault, Max Payne 2....

Unfortunately though you will really really struggle with games like FEAR, Oblivion, Quake 4, Supreme Commander etc...

EDIT: Despite what other people have said running FEAR on that machine would be like watching a slideshow. The game is only just playable at the lowest possible settings, but then its not even worth it.

Medal of Honor Pacific Assault, Quake 4, Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Call of Duty and XP, Battlefield 1942 or Vietnam, Vietcong 2, American's Army, Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Rome: Total War, Diablo 2, Fable, Chronicals of Riddick, Max Payne 2, Ground Control, Command and Conquer Generals, 3, Red Alert, Operation Flashpoint, Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30, UT2004, Half Life 1 and 2, Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast, SW Jedi Academy, Prince of Persia Sands of Time and Warrior Within, Hitman Contrats, Counter Strik 1.6, Far CryLonelynight

Most of those games wont run too well on his computer (not with decent settings). Games like Riddick/Farcry are not to be played with the low settings.

Wow it has been a while since anyone has mentioned Outcast, do they still sell that game? I was looking for my copy of it lately and I cant seem to find it :(. I remeber when it first came out and they were talking about how the engine was going to revolusionise gaming. I loved the opening Cinematic, I need to look for it on the web just for old times sake :D

FEAR, Half life 2, Stalker, halo, battlefield 1942 should work, company of heroes(rts), neverwinter nights 2(might work) , diablo2, wow? lol

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All of those besides coh will work as well as shogun and medieval total war and maybe rome total war command and conquer the firsty decade all of those will work.

STALKER, Halo, and CoH that were suggested might chug along. STALKER and Halo require high amounts of RAM, especially Halo (for some reason, poorly optimized I guess). CoH because of the video card. I don't know about NWN2.cametall

Bull. I don't know why people keep saying that I played Halo pc maxed out on a 2800+ sempron with 512mb and a 6600 vanilla and it played without a hint of lag anywhere. That game has a bad rep.

I am going to concentrate on FPS's as you said and on games where you can get a decent experience. So for example maybe you can run FEAR but not as it was intended to be played so for me this game is a pass for you right now.

All source games should run at a decent level (Counter Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source, Half Life 2 and Deathmatch + many mods) just that is hours and hours of fun. Battlefield 1942 with the Desert Combat mod (+ many other mods), Call of Duty, Call of Duty United Offensive, Unreal Tournament 2k4, Quake III Arena, The No one lives forever series, Warsow (it is free), America's Army also free, Medal of Honor Allied Assault + Expansions, Brothers in arms Road to Hill 30, Halo Combat Evolved, Jedi Knight series, Star Wars Republic Commando, Serious Sam series, Soldier of Fortune2 Double Helix, Max Payne 1 and 2 (they are not shooters but are very action packed). I would recommend to try the source + call of duty games and the free games first, thats enough to get you started, hope this helps!

Some advice if you wish to upgrade without spending that much, get a GeForce 6600GT pretty cheap this days and512megs of moreram

Wide, oldschool, variety. :)

Starcraft

Diablo II

Warcraft 3

Red Alert 2

C&C Generals

Half-Life

Outlaws (rare and expensive... but fun)

Counter Strike 1.6

Call of Duty 1 maybe

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 :lol:

Dawn Of War Platinum edition :P

Very good RTS that just about anyone can get into....

You can

You can play most Source games i think. Try Sin episode 1. Also Tomb Raider Anneversry has rather low end requirmentslycrof

You can't beat a sexy chick with guns doing summersults in light attire. :)

Darwinia.

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nightharvest

that game gave me a headache :(

narbacular drop is better :)

I don't know what you guys are talking about, I have a system near identical to that andI play FEAR, Oblivion, and a lot ofother rather demanding games on half-decent settings.

In fact,I'mgoing to reinstall FEAR right now.

I don't know what you guys are talking about, I have a system near identical to that andI play FEAR, Oblivion, and a lot ofother rather demanding games on half-decent settings.

In fact,I'mgoing to reinstall FEAR right now.

BloodPhantom

Counter-strike 1.6 ------->you will easily be able to play this and get good fps to dominate as well as have a freakin' blast!!

Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2---->super fun with killer story and guns

X-Com Interceptor, Myth, Myth 2: Soulblighter, Heroes of Might and Magic 2-4, Might and Magic VI or higher, Warcraft 1-3, Age of Empires 1 and 2, Empire Earth, Deadlock, Master of Orion 2, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale 1 and 2, Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity, Disciples 2, Neverwinter Nights 1, Arcanum.

That should hold you for a while.