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[QUOTE="hoola"]

Yep. It is on Steam right now. It only costs $14.99 too.

gravitygamer

Wow, they dropped the price that low already??? Last I tried, it was still unplayable with terrible texture problems everywhere - using a 6950.

Dur! My bad. I really should pay attention. In fact, I think I need some coffee.

Your CPU is good, it's the GPU that would be holding you back.

You must have caught it on a wicked sale, it says $59.99 as I look.

Yep. It is on Steam right now. It only costs $14.99 too.

hoola

Wow, they dropped the price that low already??? Last I tried, it was still unplayable with terrible texture problems everywhere - using a 6950.

My computer before this one was horrible. When I got this one I was able to play games I never could before. From early 2008 to late 2010, I was able to play anything I wanted to, at least on the lowest settings, which was okay. Late 2010 is when i started encountering games where the lowest settings weren't cutting it either. I've played a few over the past year, but not many. I'm tempted to try The Witcher 2, Sacred 2, and maybe even Skyrim, but I'll probably be disappointed in my computer. X3 Most of those games you listed are much older games, most of which aren't in 3D worlds. Vampire: The Masquerade looks alright, but that's mostly because it's done with the HL2 engine. I'm looking for something to replace my time I spent in World of Warcraft, so I might end up having to go with one of the free MMOs. I suspect some of them may support a wider range of computer specs, as WoW has. With all these MMOs going free to play recently, I'm surprised WoW hasn't, haha. But yeah, anyway, I'm looking for fighting similar to WoW's style, with 3rd person character view and such. I also like the "toony" feel WoW has, rather than the realistic feel most other games seem to have. And I feel like I'm being too picky/blabbering now, so Ima shuddup :DZidane_GEO

Well, you can always give it a shot. But, just so you are aware, the minimum requirements for The Witcher 2 are a core duo 2.2 GHz, and a Nvidia 8800 with 512 MB RAM, neither of which you meet. I would expect Skyrim to be similar. You might be able to get away with Sacred 2 on your system, and that should provide you with tons to do. It's a huge game. Morrowind would also work if you have enough patience for it and I think you might be able to get away with Oblivion with some lower settings too, if you haven't played them through already. Each of those games can easily provide you with 100+ hours. Someone else also mentioned Fable, which would be a good one if you haven't tried it (though it's not too long). I probably won't be much help with MMO suggestions since I tend to stay away from them.

If you can scrape together some cash, you could also look into building a new system. You could put something together that would be quite capable of handling any game on at least medium settings for around $300 using parts that are a few years old.

My specs: on a laptop, so... things are, eh... That's one thing I liked about WoW, is it runs on older machines really well. And fullscreen (windowed) mode is epic.

Operating System

MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1

CPU

Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5550 @ 1.83GHz

Merom 65nm Technology

RAM

3.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)

Motherboard

Quanta 30D2 (U2E1)

Graphics

Generic PnP Monitor (1280x800@60Hz)

256MB GeForce 8400M GS (HP)

Hard Drives

59GB Patriot Torqx TRB 64GB SSD ATA Device (SATA-SSD)

Zidane_GEO

Those specs are pretty outdated (other than the SSD part). You're going to have a difficult time playing many newer games. By the way, Divinity 2 came out just last year (it isn't a few years old), so that could be why it has run worse than you expected. In fact, I don't think you would get very good performance out of Oblivion on that system, and it came out in 2006. My recommendation to you would be to play some of the golden oldies that you may have missed in the past. Let me contribute a list that might be a good place to start.

Gothic 2 Gold - You could also try the first Gothic too, but you have to be more patient with the controls and visuals. The Gold edition of Gothic 2 includes the NOTR expansion, however, it also ramps up the difficulty considerably. If you're like me and eventually get sick of dying constantly, you should google the Gothic 2 difficulty editor and change it to easy (which sets it to the same difficulty as Gothi 2 originally had).

Arcanum - Make sure to snag some fan made patches if you go with this one to fix bugs and help with screen resolution. A vastly under-rated RPG with tons of replay value. It's in the mold of the first two Fallout games (and if you have not played Fallout 1 and 2, they would be great additions to this list as well, although they may feel dated to some).

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - I have only briefly played this game, but it comes very highly regarded amongst RPG enthusiasts. Make sure to pick up fan made patches for this one as well if you want to avoid bugs and have the best possible experience.

Neverwinter Nights - This game with mods should provide tons of hours of entertainment. Find a gold edition that comes with the expansions as well.

Baldur's Gate 2 - Find this one bundled with the Throne of Bhaal. A true classic in the genre that can easily provide well over 100 hours of gameplay on the original game alone. You can also do some pretty cool things with this game now days. In fact, if you have the first Baldur's Gate with its expansion, you can set up the Big World Trilogy which can add tons of user made mods, and combines the two games into one huge (and I mean HUGE) game experience. If you get sucked in, this could fill every ounce of your spare time. I would caution, however, that it takes some considerable time to get this set up and some technical know-how. If you don't want to bother, jump right into BG 2 and enjoy.

Sacred - If you enjoy hack and slash action rpg's, this could be up your alley. It also provides a gigantic open world to explore. This is a great game to play over a local area network as it will allow you to and your friends to explore the world together.

Divine Divinity - Another hack and slash action rpg in an open world. This is the first in the series of games which you tried jumping into by playing Divinity 2. If you haven't tried this one, it is an interesting title if you can get past the expansive first dungeon, which is full of interesting characters and things to do.