I want to buy this computer for my son for Christmas. He uses it solely to play online games will this system work good ?
1103034
I think from my use, this is the best for the price! I played Need For Speed Most Wanted on high graphics and max resolution with no issues. This computer is the ultimate PC for gaming. Also, the fact that it has Windows 7 is a big plus. If it has Windows 8, see if you can get one with Windows 7. As far as power for the games goes, it runs them as smooth as possible. I have done major video editing with high end programs that most stores do not carry computers for.Bottom line, to answer your question, this computer will run them great and last for at least 10 years. I bought it to be the permanent computer to last me 20 or 30 years. I think from my use, this is the best for the price! I played Need For Speed Most Wanted on high graphics and max resolution with no issues. This computer is the ultimate PC for gaming. Also, the fact that it has Windows 7 is a big plus. If it has Windows 8, see if you can get one with Windows 7. As far as power for the games goes, it runs them as smooth as possible. I have done major video editing with high end programs that most stores do not carry computers for.Bottom line, to answer your question, this computer will run them great and last for at least 10 years. I bought it to be... » Read More I think from my use, this is the best for the price! I played Need For Speed Most Wanted on high graphics and max resolution with no issues. This computer is the ultimate PC for gaming. Also, the fact that it has Windows 7 is a big plus. If it has Windows 8, see if you can get one with Windows 7. As far as power for the games goes, it runs them as smooth as possible. I have done major video editing with high end programs that most stores do not carry computers for.Bottom line, to answer your question, this computer will run them great and last for at least 10 years. I bought it to be the permanent computer to last me 20 or 30 years. « Show Less
1103035
I did the same for my son and its fantastic as well as their customer service
1103036
I want to use this machine for design with adobe products, So it this work fast enough for this programs?, Is better than a mac? (im new in this sorry for my lack of knwoledge)
1103037
I love this computer. I play online games such as world of warcraft and diablo on the highest setting with absolutely no lag. Im sure your son will love it!
1103038
I'm not an online gamer but I can tell you this, I do use flight simulators and there is nothing out there on the net requires more raw power. The people that built this machine are a pleasure to do business with and I highly recommend them. I hope that can help you decide, Jerry
221784
My son plays minecraft on it all the time. It is a good computer for gaming.
59652
Sorry I can't be too much help here but I'm not much of a gamer. I mainly used this computer for more business applications. I can tell you that I tried to use it (and another HP) for my DJ business and it performed horrible with the software. I couldn't get it to work right at all, it kept skipping on songs and randomly "popping" along with other problems. I was in a pinch one night at a birthday party and ended up using my wife's 300 dollar bottom of the line Gateway computer and it performed 100% better than this HP. I used to love HP but now I cannot recommend them. Hope this helps.
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You will be able to play some games like that, it depends all on the graphics demand of the game. The processor Itself is amazing. But the graphics card is integrated. I was definitely satisfied with the computer itself but I also bought an AMD Radeon HD 7770 graphics card. It's one of the cheaper high end graphics cards out there.
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of course it will work, best card I ever owned for the price. and no there's no cpu requirement. pretty much the games run off the ram on the card.
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If he has been around any type of video games i.e. DS etc... It is just like an android phone without the phone feature. If he has played games on a cell phone then he should be fine. I wanted to keep all of electronics on the same platform is why I choose this for my son. It is a little slow on the boot up. But you have access to both Google Play and Amazon apps which gives you a lot more choices. The other thing is is that I get a weekly report of usage and downloads via email. Hope this helps.
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Recent high-end games may have minimum requirements that surpass this machine, which you can check on the game's site or info. The old Starcraft would probably be fine on it though. And you can look for one with a lot of RAM in it since that can be different each time.
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I believe so. I've enjoyed this computer ever since I bought it. No problems.
680502
it is indeed an old version desktop but works much more stable for basic computer use and interneting. the machines crash do not work that well with online games. Ankts cheap I you are not going to expand for big graphics
586480
Yes, runs very well with gaming. I don't use it for online game play much,but I do have new current games on it now and runs as smooth as my ps4
1991279
Sorry for the slightly late response, had to look up your computer model. It looks like it will work with your system but I highly recommend upgrading your Processor and PSU as wellMost games these days require a greater one to run.
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do I need anything else with this I am buying for my son so i have no idea want to make sure he can install it on Christmas and not need anything else he has a gaming computer he wants to play a certain game and his graphics card won't play the game
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I honestly do not know. I've not attempted to play any video games on the system. It's a fairly decent machine, so I would suspect it would play it fine. Minecraft graphics don't seem that demanding, but I'm no expert.
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I don't play games but it is supposed to be average on game performance. With quad core processor, 6G RAM and a fairly good video processor you should be OK. I use for Netflix and Youtube and the download and video performance is great. No problems whatsoever.
2217622
I do not know the answer to your question. I did not buy this computer to play "high end" games on it. But, though I am not an expert on these things, I do know that this is not what the geek sites (such as CNET) would call a "gaming computer." Being more specific, I do play Saints Row 3 on it with no problems but many computers in this price range are great for playing videos and other entertainment media and not so much for gaming.
1946216
My son bought this computer specifically for gaming. The graphics card is excellent. He loves it.
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I think it will run your games great. I have install two of these in new computers and they run the high end games that the person wanted to run.