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    Please Help Desperite Gamer!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Sergio14, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. Sergio14

    Sergio14 Newbie

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 with a Nvidia GeForce 8400m GS 128MB and a 2GB RAM

    I am new to pc gaming and today i went to buy a game called The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. And i looked at the system requirements on the box and it said that you have to have a 2.0 ghz processor and i only have a 1.8. But then on the website it says minimum requirements are the 1.8. So if i got the game would my computer run it just not that great, or not at all?
     
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  2. lordofericstan

    lordofericstan Notebook Evangelist

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    your fine, the game is talking about a single core 2.0 ghz processor, you have a core 2 duo which is much better, and much higher than the system requirements.
     
    lordofericstan, Sep 27, 2007
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    Oh then thats really cool. What about DirectX 9.0c and the Pixel shader stuff?
     
    Sergio14, Sep 27, 2007
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    MacG!ver Notebook Consultant

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    You're fine, that video card has pixel shader and as far as I know is even Direct X 10 compatible. You're good to go :)
     
    MacG!ver, Sep 27, 2007
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