dell e1705 with these specs good for gaming?

Im thinking of getting the dell e1705 with the following specs.

Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2250 (1.73GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Dell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)

with this lappy run wow and battlefield 2 with med-high settings?

Thanks a bunch

 

If your budget allows, I'd go for 2GB of ram. Other than that, in my opinion it's looking alright.

 

I would look at an aftermarket RAM upgrade as logume suggested - 2GB will really help when gaming.

 

Is there a way to know, if he does do aftermarket upgrades, if the lappy will take DDR2 @ 667 or does it have to be DDR2 @ 553?

 

my budget wont allow for 2gb, but im now thinging of getting the e1505, with the x1400 and 2gb of ram, will wow and bf2 run on that, with say, med settings at like 1024X780?

 

Yes, i play BF2 on medium/high settings

 

Yes I can play BF2 on med/high settings too. I have 2 gigs and the x1400 and a 5400 rpm hd.

 

i'm pretty sure (as in 99.99%) that the e1705 supports 667mhz ram but if you get 1 gb 533 ram and get another 1 gb 667 ram, i think that the computer will clock both ram to 533 mhz so if you get upgrade, get the cheapest from dell, then upgrade both at the same time

 

Get the cheapest ram from Dell (like what hmmmm said) and buy another gig or buy a set of two DDR2 667 sticks. Either way, it's a lot cheaper than going through Dell.

As for everything else, you should be fine. My config is very similar to yours, and you willl love your new E1705.

 

Mine has 2 sticks of 667, and it works great

 

are there any guides to how install new ram on e1705? i have no clue on hardware stuff... is it just unscrew and pop out ram, pop in new one?

 

yes, it is just that easy ...

Mine has 2 x 1gb 667 RAM

 

due to canada's tax... if i buy it aftermarket.. it pretty much comes out same price as buying it from dell... unless i can sell the one that comes with dell to someone..

 

Well obviously you should ebay the original ram you got -- it WILL turn out cheaper than buying 2gb from dell.

And yes, memory is pretty much just unscrew a cover on the bottom of the comp, pop the 2 old sticks out and put in the 2 new sticks.

Here's the dell service manual on replacing memory on the E1705:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/sm/memory.htm#wp999869