Your thoughts

[dare]

Don't know if I posted it in the right thread but can you give your thoughts in this pc specs:

Processor: Intel Core Duo E5300 2.66Ghz 800mhz 2mb
Video Card: Inno3d GF9400GT 512mb DDR2 800
MBoard: ECS G31M Intel G31 PCIE/A/V/L

can I play 2k10 in the maximum here? and other high graphics game

[Andrew]

I don't know about maximum across the board, as I understand it GTA IV for one requires insanely high specs to run on maximum settings, but I'm guessing you won't have too many problems running games on mostly high settings.

[Oznogrd]

http://nba-2k.com/nba-2k10-pc-system-requirements/

dunno if max...especially not if your on vista

[NovU]

Max I don't think so. 9400GT is not too powerful. Just for like $130, you can get a video card that can bottle neck your CPU now days. Grab one and I think you will be fine, but 9400GT I think bit too old.

[dare]

NovU, okay so maybe not max but normal is it okay? what about 9500GT?

[Oznogrd]

did you read the link i posted dare?

Normal it'll run. but dont expect max settings.

[dare]

Oznogrd, Yup I just read it, might as well buy a new pc than just upgrading my very old one

[NovU]

I think your PC is fine. Duo Core I think is still ok. Just up your video card and rams if you want a better gaming. Buying a new comp seems a bit waste to me since your system still is capable.

I don't know if NBA 2K10 is video card based or relies on CPU a bit, but many games will run at max with good video card these days.

[Patr1ck]

It's pretty equal across the hardware, in my experience. Before my computer went down, I had 1gb of ram and my core2duo e6750 would run between 2400 and 3200 mhz based on the cpu load while playing the game. I was still running it at 50 fps with the DDRram frequency at 480. It was under 40 fps at 400 fsb. When I had 3 gb of ram in, I was running at 60-70. Most games stay at 99 cpu usage, while 2K10(atleast on my cpu) fluctuated between 80 and 99.

[dare]

thanks for the replies guys this really helps me a lot.

If I just overclocked it can I play a little bit faster?

[NovU]

For you to do that, you will need to keep eyes on the temperature of the part that you overclock. Usually people buy after market fan or other cooling system to overclock, so with stock cooler, I think there's quite a limitation. You might be pushing your CPU to get burned or shorten its life span, so be careful.