Wrong processor?

bevan840 · 27 October 2009 at 8:16PM

My computer says it does 1.09 GHz, theres a game I would love to get but it needs 2.33GHz, will it work? Or no point even trying?

JamesN · 27 October 2009 at 8:17PM

i doubt it, though if it was a 1.09 dual core that means on multithread applications you have the power of 2.18ghz which might be just enough

bevan840 · 27 October 2009 at 8:22PM

I don't think its quad core as I've had it 4-5 years

and I don't think quad core was around then, think a new computer is in order, just wish I had the finances to do it

Mobeer · 27 October 2009 at 9:37PM

Honestly the PC sounds a bit too dated. I suspect that there would be other requirements as well that would not be met.

edit: checking ram, graphics card etc would give another indication as well

macman · 27 October 2009 at 10:12PM

Sounds like an Old Pentium 4 to me?

Mobeer · 28 October 2009 at 12:25AM

macman wrote: »

Sounds like an Old Pentium 4 to me?

If the posted speed it correct, it's too slow to be a Pentium 4. Maybe a Pentium 3 or Athlon?

Zanzibar · 28 October 2009 at 2:10AM

Hi, you probably have a 1.9GHz Pentium 4 - that's a 6 or 7 year old processor and will be noticeably slow using modern software.

Its good going you kept it for that long. Time for an upgrade! You could get a decent second user PC with 3GHz dual core (Pentium D) processor for about £75 that would zoom along compared to the current one.

macman · 28 October 2009 at 6:44AM

Mobeer wrote: »

If the posted speed it correct, it's too slow to be a Pentium 4. Maybe a Pentium 3 or Athlon?

I stand corrected. Pentium 4 started at 1.33GHz. It's a P3 probably.

Baldur · 28 October 2009 at 7:33AM

macman wrote: »

I stand corrected. Pentium 4 started at 1.33GHz. It's a P3 probably.

Could be a PIII 1.1GHz, an Athlon 1100 or a Duron 1100 if it's reporting 1.09GHz.

bevan840 · 28 October 2009 at 9:38AM

Hiya, sorry wasn't on last night, was looking for a new pc

If I remember correctly it's an Athlon AMD but no idea the number or anything as my neighbour built it for me

I have had numerous problems with it since I got it in feb 2005 so will be glad to put it in storage till we get a bigger house and the kids can have it.

Thank you all so much for your help, I thought it was going to be too old to play and I was right, shame really, was my first PC

JasX · 28 October 2009 at 9:44AM

if you open your "run" command box and type "dxdiag" should give you a summary of your key PC hardware, you can also save it as a text file you could paste here

....that is if your PC isn't too old even for that command

.....

Wrong processor?

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