Wrong processor?

piggeh

Ebuyer do finance options, would imagine better value than LW.

However as post above says, your machine should be a high enough spec already. You can test if your PC is good enough to run it here:

http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/

bevan840

system requirements fail on cpu speed & graphics card as it doesnt have pixel shader?

bevan840

CPU Speed Minimum: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [If built-in graphics chipsets then 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent.] You Have: 1.10 GHz

Video Card Minimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or above / ATI Radeon 9500 or above / Intel GMA 3-series or above) You Have: RADEON 9200 SE AGP (0x5964)

Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card Required You Have Video RAM 128 MB 128.0 MB 3D Yes Yes Pixel Shader version 2.0 1.4

piggeh

I think someone should talk you through how to check settigns for cpu speed in the bios in case it's set wrong, as your CPU should be fine. Only gfx card that's a problem then. Upgrade wouldnt cost much though, for example

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169448

bevan840

If the cpu runs at 1.8, im confused how that is enough to run something with a min of 2.0?

Are the cpu & graphics card simple things to change?

piggeh

I thought AMD went on the 2500, 3500 etc marketing line as they were equivalent to Intel processors running at 2.5ghz, 3.5ghz etc, though maybe I'm wrong.

They are easy to change as long as the socket they plug into on the motherboard is one which you can get a faster cpu for. The graphics card is an AGP slot which you can still get cards for, cpu *maybe* a socket A... socket.. not sure you can get them as easily, second hand/ebay would be the place to go.

Graphics card is easy to change, CPU a bit trickier but still pretty easy. Graphics card you just unscrew one screw normally on the edge of the case/graphics card, then pull out and slot new one in. CPU you need to remove the CPU cooler, release the CPU (sometimes held by a small lever/bar), apply new paste to new cpu, put in slot, secure in place, put cpu cooler back on top. It's not difficult just need to be careful with static and placing/removing cpu/cooler bits.

bevan840

piggeh wrote: »

They are easy to change as long as the socket they plug into on the motherboard is one which you can get a faster cpu for.

Might sound daft, but is there a way to find out?

custardy

you can run this benchmark software

http://www.sisoftware.net/redirect/dload.php?id=103



it will tell you all the specs of you PC

bevan840

that link is corrupt apparantly, wouldnt let me download it

piggeh

Well, a look on google & wikipedia suggests they only made socket A versions.

However I do wonder why it only shows as a 1.09ghz chip at the moment, maybe asetting is wrong somewhere. I wish someone with more technical expertise than me could advise on that point!

But worst case scenario you could upgrade your PC for about £60-70 (CPU & gfx) and it would meet the spec, though you should clean up your windows version, defrag the drive etc, to improve performance.