help for son

[kev duncan]

hi, ive just got a dell inspiron 1520 laptop and my son was asking if call of duty 4 would work on it, ive tried to look for the graphics card on the system but found that direct x 10 is installed but think that it only has a chipset card in it??
any ideas or help would be great.

 

[joel406]

You could try it. If it runs good enough to play your set. If not...uninstall!

If it has the Core 2 Duo CPU and 2 gigs of RAM it just might. Specs say Integrated: ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 or Mobile Intel GMA X3100 or Discrete: Nvidia GeForce Go 8400M GS (128MB) or Nvidia GeForce Go 8600M GT (256MB).

If thats what you got you should be able to run it.

 

[kev duncan]

hi joel406,
a dont think mine haz 2gig ram.
it is the intel core 2 duo though and a think its 2 memory cards at 500 odds???

 

[Freelancer852]

Press and hold the Windows key on your keyboard and then press the "Pause/Break" key (it's on the same row as the F1-F12 keys, to the right above the arrow keys and Page Up/Down keys). This should bring up your System Properties window, if you're using Windows Vista you can just tell us what is listed under "Processor", "Memory (RAM)".

Windows Vista System Properties

Windows XP is a bit more complicated, just tell us what's listed under "Computer" section as seen below:

Windows XP System Properties

To find out what graphics card you have you need to go into your device manager, if you're using Windows Vista just click the "Device Manager" link near the top left of the System Properties window. If you're using Windows XP you need to click on the "Hardware" tab in the System Properties window, then click on "Device Manager".

Windows XP System Properties - Hardware Tab

Once you're in the Device Manger you need to expand the "Display Adapters" section, please let us know what is listed in "Display Adapters".

Windows XP Device Manager (it's the same in Windows Vista) - Display Adapters

Once we have the information (Processor, Memory, and Display Adapter) I've asked for we can determine if CoD4 will run on the computer in question.

 

[kev duncan]

hi freelancer852,
listed in display adapters is- mobile intel 965 express family chipset.

system properties menu-
intel core 2 duo [email protected] ghz 1.50 ghz
1014 mb
32 bit operating system

base score is 4.0.

 

[joel406]

kev duncan.

Sorry to say, with specs like that playing anything more then solitaire is pretty much out of the question.

You dont have the power to properly accelerate the games.

 

[kev duncan]

hi joel,
thanks for the reply, im not sure call of duty 4 will work but av got quake 4 loaded and playing no probs also car game grid they seem to be ok.
thank goodness coz a hate cards!!!ha ha
thanks anyway for all help.