Will my computer be good enough for the this game

[Nailhead425]

I have a question regarding weather or not my computer will be up to the task of playing MWO properly. I'm not an expert on computers so I don't know if mine is ideal or not. The computer I used 9 years ago to play MCO had issues with lag(I think thats what its called) when I was racing. I currently have a emachines T5048 but don't know if it good enough to play the game without issues. Is it good enough or should upgrade?

[Taigo]

Have you tried to run the garage viewer?!
If it runs well it might be a good idea to hold back the machine upgrade for a while so you can buy the right stuff for a better price :)

[Ayce]

Here are the stock specs for Nailhead's rig.

Specifications
CPU : Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 524 with HT Technology
(1MB L2 cache, 3.06GHz, 533MHz FSB)
Operating System : Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Chipset : ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200
Memory : 512MB DDR (1 × 512MB), 400MHz (PC3200)
Expandable to 2GB
Hard Drive : 160GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drives : 16x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW
(Up to 8.5GB with dual-layer media)
Write max: 16x DVD±R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 4x DVD+R DL, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW
Read max: 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM
Media Reader : 9-in-1 Digital Media Manager™ (Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™, CompactFlash®, MicroDrive, SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card™, USB 2.0)
Video : ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 integrated graphics
Up to 128MB of shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available
Sound : 6-channel (5.1) high-definition audio
Network : 10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Modem : 56K ITU V.92-ready fax/modem (RJ-11 port)
Peripherals : Standard multifunction keyboard, 2-button wheel mouse, amplified stereo speakers (USB powered)
Ports/Other : 5 USB 2.0 (1 in front, 4 in back), VGA external connector, parallel port, serial port, 2 PS/2 ports (keyboard and mouse), 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)
Dimensions : 14.25"H x 7.25"W x 16"D
Weight : 22.5 lbs

Should be o.k. I think.

[KEN]

I would check out the garage viewer that we are gearing up to release for skinning contests. (Yes guys its almost complete) and that will give you some what of an idea of how our software will run on your machine. I would say in your case your video card will be the short end of the deal but who knows, you might surprise me. :)

Moving to the right forum...

[Nailhead425]

well as far as I know, the graphics card was pretty much fried after getting a virus a few months ago. I ended up having to buy a galaxy GeForce 200 series pci express 2.0 graphics card to get it going again.

[cobra96]

get urself about 1GB of RAM and call it quits...another 512 stick should do just fine...that 200 series geforce should do a good job with this game

[someguy]

Im not to into emachines myself. I recently rebuild one of my old computers that i first built in 2004 went from a single core AMD Duron 1.8 Ghz chaintec mainboard burnt a chip out on the main board and went with

AM2 AMD Athlon X2 Processor 3.2 Ghz
2 gigs of Ram Crosshairs 800 Mhz
Asuez Mainboard
PCI-express video card Gforce 6800 GT