Is this processor and graphics card up to the job?

[911motorsport]

I'm looking to upgrade my little boy's PC as his current one is not up to the job. For £425 I have been offered a machine with a 2.9ghz dual-core processor and HD55-70 1gb graphics card. Is this capable of handling some of the larger games? as that is it's intended use.

[911motorsport]

Thanks guys. It will be mostly used for gaming. He's 10 and likes Age of Empires type stuff. Apart from this it will be used for school studies and internet browsing.

He also has an interest in programming in Visual Basic and editing videos: Here's one he made earlier (bless) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDX3DIeOOqc

[911motorsport]

This looks pretty good for the money, non?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2307135.htm

[911motorsport]

Thorburn said:

Do you know which CPU it actually is?

I reviewed the Radeon HD 5570 a while back, for 720p gaming its 'alright', but not fantastic.

I'm gonna guess that's £425 excluding monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc? What resolution is his current monitor as that'll help work out what you need graphics card wise.

Edited by Thorburn on Monday 13th December 17:01

Includes 19" monitor, keyboard and mouse

[911motorsport]

Drive Blind said:

911motorsport said:

This looks pretty good for the money, non?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2307135.htm

The LED's will impress a 10 year old but that's about it.

[911motorsport]

Thanks guys. I've spoken with the shop and explained better what my requirements are and that I want a better deal. He's gone off to re-spec and come back to me.

Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 14th December 12:07

[911motorsport]

Thanks AnnoDomini. That's gonna take some beating!