console gamer who has recentlty recieved a pc

i am a ps3 owner who has recentley obtined a pretty goodgaming pc

it has a good ati graphics card

1gb ram

good sound card

2.8ghz

i got given it by my uncle (who always gives me his old ones when he upgrades), he just upgraded to play the likes of crysis etc

i was basicaly wondering if my pc could play these games i am interested in

oh and if any of these ones are rubbish please tell me

the games are: World in Conflict, Gears of War, Bioshock, Company of Heroes

the pc meets minimum req for most of the games but i don't know if minimum req will mean it runs with dodgy framerate etc

oh and i have fear on it which plays fine

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

graphics ram: 128

thanks for helping

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

graphics ram: 128

thanks for helping

go_commando_92

You can play World in Conflict and Company of Heroes. They are strategies and don't require big frame rates. They both have included bencharks, so find a nice looks vs performance compromise using them.

And you can play BioShock on a shader 2 card like yours, check this out:

http://www.paolofranchini.com/shshock/index.php

Theyre all awesome games but youre in need of a serious upgrade.

If you havent got a huge budget, there are some decent Nvidia cards out there, Ive got a 7900GTX and can play gears on somewhere near max, but im on XP with DX9.

RAM upgrade is a must, even if its only to 1.5GB.

Consider upgrading the processor as well, especially if it isnt dual core (dual cores are cheap as hell now - Id say quad core is a bit unecessary atm).

You should completely forget about playing new games. Your PS3 costs four times more than that PC.

And I doubt he/she will be able to ugrade everything needed. The old motherboard probably has an old CPU socket like 478 which no new processor has. Secondly I'm 99% sure it only has an AGP slot. Well, there's some ok AGP cards, but there's no point in upgrading the card without upgrading rest too. That would mean buying a completely new PC.

I recommend to stick to old classics. RPG's like Fallout, Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment are still fantastic. Of course there's newer games too, that you can play, but everyone should play those three franchises imo :)

Just because you can't play the newest games, it doesn't mean you can't play the best games. How many PC games have you played before? You have 15 years of catching up to do.