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#1 WhoaNellie32
Member since 2007 • 271 Posts

Just wondering if you guys could shed some light on my situation and maybe give me some advice.

I just bought a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for grad school. I mainly will use it for my research running SPSS, internet, Skype-- normal everyday functions for a student, but I also beefed up the specs hoping I could competantly game on it once in a while.

My specs are the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4 GHz/800MHzFSB 3M L2 cache), 4GB DDR2 667MHz 2 Dimm, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, 320 GB 7200RPM Hard Drive w/ Free Fall Sensor, Seagat Casey M1530, Vista Premium.

Am I set for the next few years to play most games or should I look to upgrade something? I'm talking games like Sins of a SE, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, maybe Far Cry 2? Like I said, if I can't play games like Crysis at the highest setting its ok, but I guess I'm curious before I go out buying these games what my capabilities are....Thanks!