Is my Desktop any good for gaming?

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Tarik Riadi

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Hi! I hope you can help me answer this. I have a PC with the following specs:

  • CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250
    Mobo: MCP61M-M3 (1.0A)
    Memory: 6Gb RAM
    PSU: 450W
    OS: Windows 8.1
And currently I do not have a video card (I had Nvidia Geforce 9400GT but it "broke"), but now I want to upgrade to AMD Radeon R7 250 1Gb GDDR5.

My question is, will I be able to run games like Assassin's Creed 3, GTA IV, Rainbow Six 2, COD, FarCry 3, FSX in this PC? If it can run them, will be low, medium, high quality?
It has been very difficult for me making any particular upgrade. The compatible CPUs for my mobo are no longer on sale (I don't live in the US, I live in Chile), so upgrading just that is difficult, I think)

Thank you!
 
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Hi this is my PC: (Yours is better by a bit) I can't game on mine.

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Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
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CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 62 °C
Brisbane 65nm Technology
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RAM
2.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 328MHz (5-5-5-15)
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Motherboard
ASUSTek Computer INC. Acacia (Socket AM2 ) 40 °C
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Graphics
X19 (1280x1024@60Hz)
831MB ATI Radeon HD 2350 (MSI) 50 °C
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Storage
298GB Hitachi HDT725032VLA SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 50 °C
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Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
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Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
 
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If you get the R7 250, that will run well on medium-low settings on all except for CPU bound games, specifically Far Cry, Battlefield, and FSX. AMD dual core processors are not great for gaming, especially in FSX. I had an Athlon X4 760K and an FX-8320 and it did not perform well at all, not I am on a Core i7-4770K and it is great. I would look into upgrading to an Intel processor for gaming in FSX or other CPU bound games.
 
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Yes. The R7 250 would be fine, but I would look into upgrading your CPU and mobo, and possibly your RAM and PSU. 6GB is probably enough, but that is an odd setup.
 
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Tarik Riadi

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Yeah, is just that I did not set it up at once. I had problems with the original bought hardware (I made it by myself, just not what you're seeing now), so the store with the guaranty replaced some parts with the best for the same price, that's why is odd, hehe.
 
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Lol, that may be it. I would get the R7 250 for now and eventually upgrade to a 5th generation core i3 or core i5 with an H97/Z97 mobo or whatever is out then. They are coming in Q3 2014 if everything is following the expected path.
 
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Your expectations are really set too low with this one. Honestly once you get this "new" PC, it'll be like shoving brussel sprouts in your mouth. It won't be enjoyable, but you COULD get through it. Better to just get a console. I see people like this all the time saying "can I play X game with good settings at around at 45+ FPS" and they show us an Athlon and some GPU that isn't even in mainstream production. Then they say, build me a PC for $400 dollars when a good GPU to play a game at enjoyable settings and frame-rates should be around $400 dollars in itself. You are better off with a Playstation 4. This is just my opinion(like anyone else's here) and I cannot suggest such a low end PC unless you really are desperate to play the PC version of Minecraft or world of warcraft or something. I don't think an R7 250 will play triple A titles like the ones you described anyway. Just being real with you here.
 
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