Mw2!! operating system

hey guys just wondering if you think I'll be able to run mw2. Cod4 ran, but for some reason would exit often during the map loading and sometimes randomly and would be laggy on the airstrikes.

I'm not too computer saavy so here's some info copied from dxdiag:

Intel(R) Core 2 duo CPU E 6550 @ 2.33GHz (2CPUs)
2044MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200


Hope this is all the required info.. what other info is needed??

Thanks for your time

Mech Warrior 2? If thats what you mean I used to play that on a PII 450Mhz with 256mb Ram and 4mb on board VGA in DOS lol.

Still have it but much to my disappointment it does not run in Vista 64bit or even XP

Then again you could mean modern warfare 2.

But hey, no details no proper answer.

The graphics card will definitely struggle with Modern Warfare 2, especially if it already struggling so I would recommend an upgrade of this to get the best out of this game when it comes out. See the Graphics Card charts on this website and compare potential cards in your price range with your current card to see what sort of improvement you should get.

Just a quick note, Crossfire (and SLI) refer to having two graphics cards in a system. So in the one you referred to "ATI Radeon HD 4870 Crossfire", this is two Identical 4870s in the same system. I am from the UK so I am not too sure how prices compare here, but a single 4870 I would say is a very good investment. It has more than enough power for what you will need and should stay that way for at least a year certainly. So if you can find one of those at a good price, I would say get one of those.

Onto the CPU. I do think an upgrade (from a gaming perspective) may be imminent soon, but there is still life in your chip. It may begin to struggle on this game, so I would have a go at overclocking it. The graphics card upgrade is far more important than the CPU in your case, so with your budget I, personally, would recommend a 4870 and possibly a good after market cooler for your CPU and get that overclocked. If you can get it to reach about 2.7 / 2.8Ghz, you would be doing great, but even to about 2.5Ghz will give you a nice speed increase.

For example, I OCed my e7300 further from 2.83 to 2.92Ghz and saw about a 2/3 FPS increase on the same benchmark on Resident Evil 5, so every little helps!

Hope this is useful.