Can I run cod modern warfare 2 with pentium D?

Your CPu meets the minimum requirements.

Min is P4 @ 3.2 Ghz. You have a better CPU than that.

Thanks a lot for replying quickly.

Would an ATI HD4850 work better and make a big difference (game running in high quality instead of low)? thinking of buying one (only £80 from maplin) and would then have to upgrade power supply as well.

The problem for me is I have a bad motherboard which doesnt support overclocking and I'm not sure how to replace a CPU or even if my motherboard supports newer CPUs.

Also I have 2 512mb slots of ram instead of 1, 1gb stick so if i bought another 1gb stick it would only increase ram by 512mb - not very cost effective.

An HD 4850 would certainly give you a jump on in frame rates and settings.

Providing the details Jzsang requested will allow us to determine if your PSU is adequate or not.

I'm thinking of buying this new power supply, seems good value for money and would cover any future upgrades

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=345571

to work with the new graphics card I would buy (ATI HD4850)

Can u tell me if this setup would work, i wouldn't change cpu or motherboard, just power supply and graphics card.
thanks

Viper thanks for replying again,

I realised that the g7 power supply had no pci-e support after looking more closely at it! surely all psus nowadays support a pci-e slot, apparently not.

In a perfect world i would take your advice but am on a tight budget at the mo and will just buy a new high end pc in a year or 2 anyway, due to my poor cpu and motherboard.

Due to this I have found another budget psu that will hopefully suffice

http://www.dabs.com/products/best- [...] -5HN8.html

And would still get the ATI HD4850, as it seems quite a similar spec to the HD4750 but cheaper.

Could you possibly comment as to whether or not this setup will work?

Thanks a lot for your help.

The HD 4850 will definitely give you a solid GPU.

The only positive I can say about the PSU is that this one at least provides you will all the right cabling required to run it all. Unfortunately that listing doesn't give details such as amps on the 12v rails, efficiency rating, PFC type or even which manufacturer built it (it actually says they outsource from several). It seems to be a store brand PSU.

Without the above info I can't give you an honest assessment of the PSU though from my experience with store brand PSU's they tend to be of lower quality.

I really hate being a damper on your selection like this but without those details, I just can't say for sure either.

OK thanks a lot for all your help, im going to go ahead and buy the HD4850 and PSU and hope for the best. I will post back in a couple of weeks to let you know how it goes

Dude if anything helps, I can run Modern Warfare 2 at maxed out settings, 1400-900 res, with an Intel Core 2 Duo e8600 @3.33ghz, Nvidia GTX 260 FOC @666mhz, 750wtt psu. and 3 huge fans on my case. My pc stays cool even at any level. I think my fps averaged out could be around 60+' . This game is extremely easy to play at any settings. For the first one (COD4) I ran it on a Pentium Dual Core @2.4ghz without any problems. So just try the game out first, You dont want to spend that much money for no reason when you can just play it fine with the current hardware. SAVE $/ Modern Warfare 2 is very easy on the graphics and physics and AI, anything avobe a Pentium D 2.4ghz, and Nvidia 9800gt and beyond should give you a solid gameplay. Another thing remember to have a good ETHERNET CONNECTION< because the game runs beautifull online and you dont want any lagging.

Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!