Newbie to pc gaming

Depends on what the specs are. You should post them here and folks will let you know.

Sorry, should thought that before

Operating System1 Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit2
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64-bit2
Genuine Windows® 7 Starter
Processor / Speed1 AMD C-Series processor C-50 (1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W)

AMD C-Series dual-core processor C-60 (1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz with Turbo CORE Technology up to 1.33 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W)
Core Logic Chipset1 AMD A50M Fusion™ Controller Hub
System memory1, 4, 5, Single-channel DDR3 SDRAM support with one soDIMM module:
Up to 4 GB of DDR3 system memory
Up to 1 GB of DDR3 system memory (Windows® 7 Starter for small notebook PCs)
Display1 11.6" HD 1366 x 768 resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD
11.6" SD 1024 x 600 resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD
Mercury-free, environment-friendly
16:9 aspect ratio
Graphics1 ATI Radeon™ HD 6250 Graphics with 256 MB of dedicated system memory, supporting Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD3), OpenCL® 1.1, OpenGL® 3.1, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 11
Dual independent display support
16.7 million colors
External resolution / refresh rates:6
VGA port up to 1920 x 1200: 60 Hz
HDMI® port up to 1920 x 1080: 60 Hz
MPEG-2 DVD decoding
WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding
HDMI® (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support

what a POS ... you might be able to play solitaire... thats about it

You get the rude award today Jpick. sheesh!

I don't think you will be able to play anything newer than 1998 with that machine, sorry BoomStick.

anything that's not 3d will run fine. Try the games prior to 2004.

Diablo 2 FTW

yes and if this is the case, win7 doesnt play games that old, which sucks.

games playable

classics

age of empires 2,3
half life 2
warcraft

most older games

emulators

nes snes psx neo geo should run fine

newer games

oblivion should work in low details
resident evil 4 should work
most others should work also in low details


current games

crysis 2 asassins creed and others sould work but at unplayable fps


the basic problem in your case will be the fps and what you consider playable

i think your gpu should be sufficient for low settings so playability will depend on the cpu


test all these games by demos or borrowing dvd from friends
do not buy a game without trying would waste money in your case