- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
My critique:
Processor - Sempron? Hmm, that thing is meant as a budget, non-gaming processor. You will encounter frame rate drops on singleplayer when you have to calculate AI. Also, the speed isn't bad at all. This isn't Intel, this is AMD. AMD processors run at a lower clock speed than Intels [as well as a lower temperature], but run a faster clock speed on the cpu/northbridge channel [up to 2GHz on some compared to 1066MHz on Intels]. AMD's harness every ounce of power per clock cycle - Intels don't do that so well, hence their high clock speed and temperature.
Monitor - I use an LCD from 5 years ago. A screen is generally a screen. As long as you've got a decent refresh rate [~75Hz] you should be fine. I should upgrade mine...
Graphics - that's integrated. Not the best. It shares system memory, so you lose a bit, there. I think that 800x600 or lower with a few settings is all you'll choke out.
Memory - 512MB is the absolute minimum now. It's perfectly fine for Halo, but other games...meh, don't expect to play Battlefield 2 that well...
HDD - Sounds like this is a laptop, but if it isn't your hard drive will slow you down, a lot. What's the buffer size?
Lag free? You'll hit lag often in singleplayer, a bit in multiplayer.