Is this computer any good for gaming ?

[RadioActivated]

Hi I just found a computer in the trash and I want to know is it's good for games like stalker and stuff like that. I did notice that there is some RAM missing and a hard drive aswell, but I don't know what type I should put in. Here's what I found:

 

[kyfire]

Here's a link the Dell's site woth the orginial specs for that puter.....  http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/ussoho1/Servicetag/1B6H5H1?s=DHS

[ClayMeow]

Unless I'm just not seeing it, there's no indication of what the video card is, other than Foxconn, nor do you show the CPU.

 

My guess is it's low-end...and that's even if it works...there's probably a reason it's in the trash.

[davemonkey]

this is the dell product page for your pc http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/uk/en/ukbsdt1/servicetag/1B6H5H1?s=DHS

[davemonkey]

do you know the model of graphics card ? 

Edited December 14, 2013 by davemonkey

[jimbo312]

according to that dell spec page its a radeon 2600 xt.  its not a good gaming machine but would probably be with putting in some ram and a hdd to use for just a little office machine or something.

Edited December 14, 2013 by jimbo312

[ccokeman]

GPU looks like an ATI HD 2600 with Arctic cooling. 

[Andrewr05]

Take it all out of that case and find something funky to cram the hardware into.

 

About all its good for is probably a retro gaming PC or an internet machine, but even then depending on how much memory it has (or how much you have kicking around to drop in it) it probably still just sucks.

[IVIYTH0S]

Keep the 2600XT as a backup card and then pull the CPU for a cool desk ornament.

 

Scrap/Recycle the rest

[SpikeSoprano]

Any good for gameing, NO, 300 watt low end psu, dual core athlon cpu that will bottleneck a gtx 460, (had one / did that ), and it needs ddr memory that if you don't have some costs a fortune to buy now if you can get it. Do what IVI said.

[That_Guy]

Ok mate so here are some great games you can still play on it:
Diablo
XCOM: Enemy unknown
Fallout 1/2
possibly Starcraft 
Age Of Empires (i would even go as far as to say Age of Empires 2)

Master of Orion

Quake 1/2

 

there are so many more games that i still play via DosBox! So if you ask "can i play Crysis 3 on max" than my best guess is no, but there are still plenty of oldies goldies to kill time on!

Edited December 15, 2013 by Neebitemnemo

[Waco]

A 2600XT will do fairly okay on medium to low settings from games that era and previous (so anything pre-2008 or so).