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Originally Posted by troutman
Dual core. Assume I don't know anything. What do I need to get? Is it software or hardware?
How can a good computer be obsolete in less than a year? Why don't they design games that work on relatively older computers?
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Its mainly your hardware and in all likelihood your graphics card specifically that is the issue. It isn't so much that your computer is obsolete. Its just that you need to add a decent dedicated graphics card to be able to play games like SC2. The integrated graphics card in your computer fills the niche of a modern day office computer nicely, allowing you to hook up larger and higher resolution monitors without the bother of having a dedicated unit just to process graphical stuff (which most people don't need at work). These computers are well equipped to handle your daily office workload and perhaps a bit more, but most of them just were not designed with gaming in mind. Adding the right dedicated card will instantly give your office machine the ability to also play modern games as long as the other components in there are also able to keep up.
Unfortunately, whether or not you can add a a particular card to your PC often depends on what kinds of stuff you have inside.