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Originally Posted by mileflames
Dell Dimension DIM3000
2.40GHz
256MB
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Well that's actually not bad at all. Problem is your Dell has a weak video chipset and zero expansion capabilities:
Graphics are definitely the weak spot for the Dimension 3000 as it is for most budget systems. It uses the Intel Extreme 2 integrated graphics which has very limited 3D capabilities. To make matters worse, the system lacks and AGP or PCI-E slot for a graphics upgrade.
http://compreviews.about.com/od/budg...Dimens3000.htm
Further hobbling your system is that your 256MB of RAM has 64 MB of it stolen by the video card. I suspect that's one reason why you can't play much. You should consider adding some RAM to your machine, it'll do wonders even for non-gaming usage (should reduce the amount of time it swaps to disk)ATI still makes a few PCI vid cards, I'll echo the advice from everyone here - take your system down to MemEx and they'll fix you up.