what games can i play?

[richenstony]

My computer only has a 256mb ram and i was wondering what games can my pc play online and offline smoothly , the games i play are rpg and stratergy , aka world of warcraft and amercias army i was wondering what other online games can i play like these without having exterme lag and have the program not respond all the time.

Games i would like to play: world of warcraft
                                           battlefield

A list of some games i will be so so so thankful for!! cheers guys

All my spec is below on my signature.

[Gizmo73]

I wouldn't recommend playing World of Warcraft with only 256 MB of RAM. I'd have at least a 1 GB for that.

Here are a few that may work good according to your specs:
http://www.playrelax.com/RPG-games/RPG-games.php - A few RPG games
http://www.guildwars.com - Guild Wars
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=343447&Pn=Best_of_Games_RPG - A few more

Gizmo73

[richenstony]

cheers for that matey gulid wars is pretty good !! cheers again!! Anymore you can think of will be brillant. 

[Calum]

Upgrade your RAM, XP will not be happy with 256Mb, let alone games.
If you're into games, consider either a few upgrades or an entirely new PC.
I realise that may not be an option right now, but no modern games will work on that setup.

Aside from that, I highly recommend the Command&Conquer series (not the latest one though, it's too demanding).
Also, how about the old Unreal and Unreal Tournament games? (Not the 04 version, too demanding)
They were pretty good.
Halo PC might be worth a look too.
I realise most of those are shooters, I play FPS games mostly and no RPGs.
Just a few suggestions for you anyway.

[richenstony]

Belive me i have tryed to upgrade my pc!! i really have noone can find me suttble ram for my pc no one everyone has tryed to find me 512 to a gb of ram and none can do it i have been to web sites suggested on here and all over my local shopping center.

Games like this work fine i downloaded it last night Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory works great .....

[Calum]

crucial.com is all you need for RAM.
Besides, that's only the first issue, to play modern games you'll also need a better GPU.

[richenstony]

LOL i have been to that site they had nofing.

I was waiting for a emial response from them and they couldnt find anything, can we chat on msn i can explain more on there.

[Calum]

Sure, why not, I'll add you now I guess.
It's odd that Crucial had nothing for you.

[Soviet_Genius]

Battlefield 1942 might work okay on low settings. Halo probably isn't a good idea to try, it seems like its graphics engine is inefficient and needs more horsepower than you would expect. Counter-Strike will definately work quite well on that setup. For strategy you could try Warcraft III or Age of Mythology. I don't play RPG's much..... Diablo II maybe?

[Calum]

Halo isn't well optimized, true, but the min. requirements are a 32Mb card, GeForce 2 class.
That may be a bit optimistic, but consider double that (GeForce 4, 64Mb) as minimum, then consider his card (Radeon 9250, 128Mb).
Then consider 1.25Gb of RAM which he now has.
I think he should be able to run it on medium settings fairly well.
Oh, and what about Starcraft?

[Soviet_Genius]

Starcraft should work. About Halo, It lagged on my old computer at 1024X768 with everything on low and textures on high. The computer had XP, 768 RAM, Celeron 2.4, GeForce FX 5200 128 MB. I never tried any tweaks though...

[Calum]

The 9250 is slightly more powerful than your 5200, and he has more RAM.
A slower CPU might affect performance a little though, but probably not all that much.

[HarryHD]

Try Diablo 2. This is a great game, and it would run good on your PC.

[beanhead07]

I'd upgrade the processor. Celerons aren't known to be too fast. I honestly didn't realize how many games they could handle until I read this thread. But that's my 2 cents worth.

[srtony1946]

I upgraded my video card to a Radeon x-1300, and increased my Ram. Have you tried call of Duty 2 for pc? Excellent! and addictive.