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I’m buying a new desktop I just want to make sure it’s powerful enough to be able to play the latest games like Starcraft 2 etc…

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Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Updated with the latest Service Packs) with DirectX® 9.0c
2.6 GHz Pentium® IV or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor
128 MB PCIe NVIDIA® GeForce® 6600 GT or ATI Radeon® 9800 PRO video card or better
12 GB available HD space
1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 users)
DVD-ROM drive
Broadband Internet connection
1024X720 minimum display resolution

Well you should get a computer with i5 or i7 core processors from intel , video card it should be 512 MB from NVIDIA , and RAM i would find at least a 3GB one or even 4GB… i guess that’s what you need to have in mind when finding the desktop you want.. :) Error processing request

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I want to know if Intel® Core™ i3 processor 2.4 ghz is faster or Intel Pentium 4 3.0 ghz is faster. I’m confuse about the processor speed. Clearly to me it seems that Intel Pentium 4 3.0 ghz is faster. Also I need to know if this specification can run call of duty modern warfare 2: Processor Intel® Core i3, 2.4 ghz; System Memory (RAM)4GB; Graphics Card Intel® HD. I’m scared if I brought this computer I won’t be able to play call of duty modern warfare without lagging. Since the computer has Intel® Core™ i3 processor 2.4 ghz. Here is the link for the laptop i want to buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+VAIO+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i3+Processor+/+15.5%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Gunmetal+Black/1235144.p?id=1218239967225&skuId=1235144

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The Intel Core i3 processor is way faster than the Pentium 4.
The Pentium 4:
1 physical core
Intel Core i3 :
2 physical cores
The Intel Core i3, even if it’s running at a lower clock speed, is going to be way faster than that 3.0GHz Pentium 4.
In fact, the old Core 2 Duos were already faster than any Pentium 4 ever made and take in account that the Core i3 generation is better than the Core 2 Duo one.
A 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo was faster than a 3.4GHz Pentium 4.
It’s like this because the Core 2 Duo are way better optimized than the Pentium 4s.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 minimum system requirements:
Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz processor.
1GB of RAM
256MB GeForce 6600GT
12GB of free disk space
Getting that laptop, with the Intel HD graphics chip, is not what I would recommend if you plan on playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 1 / 2.