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Egnever

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16. Depends on your definition of simple games
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 02:34 PM
Sep 2017

for Facebook games it will be fine. Candy crush that sort of thing. That said there will be a slot for a video card it just wont have one. If the graphics are not good enough for the games you play you can always add a card later.

For normal surfing though and facebook stuff it should be fine. Integrated graphics have come a long way. You wont be playing 3d games at full res and with the eye candy turned on but you will probably be able to play even some lower end 3d games if you wanted as long as you kept the settings conservative.

I dont know what your gaming is so it is difficult to give you a good estimate but assuming anything you can play on facebook as a baseline you should be fine with everything you would find there.

For almost the difference in price between the dell direct price and the staples price you could pick up one of these if you felt the need in the future and up the gaming on that rig to run pretty much anything you would want, again not at highest settings but smoothly in higher end games.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150753

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Can I get a quick opinion before sale ends? [View all] ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 OP
You first might want to upgrade to Windows 10 and see if that improves your performance. democratisphere Sep 2017 #1
Upgrade to Win 10 on a 5 year old system Best_man23 Sep 2017 #3
Should work better and provide greater security. democratisphere Sep 2017 #4
Better computer Eko Sep 2017 #2
That's a refurb HP ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #6
Didnt see thatit was refurb'ed. Eko Sep 2017 #7
If refurb is available, I generally prefer it... SeattleVet Sep 2017 #26
Thank you ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #27
If you decide to pull the trigger on this system. Best_man23 Sep 2017 #5
For her use the memory upgrade would be wasted money. Egnever Sep 2017 #10
I think it will be perfectly adequate for what you described you want to do with it. nt. drray23 Sep 2017 #8
It's a fair price and will probably be just what you need. I don't see... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #9
Looks like your standard dell Egnever Sep 2017 #11
Same thing cheaper Egnever Sep 2017 #12
Thanks ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #13
Yup Egnever Sep 2017 #14
Integrated graphics? ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #15
Depends on your definition of simple games Egnever Sep 2017 #16
Don't do FB games ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #17
Woa OK full stop Egnever Sep 2017 #18
Music to my ears! ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #19
You could absolutely do it yourself Egnever Sep 2017 #20
Yes ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #21
I don't live in Iowa Egnever Sep 2017 #22
one other thing Egnever Sep 2017 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author ThingsGottaChange Sep 2017 #24
I have a refurbished computer from my job krispos42 Sep 2017 #25
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