I need some computer advice?

I'm getting my own computer soon. And it has to be under $1,000 so i found one for $800. It has 2gigs of ram and 350 gigs of memory. The model is an acer. and I'm gonna get a top of the line nvidea gfx card for it.





1. Can i run Call Of Duty 4 on this?


2. Should i get this computer?I need some computer advice?
Yes you should be able to play the game, my cousin plays that all the time and that Acer will blow his computer away, a 250 mb video card will do the job, hope that helped and good luck.I need some computer advice?
Acers arent really built to last, It will run Call of Duty 4 as long as you get that top of the line video card
What do you mean by Top of the line Graphic card?


8800 Ultra? Yes you can play call of duty on this.





if you are thinking something like 8500 Then that really isn't top of the line, but that probably could play Call of Duty 4, not at hight settings.


RAM is fine, and hard drive is fine


Whats the processor speed?
well it sounds very very good and the amount of memory should run call of duty no problem but its up to you if you get it or not
Principe L's answer is starting to get to what you need to know; however, everyone else's answer was ';half-cocked.';





First off, the graphics card does not make a gaming machine alone. The graphics card is the final step in many steps the information goes through to reach it.





First, start with your Harddrive. How much cache does it have? What RPM does the disk spin at? process by first accessing the data on your harddrive.





Second-


Chunks of your game data will be transferred from your harddrive to system memory (known as RAM)


** Your average motherboard nowadays will support DDR2 memory.





Third-


Your processor will take this information and organize it and allocate the workload to various processes.


** Having a higher-end CPU is critical here. You want to stick with an AMD Athlon64 X2, or Intel's 2-core duo. Stay away from Celerons, Semprons, Durons, older Athlons and Pentiums.





Fourth-


You must have the latest system bus. This is the medium with which the data your cpu divy's out travels to the video card.


** You must have PCIExpress16 - all other busses will fail to carry your video cards massive amounts of information. Stay away from AGP and PCI





Last-


This is where your video card comes into play. A high end graphics card from nVidea will currently be an 8-series card. If you have the money, buy the 8800GTS. But an 8800GT or GS is sufficient.





Conclusion:


If the data ';chokes'; at any point from the harddrive to the Graphics card, it does not matter how fast your card is. And if your graphics card is super fast, but you have a slow CPU; it won't matter because your CPU can't process the information fast enough to get it TO the graphics card. Your graphics card will just sit and wait for information to compute.





You need a nice, balanced system. As far as Brands go, the name is only the company putting all the thousands of different components together. Chances are, the company is buying extremely cheap components in there systems. Paying the extra dollar will afford you better, more reliable, components.





Good luck to you.
processor speed isn't everything


whats the processor's model?


and whats the size of the monitor ur gonna be gaming on?


how much are you willing to spend on the gpu?