My parents bought my brother Wolfenstein The New Order for PC for X-mas, but his computer can't run it. Being the only person with any computer knowledge at all in the family it is going to be on me to figure out the best way to fix this. His computer is a HP Pavilion p7-1074 that they bought through a best buy or some such in 2011. So it's 3, going on 4, years old. My main hope would be to put a video card in it that would enable it to play the game. Seems the cheapest route to me. What card though? Specs say the motherboard has a PCI Express x16 slot. Then I start questioning if the power supply can handle it. So do I need to have them buy one of those too? I don't really even know where to start with figuring this stuff out anymore. Been a long time since I've looked into anything.
Does anyone on here have some thoughts on the best routes for me to go with this? I really have no clue. If i bring up buying a new comp for him he is going to push for a laptop (which even if it will run it will either run it like crap or cost waaaay too much money), they are going to want to buy the new one from Best Buy or somewhere like that (which will run it like crap too since they don't tend to be aimed at gaming), or they will want me to build the whole thing which I'm hoping to avoid getting that involved with.
Thus I'm thinking video card (+ maybe power supply if it is necessary). Is the rest of the computer up to the task? I'm seeing Wolfenstein min specs (not sure that site's specs are trustworthy, but it is what I have so far) as "Core 2 Duo E8200 or AMD Phenom II X2 545" and recommended as "Intel Core i7-930 or AMD Phenom II X6 1090T". His comp specs list "AMD Phenom II X4 960T" which seems like it is probably below recommended, but above min? I'm thinking it is likely good enough for him to get by with. The min video card for the game is "Nvidia GTS 250 OR AMD Radeon HD 6670" and the recommended "Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6850" So... what cards should I be looking at for the best price value to get the job done and what PSU if I need to get one of those too? Any thoughts to help me out here?
Does anyone on here have some thoughts on the best routes for me to go with this? I really have no clue. If i bring up buying a new comp for him he is going to push for a laptop (which even if it will run it will either run it like crap or cost waaaay too much money), they are going to want to buy the new one from Best Buy or somewhere like that (which will run it like crap too since they don't tend to be aimed at gaming), or they will want me to build the whole thing which I'm hoping to avoid getting that involved with.
Thus I'm thinking video card (+ maybe power supply if it is necessary). Is the rest of the computer up to the task? I'm seeing Wolfenstein min specs (not sure that site's specs are trustworthy, but it is what I have so far) as "Core 2 Duo E8200 or AMD Phenom II X2 545" and recommended as "Intel Core i7-930 or AMD Phenom II X6 1090T". His comp specs list "AMD Phenom II X4 960T" which seems like it is probably below recommended, but above min? I'm thinking it is likely good enough for him to get by with. The min video card for the game is "Nvidia GTS 250 OR AMD Radeon HD 6670" and the recommended "Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6850" So... what cards should I be looking at for the best price value to get the job done and what PSU if I need to get one of those too? Any thoughts to help me out here?