The top performers in gaming are those who excel across various titles and platforms.
The top performers in gaming are those who excel across various titles and platforms.
Both options are terrible for gaming. Neither comes with a decent graphics card, so 3D titles won’t work. The BestBuy model is poor, using a CPU from 2007—already outdated—and lacking any real graphics boost, making it impossible to run games. TigerDirect’s choice is the worst; they don’t specify the Xeon model, suggesting it’s very old. Even with its own graphics chip, it’s too weak and power-hungry to handle gameplay. It’s mainly for showing static images online, not actual gaming. You can buy both for roughly $60–80, which is a really bad deal.
It includes DDR2 memory, meaning the Xeon model is no more than two generations old compared to the Core 2 Quad.
My old PC worth 70€ is better than those two. It runs BF4 at 20 fps and Bad Company 2, Ultra 60 fps on GTX 550ti at 1080p. You and your friend got a really bad deal—those machines are probably worth around 50€ new.
It's tough to figure out since the GPU name is vague. When it says "ATI Radeon," it's hard to know exactly what it is! The CPU here is decent (both use Core 2 quad), but because it uses Intel integrated graphics, it won't run games at all. As for the GPU itself, unless it's a dedicated gaming card, you probably won't get smooth 3D graphics on either system. If they had proper gaming GPUs, older Xbox 360 titles should work, though it really depends on your specific GPU.