Computer specs for gaming

This is really not a gaming computer due to the integrated graphics card which uses system memory rather than it's own.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

And, there's nothing I can do to remedy that?

The shared system RAM is somewhat slower than dedicated memory on a video card would be (they use different technologies).

But with the rest of your system so much above the minimum requirements, I'd think it would work.

The real question, IMO, is whether the video card is direct 3D compatible.

The reviews I read of the Aspire 5000 is not very promising. It could not run the GrandTourismo tests, and another site said not to expect to play very many games on it.

None specifically addressed the 3D issue, but one mentioned that the DVD-RW drive probably drove down the quality of the rest of the components.

I've been successful in getting some games to run on under-powered laptops, but they always had problems (slow rendering, or getting stuck at certain points).

Sorry I can't help more.

May or may not help to reduce the display resolution and refresh rate - won't always solve inadequate resource problems, but sometimes it helps.

Today's upper-end games typically require a graphics solution offering at least 64 Megs of memory, and few integrated graphics solutions will meet that. One of my laptops has a dedicated, as opposed to integrated, 64 MB graphics solution, and it still has some problems with some newer games. Another gaming bottleneck common to laptops is their display; flat panels just don't cut it for cutting-edge gaming. For out-and-out video performance, you oughtta see what a pair of 256MB video cards ganged and driving a calibrated precision 21" conventional CRT monitor do ... WOW!!! Of course, a solution of that nature requires an upper-end desktop with a 3+ Gig processor and a couple Gigs of system ram, along with a big, clunky monitor, and a buncha bucks, but .... WOW!!!

Thanks DrewDad, Timber.

I might have to wait a couple-three years before I can game again. It's very very sad.