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hp pavilion laptop for games?

hi here are the spec of the laptop.im not planing to play like high end games.i just want to play like sims2,command & conquer generals,lotr:battle for middle earth 2 etc..or if i cant run this in this laptop what kind of games that i could run?thanks Processor, Operating System and Memory Processor Intel® Centrino® Duo processor technology featuring Intel® Core ™ 2 Duo processor • Intel® Centrino® Duo processor technology featuring Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5300 • 1.73GHz , 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB • Intel ® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Operating system installed Genuine Windows® Vista™ Home Premium Standard memory 2048MB DDR2 Maximum memory Supports up to 2 GB DDR2 memory Memory type DDR2 System Memory memory layout 1024MB x 2 Internal drives Internal hard disk drive 160GB Hard disk controller SATA Hard Disk Drive Hard disk drive speed 5400RPM Optical drive type Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support System features Memory card device 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards Modem High speed 56K modem Network interface Ethernet 10/100BT integrated network interface Wireless Technologies Intel ® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection External I/O ports 3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 2 Headphone out - 1 w/SPDIF Digital Audio & 1 stereo, 1 microphone-in, 1 VGA (15-pin), 1 TV-Out (S-video), 1 RJ-11 (modem), 1 RJ -45 (LAN), 1 notebook expansion port 3, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin), 1 Consumer IR Expansion slots One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) Display size 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display resolution 1280 x 800 Video adapter Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (shared) Video RAM 224MB Total Available Graphics Memory Control Panel HP QuickPlay media player software and its dedicated menu controls, music and DVD buttons Webcam HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone Handheld remote control HP Mobile Remote Control Internal audio 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated Speakers and microphone Altec Lansing® speakers Keyboard 101 key compatible keyboard Mouse/Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad power supply type 65W AC Adapter; 6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

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1. Buddy, you can run pretty much anything you want on that computer.
2. Your laptop should be fine. Don't play the games on battery power if at all possible. Playing on the battery will drain it very quickly. Mine has nearly the same features and I use it for CAD work while on the road. The best thing to do, if you want to improve the performance would to be to go to www.analogx.com and find the program that allows you to adjust the amount of memory and system resources your computer will use while gaming. Analog X has predefined several settings and you can customize them to suit your computer's hardware and memory. Once you finish playing, with one click you can revert to your previous settings. You can toggle to program on and off, making it much easier to use than some other, lesser programs I have seen. While you are there, look through and you might find some really great programs to use. All of the programs are free to use, registration is up to you. You can read reviews of Analog X on the web. The other possiblity you way want to pursue is to search the web for Black Viper's windows (XP) settings. The guy seriously tested XP and determined what had to run and what could be turned off with out harming your computer. He hasn't been heard from in a few years, but his settings speak for themselves. Once you shut down all of the unnecessary programs and processes running by default, you'll be amazed how fast your laptop actually runs. I hope this helps.
3. Everything about this computer should be fine, but it's really not great for gaming, it's got an Intel GMA 950, which is on the low end of graphic cards for gaming, it will do ok for some of the games you mentioned, but if you want something a little better for gaming, look for something with a dedicated graphics card. A better processor won't hurt either, although the one listed above is pretty good. Most good gaming laptops cost considerably more, so if you don't mind limiting the types of games you play, this computer would be adequate.
4. You need a dedicated video card to play any of the latest games at top speed, yours is shared.