Maybe it is something else other than video card which makes some games run on my system when others don't.

I can play NFS Most Wanted, released November 11th, 2005. However, I can't run Metal gear solid 2 substance, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which actually are older and have lower requirements!

My system specs:

• Processor: P4 2.80 Ghz
• Ram: 512 mb
• chipset: intel 845g
• graphic controller: built-in intel 82845G

How can i verify which game will be playable and which game will not be playable on my system?

Maybe it is something else other than video card which makes some games run on my system when others don't.

I can play NFS Most Wanted, released November 11th, 2005. However, I can't run Metal gear solid 2 substance, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which actually are older and have lower requirements!

My system specs:

• Processor: P4 2.80 Ghz
• Ram: 512 mb
• chipset: intel 845g
• graphic controller: built-in intel 82845G
• OS : Win XP

How can i verify which game will be playable and which game will not be playable on my system?

May be it is something else other than video card which makes some games playable on my system whereas other don't.

I can play NFS mostwanted on system. According to wikipedia it requires :
* 1.4 GHz CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 3 GB hard disk space,
* DirectX 9.0c compatible 32 MB video card with one of these chipsets Radeon 7500; Radeon Xpress 200; GeForce 2 MX; Intel 915; S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro
* DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Release date(s) November 11, 2005

whereas Metal fear solid 2 substance [ not playable ]
Release date(s) November 13, 2001
Minimum System Requirements ( Konami-europe )
* Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
* 800 Mhz Pentium III or Athlon
* 128 MB RAM
* 3,8 GB free HDD space
* DVD-ROM drive
* Direct X 8.1-compatible graphics card with one of the following chipsets: GeForce 256/GeForce 2/GeForce 2MX/GeForce 3/GeForce 3 Ti/GeForce 4MX/GeForce 4 Ti
* Direct X 8.1-compatible soundcard
* Direct X 8.1

Prince of Persia - sands of time [ playable ]
Release date(s) November 21, 2003
System requirements [ yougamers ]
Processor: 800 MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
Memory: 256 MB of RAM
Video Card: 64 MB GeForce 3 or higher, or ATI® Radeon 8500 or higher, Matrox Parhelia (GeForce4 MX not supported)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or higher compliant sound card
DirectX Version: 9.0 or higher (included on game disc)
Hard Drive Space: 1.5 GB minimum
CD-ROM: 16X or better (not recommended for use with CD-RWs)

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory [ not playable ]
Release date 1.05 (October 18, 2005)
System requirements [ neoseeker ]
2GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor (2.4 GHz or faster recommended)
256 MB Ram (512 highly recommended)
64 MB video card (128 recommended), ATI 8500 or GeForce 3 or better DirectX 8.1 (DirectX 9.0 included on disc) DirectX 8.1 compliant sound card (EAX-compliant card recommended) 8X CD-ROM or faster 3GB Hard Drive Space

And now my system specs: [ don't laugh ]

• Processor: P4 2.80 Ghz
• Ram: 512 mb
• chipset: intel 845g
• graphic controller: built-in intel 82845G

Now the point is, how can i verify which game will be playable and which game will not be playable on my system? Also, please tell me what are the games which you think i can play on my system.

@Oak: added processor info

Maybe it is something else other than video card which makes some games run on my system when others don't.

I can play NFS Most Wanted, released November 11th, 2005. However, I can't run Metal gear solid 2 substance, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which actually are older and have lower requirements!

My system specs:

• Processor: P4 2.80 Ghz
• Ram: 512 mb
• chipset: intel 845g
• graphic controller: built-in intel 82845G

How can i verify which game will be playable and which game will not be playable on my system?