well i have an amd athlon xp 2000+, msi kt-72 mobo and geforce2 mmx 440 with 256 mb ddr ram.
i did some research on gamespot and google to come up with the following list of popular games that shud work on my pc. I havent tried them yet, so have written "they shud".
Games:
i)Rome : Total War
Pentium III 1.0GHz (1000MHz) or Athlon 1.0GHz (1000MHz) processor or higher
256MB RAM
300MB of uncompressed free hard disk space
100% DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
All Nvidia GeForce 2 and higher
ii) Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Windows XP/Me/98/95 (Windows 2000 and Windows NT are NOTsupported)
450 MHz Intel Pentium II or 500 MHz AMD Athlon processor
128 MB RAM
8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
135 MB free hard disk space (additional space required for Windows swap-file, DirectX 8.0 installation and GameSpy installation).
16 MB OpenGL capable video card using an Nvidia GeForce3, Nvidia GeForce2, Nvidia GeForce 256, Nvidia
Riva TNT2, Nvidia Riva TNT, ATI Radeon, ATI Rage 128 Pro, ATI Rage 128, PowerVR3 Kyro II, or
PowerVR Kyro chipset with OpenGL and DirectX 8.0 compatible driver
DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card
Keyboard; Mouse
iii)Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
P2-300mhz, 64 mb ram, 32 mb vram
iv) Grand Theft Auto III
Recommended
700 mhz CPU
128MB RAM
32MB Direct3D Video Card
Fully DirectX compatible Sound Card
8X CD-Rom
500MB free hard disk space
Win 98/ME/2000/XP
Direct X 8.1
v)Neverwinter Nights
p3-800 mhz, 256 mb ram, Geforce 2
vi)Freedom Fighters
System: PIII 733 or equivalent
RAM:128 MB RAM
CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM
Video Memory: 32 MB VRAM
Hard Drive Space: 650 MB
DirectX: DirectX v8.1
vii)Call of Duty
p3 700 mhz, 128mb ram, 32mb vram
viii)Farcry
System: 1GHz CPU or equivalent
RAM:256 MB RAM
Video Memory: 64 MB VRAM
Hard Drive Space: 4000 MB
ix) Rise of Nations : thrones & Patriots
System: 500MHz CPU or equivalent
RAM:128 MB RAM
Video Memory: 16 MB VRAM
Hard Drive Space: 750 MB
gta vice city n the original Rise of Nations should also work fine. So 11 good games in all. Also, have seen NFS Undergorund, Simpsons Hit n run, Halo, the hulk work on my PC.
Lastly, i hope my system falls under the low end pc's category