i need help to see if these games will work

they will work very poorly is my guess...or not at all...weak CPU and GPU

Low settings at best, the 8400 is not a gaming card, other then that I have no further advice for you. 1100 is a low price point for something that is supposed to play current games.

The 8400M GS, IIRC, is a DX10 card, but a medium-range one, at best.

It would play every game on that list, I bet, and well enough, BUT won't play at max resolutions/eye-candy on.

Yep, it will run the games that you need but not at max resolutions. I run Call of Duty 4 quite fine on the 8400GS on my laptop at med settings.

Battlefield 2 should run well but at med settings also. You should be able to get better settings on GTA San Andreas, Sims 2 will run very well on it as it is not very graphics intensive and it runs acceptably on integrated video chipsets.

If you don't need to run everything at max settings or high resolutions an Nvidia 8400GS should be more than fine. However, if you are planning on getting a bit more out of your computer go for an Nvidia 8600 instead.

You are also limited to a $1100 limit so your choices are kinda limited in some areas. Although I've seen in some laptops that the difference between one video card and a more powerful one is just $100.

Nevertheless, the system you specify will be able to run games well (mine does), although not at the highest settings.

Just experiment a bit with the game settings to obtain a balance between good frames per second and graphics quality.

You can also check the Dell Vostro 1400-1500 laptop lines, they also sport dual core processors, Nvidia 8400-8600 cards as well as other very nice specs for around $800-$1000.

As a follow-up to moidock's suggestion, here's a better config than the hp you listed and within your budget: Total $963 + tax

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=bqdwkvr&s=bsd

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Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium VHMPREM [420-6581][420-7180][420-7291][420-7292][420-7293][420-7313] 11
LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife™ XGATL [320-5543] 2
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM 2GB2D [311-7263] 3
Video Cards 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT 256NV86 [320-5559] 6
Hard Drive 160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive 160G54K [341-4886] 8
Integrated NIC and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC [430-0493] 13
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader ADOBE [410-1100] 15
Optical Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability 8XDVD [313-5527] 16
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0 IS [313-4783] 17
Wireless Cards Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card TM1390 [313-5298] 19
Camera No Webcam Option NCAMERA [320-5547] 21
Bundle Microsoft® Works 8.5 Does NOT Include MS Word WRKSPLS [410-1052] 22
MediaDirect Dell Exclusive MediaDirect™ Instant Play Software Application MEDRCT [412-0998] 23
1st Software No Pre-installed Anti-Virus/Security Software NOPRTCT [410-1054] 25
Primary Battery 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 56W6C [312-0544] 27
Limited Warranty, Services and Support 1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Mail-in Service T111YRR [983-3920][983-4060][987-6829][987-6977] 29
Installation Services No Onsite System Setup NOINSTL [900-9987] 32
Dell DataSafe Online Data Backup 10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell DataSafe DASP10G [420-7708][987-7479] 34
Automated PC Tuneup 1 Year Dell Automated PC Tuneup and Dell Network Assistant NTPC [420-7189][420-7367][960-8851] 35
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Processor Branding Intel Core 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB [310-8319] 749
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium VPN [310-8628] 750


TOTAL963.00

Much better system.

Printer is a printer.

thats one hell of a pretty penny u spending on that thing