Silicon Graphics
Is my computer (inc. graphics card) any good to play games?
I've tried downloading sims 2 on my laptop but it failed, and a few mmorpgs I've tried downloading have either not worked or gone laggy 
My laptop has:
graphics card - SiS Mirage 3 graphics (silicon intergrated systems corp.) with "approx total memory" 278mb
2gb memory
120gb hard disk
1.5ghz
is there a problem with any of these specs to play games? will I be able to update them (like graphics card) without having to buy a new computer?
Graphics card, RAM and hard disk all seem like pretty good spec to me its you processor which is your problem. 1.5GHz is quite a slow clock speed especially for a game like the sims. It may be worth downloading recent drivers for graphics card or even adding extra RAM as these options are the cheapest. But i would say not to bother because of the processor. Processer is not cheap to replace so probably a new computer or just put up with lagging. For sims i would suggest at least a 2.7-3Ghz single core processor.
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