I had a old gateway P4 1.4 ghz with 128mb...i thought it was gettin old a while back to handle game,I put 2 more stick of 128mb and it was like a new world, will make a big diffrence, spec with the operatings sytems now being ectreamly memory huangry lol....and a video card would help, least for me and u can get a video card CHEAP (if yours is old a cheap one will be way better)