HP Pavilion a6742p Desktop PC

[phuongttran]

Window Vista but upgrade window 8 now it window 8.1 soon i will upgrade to window 10 or window 10 pro
memory: 6gb
I have Intel Pentium E5300
Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100
hard drive 500gb hard drive

i open the game launch and click on play it say currently in game and then it just in the lunch again and i click play again but it won't launch.  Is there a way for me to play this game i don't know what to do because my computer still can play some game but some movie is not loading right i want to know how i can make this computer better is there a way i can upgrade my hard drive or something how much would it cost and is it more better if i buy a new one instead of using this one i only save up now is 100 dollar not much money i will try to get somemore soon.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@phuongttran

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

The real problem is that you are using a really old PC that was not designed to run today's games with the video processor power on board.

The fact that it works even reasonably well in Win8.1 is astounding, as I have Win7 era PCs that will not run Win8.1 due to video driver problems and Intel GPUs.

Also, while you COULD upgrade your hard drive, that would not accomplish anything in terms of game play as the serious limitation is the video processor (GPU) not the size or speed of the hard drive.

I would advise against forcing a  Win10 Upgrade onto that PC as Microsoft has now started locking Win10 installations and upgrades so they will not complete on PC with older processors.

[phuongttran]

thank you  i will try to save my money and get a new one then thank again