Hi mates,

I wasn't sure if I should put this under software because it's a game in question or hardware because it's a computer's hardware capabilities in question :/ but here goes.

I am heading off to college this spring and was looking to get an all-in-one desktop that was unique from all my friends' gaming, "look at all the lights inside the tower!" desktops and I don't care so much whether or not it can play Crisis at maximum quality graphics settings. I really only will play one game on it: City of Heroes. For the most part, I'd like to use the HP Touchsmart iq816 for scheduling, browsing, schoolwork, TV, gaming consoles, and playing City of Heroes. My decision on whether or not to buy an iq816 depends on if it can play CoH dece' on medium to maximum graphics settings. I can usually say "this computer part is better than that part" but I have no idea the actual limitations/abilities of those parts lol :P. Here are the system requirements and recommended system requirements for City of Heroes plus the corresponding, general specs of the HP Touchsmart iq816. I have to move in my single dormroom in a month O.o, and I'm still not sure on what PC I should get. I'd appreciate any advice/answers I could get: Is the HP Touchsmart iq816 capable of playing City of Heroes at medium-maximum graphics settings?

City of Heroes

Minimum System Requirements:

Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Intel® Pentium® III 800 Mhz or AMD Athlon™ 800 Mhz
256 MB RAM
CD-ROM Drive
4 GB Available HDD Space
NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI® Radeon® 7500 or Intel® i810G Series Video Card
16-bit Sound Card
56k modem
DirectX® 9.0c

Recommended System Requirements:

Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or AMD® Athlon™ XP 2000+
1 GB RAM
16X CD-ROM Drive
4 GB Available HDD Space
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200
16-bit Sound Card
Broadband Internet Connection
DirectX® 9.0c 

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HP Touchsmart iq816 (general) specs

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1 GHz)

4GB RAM

Slot-load Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner

750GB HDD Space

512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS HD

(Not Sure on the Sound Card, but I'm sure it's decent)

(Broadband Connection will be available)

(DirectX should be squared away)