You *can* play games with it, but not at good qualities. I actually play EverQuest 2 with it, but I have to turn all of the graphics waaaaaaaaay down to play. And, like they came out with the new expansion for example, and I can't tell the difference in any of the new stuff, even though the new graphics are supposedly mind blowing. Since I have to turn everything way down, the graphics are all choppy regardless of what I'm doing in the game. Be safe, get the 7600 GT. It is reasonably priced and you will be able to run basically any game with good graphics.