WindowsXP professional, start up

Forget about installing XP.
Dota 2 Minimum requirements are:

CPU Speed:Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
RAM:4 GB
OS:Windows 7 or newer
Video Card:nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600
Sound Card:DirectX Compatible
Free Disk Space:15 GB

Defrag your hard drive and uninstall any programs you don't need/recognize.

The best computer mainboard, would be either an AMD AM3 mainboard made by ASUS. For example ASUS Crosshair IV Formula or ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3. Or an Intel computer mainboard. ASUS Socket 1156/1155/1366.

Your Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2.0Ghz on the LGA775 socket is not good for Games or video.

The best thing to do is to purchase a new computer system.

Use either AMD Phenom 2 or Intel I5 or I7.
Use a good mainboard as above.
Use a good Graphics card, Nvidia 400 series.
Keep all the components running cool with a case that you like and has place for lots of 120mm or 140mm fans.
Use DDR3 RAM 1333MHz or higher.
Use Cooler Master or Corsair Power Supply.

If however you are wanting a good mainboard to be used with your Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2.0Ghz on the LGA775 socket then click here.

ASUS is very good, all these mainboard on the LGA775 socket are good, choose one that looks good to you and one that you can afford.

Thanking you kindly
damnor01

you need to go to the web site of motherboard to get them if you have a asus go to it jim

The processors that are compatible with the Acer Aspire M1100 are The AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core, such as these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006519%2050001028%2040000343%20600005552&IsNodeId=1&name=Athlon%2064%20X2

the AMD Athlon 64, and the AMD Sempron

hello sir, hi im afraid that the dragon plus has no AMD x2 (DUAL CORE) compatible CPU. if you want a dual core motherboard compatible, get the socket AM2 version for AMD or the LGA 775 for intel processor.

Dear sir,

Deffinately This Mother Board supports Dual core 2ghz-2.8Ghz And Pentium D 3GhzProcessors.You can Upgrade your PC.

P5V800MX motherboard supports the latest Pentium 4 CPU from Intel in LGA775 package. With 800/ 533MHz FSB, Hyper-Threading Technology and core-speeds up to 3.8GHz and beyond, Intel's LGA775 Pentium 4 is one of the fastest desktop processors to date. Enjoy the extraordinary CPU power from the latest dual-core CPU.

the following motherboard are best for the processor u have:-

MSI K9N6PGM2-V Motherboard CPU Bundle - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ...

Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Motherboard CPU Bundle - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 ...

ABIT-AV8 MOTHERBOARD AMD ATHLON 64X2 4200+ DUAL CORE

selection is yours.

You made a good choice. In the CPU arena right now, the difference between the two CPUs is a toss up. The slight advantages of one vs. the other in benchmark tests is nominal and actually artificial..

What happens with an AMD CPU is with the associated GPU onboard. And with a 64bit processor, the number of apps and games that take advantage of 64bit CPUs has always been limited but they are growing. This will only become more and more numerous.

The main architectural difference in the two was in how the two cpus communicated and the AMD was first to use a bus between the two cores and the Intel had to go to the onboard memory controller and back. That was in the first inception. Still, AMD has been far in advance of Intel and Intel has played catch up in tricks inside the cores and how the north and southbridge took advantage of the cores' architecture.

Needless to say, I'm an AMD power user and my gaming rig has an AMD dual core on an Asus/Nvidia board and an Nvidia PCIe 9800 GPU.

In the long run, all modern notebooks require you to own a pad cooler to use these in your lap or not, they all produce heat. So, just get a good one designed for your laptop so it snaps into place and will keep your rig nice and cool.

At a LAN Party you won't suffer from having a dual core AMD cpu, you'll hold your own and it will be an even playing field and the wins will go to the person with the fastest fingers... as it should be.

Sleep easy friend,
Worldvet

I guess I'm missing something here?