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| Project-K |
Can't disagree with that.
Quad core is pretty useless. There are barely any games out there (or coming out in the near future) that make much use of it - except maybe crysis, but that can run smooth on the specs posted above so it's a waste.
I would've recommended a 8800GT for the GPU, but if you were planning to play Cod4 anyways, it's a good bundle. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Can't disagree with that.
Quad core is pretty useless. There are barely any games out there (or coming out in the near future) that make much use of it - except maybe crysis, but that can run smooth on the specs posted above so it's a waste.
I would've recommended a 8800GT for the GPU, but if you were planning to play Cod4 anyways, it's a good bundle. |
yeah, thats what i reckon. |
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| Capitalizt |
I don't know what yall are talking about saying an E8400 @3.6ghz + a 9800GT isn't high end. With that rig, I play Crysis on high (not "ultra") and get a rock solid 40-45FPS. It looks beautiful to me. And every other game I've tried is a silky 60FPS maxed out. No need to go crazy on the vid card when they drop in price so fast. A 3ghz Core 2 + 9800GT will be fine for gaming over the next few years.
Conner, if you want to splurge and go slightly over your $700 budget, I recommend one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814150314
It's a bit more future proof than the basic 9800 because it's factory overclocked and has more shaders and other fancy things enabled. It will probably give you a 20% boost in FPS for most games. The card als includes Far Cry 2 ;) |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
I don't know what yall are talking about saying an E8400 @3.6ghz + a 9800GT isn't high end. With that rig, I play Crysis on high (not "ultra") and get a rock solid 40-45FPS. It looks beautiful to me. And every other game I've tried is a silky 60FPS maxed out. No need to go crazy on the vid card when they drop in price so fast. A 3ghz Core 2 + 9800GT will be fine for gaming over the next few years.
Conner, if you want to splurge and go slightly over your $700 budget, I recommend one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814150314
It's a bit more future proof than the basic 9800 because it's factory overclocked and has more shaders and other fancy things enabled. It will probably give you a 20% boost in FPS for most games. The card als includes Far Cry 2 ;) |
That is high end. I'd go for a radeon 4850, but that is still pretty high end.
Connerman, the size of your monitor is important because that tells me what resolution you are going to be running natively. If you aren't going to be running at 1920x1200 or higher then you can get away with slower hardware. For that resolution you need at least a 24" widescreen. Unless you have that then you will be paying for hardware that you won't need. |
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| zokissima |
| That list is solid. Definitely not worth the extra money on the Quad Core, IMO. However, I would suggest upping the video card to an 8800 series. |
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| Zild |
Stolen from tomshardware.com
$500 Entry-Level System Components
Component Model Price (U.S.D.)
CPU Intel Pentium E2180 $70
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper TX2 $30
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L $85
RAM Wintec AMPO PC2-6400 2x1GB $35
Graphics PNY VCG88512GXEB-FLB GeForce 8800 GT 512MB $110
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3400620AS 400GB $65
Sound Integrated 8-Channel HD Audio $0
Network Integrated Gigabit Networking $0
Case Antec NSK4480B $80
Power Earthwatts 380W Included w/Case $0
Optical Lite-On 20X DVD±R SATA Model iHAS120-04 $24
Total Price $499
Upgrade the CPU and/or video card with the extra $200.
I would go to the E8400 for a CPU and a Radeon 4850 for the video card. |
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