| disolitude said: I was going to buy a new gaming PC amongst other things but my christmas shopping and presents went way over the limit so I'm looking to cut back. I was thinking and I figured the PC I have now isn't too bad and could be used as a pretty good gaming pc that can run the current games at mid video setting. I will buy a new video card and some more ram but I was wondering if I can get some opinions if this is worth using as a gaming PC for now or if I should just wait till I have the money.
CPU - AMD Athlon x2 4400+ RAM - Will upgrade and eventually have 3 GB PC5300 667 MHZ Video - Will buy Nvidia 9800GT or ATI 4870, havent decided yet. Mobo - middle of the road Asus with 2000 system bus Does anyone have similar specs? can you run Crysis? :) |
That's a terrific upgrade plan!
I have an AMD Athlon X2 6000+ with a Radeon 4850 and a 24 inch screen with 1920x1200 and all new games except Gta4 and Crysis I do on max settings with that res (usually 4xAA).
Your CPU is fine feeding your future GPU weather it's a 9800GT or a 4870 - no matter what ppl mite say.
I'm very happy with performance in Crysis Warhead - "gamer settings" (which is the 2nd highest) and even 2xAA running with my screens native res of1920x1200 n gives me rufly 25FPS*.
Far Cry 2 etc with everything maxed runs like a dream.
EDIT*: With those settings I get 25FPS on average if I'm just roaming the country-side by foot, but if I drive a vehicle fast or get into some heavy shooting action I get FPS drops down to 15-20.
