FrostyTop said:
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? :)
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CPU - Far too slow.
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No, it's okay. It's good enuff to shuffle data to the GPU in grafix intensive games (95% of all new games).
That CPU (AMD X2 4400+) will only bottle neck to some degree in games with a huge amount of AI calculations, such as the most advanced RTS-games Supreme Commander and World in Conflict. ssj12 claims his CPU is too weak in L4D, which is awkward since Valve usually dont demand high specs.... but that can have something to do with many and/or complex AI calculations for tons of Zombies hunting you I'd guess.
