How powerful is your computer?

[greenmedic88]

rckrz6 said:

greenmedic88 said:
Card performance will always depend on how much he wants to spend, relative to performance.
For $50, a 9500GT is more than adequate enough to play most games at an acceptable level.

Work: Q6600, 9600GT 1GB, 3GB DDR2 667, 500GB Seagate, 430w Thermaltake PSU, VistaX86
Game: E8400@3.9ghz, HD4870 512GB, 4GB DDR2 1000 G Skill, 1TB Samsung, 500GB Seagate, 600w OCZ GamerXStream PSU, VistaX64

 

for not much more money you can get something that can max out everything you throw at it expect crisis... why not spend it

Simple; no reason if it's just for playing games. The E8400 system I built runs just about everything I play at 1920x1080 at well over 60fps. Crysis plays in the 40fps range w/ high settings. I stopped playing Crysis/Warhead months ago. 

No point in spending over $300 on a new single GPU card, or even going with a Crossfire config and adding another 4870.

The Q9400@3.2ghz, HD4870x2 rig (a $500 card when bought) I built really doesn't run most games significantlty faster, but it is a solid workstation for 3DS Max.

When I build a new i7/X58 system, it won't be so I can play games on it; it will be for video editing and 3DS Max.