Getting a Powerhouse Gaming PC for $656 –Full Crysis Capability

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Grampy said:

You are welcome to disagree but I am quite confident it will unless you are trying to run it a a high sceen resolution. Almost all testing on games is done at 640 x 480 and I base it on that. If you want everything on at 1280 x 1024 say, then no you will need dual video cards.

Actually I am not a graphic designer I am in medical research imaging to support things like 5 dimensional fluorescent microscopy where a single experiment may produce 500 MB of images at a time. The work requires moving a lot of pixels as fast as possible and thus workstations that are essentially identical to a good gamer. (which they are occasionally used for after hours.

I was not trying to compete with the highest end Alienware $3k and up gamer. I said if you could afford one go get it. This was intended obviously at someone who had not built computers and was on a budget. What I suggested is actually extremly powerful compared to mainstream computers but I also listed a commercial gaming computer of essentially the same power for $999, only some $300 more expensive.

I'm sure that there are limitless other choices, there always are, but I don't think you will do much better for under $700. Thats my opinion, if you have something you like better, fine post it along with data to support it and people will be able to make their own choice.

 

Nah, I actually would probably build something like this myself. Its a good recipe for a great gaming pc. Normally for gaming I build something along the "high low end" and try to keep it under 700$. Really just a cheap PC with a kick ass gpu. The last time I built one was for Half Life 2, back in 2005. Im probably going to build a new gaming rig in the near future and it will probably end up very similiar to the build you posted The only thing I didnt agree with was the fact that it could run Crysis well. I dont think anyone plays PC games at 800x600 anymore, much less 640x480. Well...not alot of people. Id consider 1024x768 the base resolution nowadays. But thats just me.