Gaming PC recommendations

[Squilliam]

digitalcell said:

crymetyme said:

i was thinking of one of the ATI 4850 and an Intel Quad Core processor clocked in at 2.5 ghz with 8gb of system ram, Windows vista 64-bit, a 500gb harddrive, and a crossfire capable motherboard.

 

what are the things you guys recommend i use in my gaming PC that i will eventually buy the parts for and make?

 

 

 

Those two things doesn't jive that well for a gaming PC. As if Vista wasn't bad enough as it is for games not built for it the 64-bit version makes things even worst. There's reports of games either crashing, not running at all, or running slower in the 64-bit Vista environment vs 32-bit Vista environment. If you want to reduce compatibility problems considerably the best choice is to go with the 32-bit version of Vista and live with 3.25GB - 3.5GB of RAM.

64bit will be a bit slower in the short term, but as more and more programs are designed to take advantage of it, it will be faster longer term.

Vista 64 is great for a forwards looking PC, but not so great if you want to run any pre xp era games. Games are going to have to switch to 64 bit because otherwise you run smack into the 2gb barrier for program ram usage and the 4gb address space limit if you install a 1gb graphics card especially.