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dtewi on 26 December 2008

You have to have a top of the line CPU to run brand new games at maximum settings.

Since my computer is able to run a 2004 game at absolutely maximum settings, I'm good for at least 3 or 4 years.

Just answer me this, would I be able to play games in, oh say, 2010 if I change the settings? Oh, and the Sims 3?



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ameratsu on 26 December 2008

your onboard video card is garbage for gaming. I did a quick search on your IGP to find an obsolete 6600gt is way faster.

what kind of games do you play? what games are you anticipating?



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jesus kung fu magic on 26 December 2008

Hey!!!

Why is everyone ripping on the guys computer?

The J man would dream to have his computer. The J mans computer is so garbage it cant even run half life 2



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Slimebeast on 26 December 2008

dtewi,

Forget playing any new games (xcept for Sims n stuff, but they dont count because they are developed to run on shitty comps).

Its your (absense of) graphics card that is the problem. The rest including the CPU is fine.

To solve the problem you just buy a new graphics card and plug it in - we'll give u some good tips if you're interested - and you will be able to play anything you want. But you'll have to check if the motherboard has a PCI-express slot and if there is enuff room in the chassi for a rufly 10-13 inch long graphics card.



jesus kung fu magic on 26 December 2008
Slimebeast said:
dtewi,

Forget playing any new games (xcept for Sims n stuff, but they dont count because they are developed to run on shitty comps).

Its your (absense of) graphics card that is the problem. The rest including the CPU is fine.

To solve the problem you just buy a new graphics card and plug it in - we'll give u some good tips if you're interested - and you will be able to play anything you want. But you'll have to check if the motherboard has a PCI-express slot and if there is enuff room in the chassi for a rufly 10-13 inch long graphics card.

 

Donnot call the J mans computer "shitty" , its special.



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kirby007 on 26 December 2008
jesus kung fu magic said:
Slimebeast said:
dtewi,

Forget playing any new games (xcept for Sims n stuff, but they dont count because they are developed to run on shitty comps).

Its your (absense of) graphics card that is the problem. The rest including the CPU is fine.

To solve the problem you just buy a new graphics card and plug it in - we'll give u some good tips if you're interested - and you will be able to play anything you want. But you'll have to check if the motherboard has a PCI-express slot and if there is enuff room in the chassi for a rufly 10-13 inch long graphics card.

 

Donnot call the J mans computer "shitty" , its special. its a relic

I guess so

 



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tmbh on 26 December 2008

Running Vista will reduce performance!
Graphics card is your weakest component, hopefully motherdoard will allow you to upgrade.
Get 2gb more RAM and a Samsung 1TB F1 Hard Drive in the future as well for more performance!



The Anarchyz on 26 December 2008
dtewi said:
You have to have a top of the line CPU to run brand new games at maximum settings.

Since my computer is able to run a 2004 game at absolutely maximum settings, I'm good for at least 3 or 4 years.

Just answer me this, would I be able to play games in, oh say, 2010 if I change the settings? Oh, and the Sims 3?

 

2010? Well, 1st thing to do is to upgrade your GPU, the bottleneck on your PC begins there, the CPU is fine, not high-end but fine.


The Sims is usually meant for the mainstream, so it's not made for hardcore PCs...



freedquaker on 26 December 2008

get rid of vista immediately, switch to xp, it'll increase the desktop performance twice



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Viper1 on 27 December 2008

Graphics are provided either through either a dedicated graphics card or by on-board integrated graphics. Yours has integrated graphics which will not provide you much graphic power at all.

Look at your motherboard. Does it have a PCI-e x16 slot? It looks like this (the blue and orange slots).
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/early_look_gigabyte_ga-p45-ds5/gigabyte4-8.jpg

If you have one available then you can buy a graphics card, pretty cheap, that will greatly expand your graphics capabilities.



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