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diego · 08/08/2007 06:09 AM

i want opinions on what are good specs for a GOOD gaming PC . . im planning on buying one so I don't need to share with my siblings. . . and I want it to be able to play good games that are coming out like crysis! ok . . . what im thinking is
(not sure of a processor to go AMD or Intel)
probrably 1-2gb or ram . . .
a 512 - 720 mb videocard (forgot the models just the memory)
250 GB hard drive
and i want to be able to play it good ! ok I want comments and opinions here!
post what you think is a good setup!

draggy · 08/08/2007 06:47 AM

So...first, I'm an AMD guy. I always recommend AMD because I frankly hate intel and think AMD is a much better deal, cost and performance wise. If you're building a new PC, it might pay to wait a bit and see what AMD's next gen processors will be like, which is what I'm waiting for. They're supposed to come out later this year, and the first barcelona cores are supposed to come out within the next couple of months.

If you don't feel like waiting, intel currently has the top spot when it comes to performance. If you want the best CPUs, they currently have them with their core two duo.
If you want top notch performance for a nice price, take a look at AMD's X2 6000+. great performance for a nice price.

As for RAM, I would recommend at least 2GB, especially if you're doing DX10 and Vista...which I assume you are for crysis.

As for video cards, personally I am going to go with a radeon when I build my new computer, but that's a matter of preference. Nvidia also has really great video cards. I would get one with at least 512MB of memory.
Models for nvidia I would go with are the geforce 8800GTS(more then 320MB of ram), or 8800GTX. for ATI I would look at the radeon 2900XT. performance from a 2900XT falls somewhere between the geforce 8800GTS and GTX for a nice price. The only quarral I have with the 2900XT is it spouts a lot of heat....which I don't really mind to much.

If you want to go for something cheaper, look at the geforce 8600GT and the radeon 2600XT. both have 256MB of memory and tote some nice performance.

It's mostly up to you for which hardware to buy based on the performance and the cost. Look at http://www.tomshardware.com and check out the CPU and GPU charts (right side of the page) and you can compare performances for almost all of the cards and CPUs.

YoYoBallz · 08/08/2007 06:57 AM

I have a AMD 64 Athlon processor :great:
I like

diego · 08/08/2007 07:16 AM

yeah I can wait . . . i don't need it yet and im still saving for it. . . . thanks for the comments but still waiting for more.

ix_stylez · 08/08/2007 09:25 AM

my laptop is running on intel centrino duo processer and has a nvidia geforce G0 7600 and it works pretty fast.

diego · 08/08/2007 09:32 AM

do you think it can handle crysis?

ix_stylez · 08/08/2007 09:36 AM

maybe, it worked on all the other pc games i tried before

draggy · 08/08/2007 10:54 AM

he'd only be able to run it with DX9....which still looks pretty, but not nearly as well as DX10.

And he wouldn't be able to run it with very high settings.

Peacefully Disturbed · 08/08/2007 02:32 PM

It depends on your budget, and the prices where you live.  There are other things too, like are you planning on overclocking anything?  Will you be upgrading it later?  Are you building it yourself?  Do you need peripherals too (monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.)?

For the processor I'd say go for an Intel Q6600, in price for performance it can't be beat right now, not to mention it's quad core.  But I agree with draggy, I'm waiting to see what AMD's next processors can do (those Phenom's look pretty sweet).  But there may be shortages on AMD's newer processors until 2008, and I might just wait for the AM3 socket.

For RAM I'd get at least 2GB maybe 4GB.  If you want 4GB though then you'll have to get a 64bit OS.  I'd go with the OCZ XTC PC2-6400 2GB Platinum Rev. 2 myself, but the Mushkin, Crucial, or Corsair kits are just as good.  If you are going to do alot of overclocking though then a PC2-8000 or PC2-8500 kit might be better depending on the price.

I wouldn't bother with a 250Gb hard drive, right now the best $/GB ratios are with Seagate's and Western Digital's 320GB or 500GB drives.

A good video card for the price is the EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 576MHz 320MB 1.7GHz.  If you are willing to part with a little more cash for more memory then there is the 640MB version, or for a bit less than that a 512MB 2900XT.  For a little more than those you can get one of Diamond's Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB variants, but a 8800GTX isn't too much more and would be better.  If your still looking to spend more you could look at a 8800 Ultra, but that won't beat a 8800GTX by alot, so they really aren't worth the price.

For the OS I would normally say get Windows XP, because Vista blows and it probably won't be worth it for a long time.  But if you want DirectX 10 gaming you will need Vista, and XP can be hard to find if there aren't good stores around.

For the motherboard it depends on what processor you would get and whether or not you want to be able to have Crossfire or SLI.  Some decent socket LGA775 (Intel) motherboards are the ASUS P5KC or the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DSR3, those are more budget or mid-range boards though, so if you want high-end you'd have to look at some others.  I haven't really kept up with socket AM2 (AMD) motherboards, so I can't offer alot of information on them, but ASUS, DFI, or Gigabyte normally have a good selection.

If you want to get a sound card then the best one right now is the Auzentech Prelude.  However if you don't want to spend too much there is the Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer.  Since you said you will probably wait, then Creative's next series might not be too far off, and I'm interested to see what the shift from EAX to OpenAL will be like.

The power supply depends on the rest of your system, and despite what some people think it's not all about wattage.  I don't know too much about them, but if you go here you can find a bunch of reviews (scroll down to see more).  I visit those forums fairly frequently and the guy who made that post knows tons about power supplies.

The case is mostly about personal preference, and how big you want (or need).

All of that info is based on the prices here in Canada, I don't know if they are similar in the Philippines or if they are completely different.  Also availability may be different for some of those products.  If you are waiting though then I would suggest not picking anything until you are actually ready to buy, because prices change frequently for computer stuff, and newer "better" products are always being released.

Assassinator · 08/08/2007 04:43 PM

ugghhhh.

quad core, 8800gtx, 4gb ram... That will cost u an absolute fortune. I say there isn't much point spending that much. If ur going to spend that much, u may as well get a console (the only reason I'm anti-console is cause they cost too much, and this will cost far more)

I reckon buying the top of the range stuff is pretty much a waste, because your buying at very expensive prices, and after 1 year, they won't be top any more, and have lost like 1/2 their price. Stuff like quad core and 8800gtx are for enthusiasts. Performance wise, it is far more efficient to just buy good, but not too heavily priced pieces, like the 8600 instead of the 8800. U get a lot cheaper for a smaller loss of power. U won't need 4gb ram, nothing uses even close to that. 2gb is enough.

So i say buy the mid-high end good price to performance parts, and make it yourself.

Vista is too slow at the moment to be worth it, in my opinion. Some people likes the looks, but really, would u sacrifice speed for looks? My mom's core2duo (good expensive cpu) laptop with vista runs only half as fast as my current 2800 sempron (cheapest cpu on the market) running XP, and also slower than my old 666mhz celeron (10years old) laptop with win98, and it's obvious which is the stronger computer.

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