a new gaming rig... but crysis?

hey im new to pc gaming and i was wondering if you could answer a few questions. how well could this rig play crysis? thanks alot its really appreciated. btw the monitor is 1680x1050 res. and are the dual disc drives necessary? and it says no modem included..does this mean i have to add one to get ethernet ports?

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 500GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache

OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable

MONITOR 22 inch UltraSharp™ 2208WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel

VIDEO CARD nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

FOR THE RECORD I REALLY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GAMING PCs SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ACCUSED ME OF "BOASTING" THIS IS COMPLETLY NOT THE CASE.

THHANKS FOR ALL ANSWERS!!

That's a good computer. You could play Crysis on High settings no problem. The dual drives aren't necessary, and really only helpful if copying from one disc and burning to another.

That's a good computer. You could play Crysis on High settings no problem. The dual drives aren't necessary, and really only helpful if copying from one disc and burning to another.

Fignewton50

Woah! That is terribly overpriced. Is that a Dell? You could easy build that computer for well under $1500. I'd seriously consider exploring building it yourself to save yourself that much money.

It's much simpler than you might think, and with a bit of homework you could build an awesome computer for way less money. There is plenty of information out there and people on forums like this to help answer questions. Really, you wouldn't regret it.

im thinking and first of all learning so i can buy a system similar to yours.

About the video card what Mobo is the best to use SLI with a 8800 GT that is on a range of 100 or 150 bucks ??

any help appreciated

If size doesn't matter I'd go for a 13x7 resolution on the monitor's native resolution. I've seen people get such a good performance out of that res for parts that cost peanuts.

If Vista is really your thing make sure you get 64 bit vista, as you may or may not know vista 32 bit doesn't support the entire 4gb of RAM you're getting.

If you really want to play crysis well now and other games in the next few years you'll be fine sticking with XP. DX10 is too fast for most machines to handle fantastically unless you fork out an astonishing wadd of cash to compensate for a few extras knobs and bits twisted on to call it a new version of DX. I digress...

The q6600 will be better in the future than it is now, basically, if you want to do the futureproofing vista gaming go for the q6600. At the moment the better processor for the same price is the Intel e6850, well worth a look at because quad-core technology is new and not optimised for much other than crysis.

yea but how

$2200 for that is a ripoff. You could build it yourself for about half that amount. Buy all the parts from Newegg.com. Assembly takes maybe 30 minutes.nforce-

yes but how could i go about building it? i have no idea how to. ive looked and i cant find any good guides to building a pc. does anyone know of any?

yes but how could i go about building it? i have no idea how to. ive looked and i cant find any good guides to building a pc. does anyone know of any?

gcLAX139

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yes but how could i go about building it? i have no idea how to. ive looked and i cant find any good guides to building a pc. does anyone know of any?

wklzip

thanks but theres no way id be able to do that and get it right.

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looks great for high settings in crysis, but you might like to save yourself some $$$ and get more fps by swaping the q6600 for a e8200/e8400, might only be dual core but games don't use quads yets, so a faster dual is better than a slower quadimprezawrx500

I doubt you would notice a difference in performance as Crysis is more taxing on the GPU rather than the CPU. I did upgrade from a opteron to a Q6600 and the performance difference was not noticeable despite being a CPU that scores much higher in the CPU benchmark in Crysis. And that includes upgrading to a much faster mobo and RAM.

Q6600 will last longer and should always be the purchase a head of any dual core, Q6600 will perform brilliantly in all todays games plus games like Alan Wake which will be optimised for quad cores.

hey im new to pc gaming and i was wondering if you could answer a few questions. how well could this rig play crysis? thanks alot its really appreciated. btw the monitor is 1680x1050 res. and are the dual disc drives necessary? and it says no modem included..does this mean i have to add one to get ethernet ports?

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 500GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache

OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable

MONITOR 22 inch UltraSharp™ 2208WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel

VIDEO CARD nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

FOR THE RECORD I REALLY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GAMING PCs SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ACCUSED ME OF "BOASTING" THIS IS COMPLETLY NOT THE CASE.

THHANKS FOR ALL ANSWERS!!

gcLAX139

Hey mate, I have pretty much that exact setup at the moment (Except I'm running XP Pro 32bit) and I can tell you that I am running Crysis at 1440x900 (19' widescreen native) using Cubans config at level 4 with an average of 36fps in the CPU test and 42fps in the GPU test.

Mind you, I do have a little bit of overclocking as well, however I don't think you will have any problems running crysis on High or Fake DX10 settings.

its about $2200 with 3 year servicegcLAX139

[QUOTE="gcLAX139"]its about $2200 with 3 year serviceBig_Bad_Sad

Yeah dude. If you built that same rig yourself, you probably won't be spending more than $1500.

[QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"][QUOTE="gcLAX139"]its about $2200 with 3 year serviceKRYPTONiZE

Yeah dude. If you built that same rig yourself, you probably won't be spending more than $1500.

would anybody be able to tell me the parts that i would need and what type of case they would fit in. ive looked around but im still clueless

would anybody be able to tell me the parts that i would need and what type of case they would fit in. ive looked around but im still clueless

gcLAX139

You'd need all the parts you listed in your first post, plus a case.

Motherboard, Processor, RAM, Video Card, Power Supply, Hard Drive, DVD Drive, and a case. Look for a mid-Tower ATX case.

Hey mate, I have pretty much that exact setup at the moment (Except I'm running XP Pro 32bit) and I can tell you that I am running Crysis at 1440x900 (19' widescreen native) using Cubans config at level 4 with an average of 36fps in the CPU test and 42fps in the GPU test.

Mind you, I do have a little bit of overclocking as well, however I don't think you will have any problems running crysis on High or Fake DX10 settings.

Just a thought.... I built a new computer w/ all parts coming from Newegg a couple days ago for $2060 and this is what I got:

• 780i motherboard
• Intel Q6600
• Zalman 9700NT cpu cooler
• 2x 8800GTS 512mb SLI
• 4gb's PC2-8000 G. Skill ram
• 2x 320gb Samsung Spinpoint HD's (RAID 0)
• Coolermaster Cosmos case
• ABS Tagan BZ 800w power supply

It will certainly play Crysis much better than the $2200 PC your looking at.

This is only my 2nd build and I did my first build a few months ago. It isn't that hard to put together because each component comes with its own set of instructions. I highly suggest you go about building your own!

Just a thought.... I built a new computer w/ all parts coming from Newegg a couple days ago for $2060 and this is what I got:

• 780i motherboard
• Intel Q6600
• Zalman 9700NT cpu cooler
• 2x 8800GTS 512mb SLI
• 4gb's PC2-8000 G. Skill ram
• 2x 320gb Samsung Spinpoint HD's (RAID 0)
• Coolermaster Cosmos case
• ABS Tagan BZ 800w power supply

It will certainly play Crysis much better than the $2200 PC your looking at.

This is only my 2nd build and I did my first build a few months ago. It isn't that hard to put together because each component comes with its own set of instructions. I highly suggest you go about building your own!

TheDuffman26

im going to have to look into this idea.. my only concern is once it is together how would i go about installing an operating system?

im going to have to look into this idea.. my only concern is once it is together how would i go about installing an operating system?

gcLAX139

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1NxsHpaL_s

http://tools.corsairmemory.com/systembuild/report.aspx?report_id=12472&sid=1

http://tools.corsairmemory.com/systembuild/report.aspx?report_id=78237&sid=1

For Vista, just pop in the disc and let it do its thing. It's seriously that easy... pretty much the same for XP too.

One thing to remember while building a PC.DONT DONT and NEVER rush it.Take your time and be patient.Broken_Tulip

[QUOTE="Broken_Tulip"]One thing to remember while building a PC.DONT DONT and NEVER rush it.Take your time and be patient.lionheart22

Just built a similar rig for 1500.00

See it here.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26255430

Also no need for 4 GB if your XP only vista can handle that and I would not use Vista yet.

XIPO