Does my computer qualify or come in the section of "GAMING"????

Hi there so i ve the following pc and i just wanted to know weather it qualifies for new games at MAXED settings and at a 1440*900 res???

Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon x2 5200+ OC'ed @ 2.8Ghz

ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 MOBO

Transcend 4 GB(2 x 2 GB) 667Mhz DDR2 RAM

XFX HD 4770 512 MB OC'ed @ 830/900

WD Caviar BLACK 320GB and Samsung SPINPOINT F3 500GB HDD

Creative Quadro sound system(4.0)

Umax full steal mid tower case

Npower 450W PSU

Windows 7--64-Bit---Ultimate

Its in the lower mid range but the high end is so much more than what is needed at this time it is crazy. You should be able to run alot of games with decent settings but the high end stuff you wont max thats for sure at the resolution you want. Your 64 bit windows 7 is going to be a issue for old games because they dont run on 64 bit. I am going through some issues myself with it, I cant get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to run to save my life.

Oh yea, she'll do just swell... mostly.

Its in the lower mid range but the high end is so much more than what is needed at this time it is crazy. You should be able to run alot of games with decent settings but the high end stuff you wont max thats for sure at the resolution you want. Your 64 bit windows 7 is going to be a issue for old games because they dont run on 64 bit. I am going through some issues myself with it, I cant get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to run to save my life.

wooooode

yes it is decent.GazaAli

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.drwcker

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.drwcker

Hi there so i ve the following pc and i just wanted to know weather it qualifies for new games at MAXED settings and at a 1440*900 res???

Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon x2 5200+ OC'ed @ 2.8Ghz

ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 MOBO

Transcend 4 GB(2 x 2 GB) 667Mhz DDR2 RAM

XFX HD 4770 512 MB OC'ed @ 830/900

WD Caviar BLACK 320GB and Samsung SPINPOINT F3 500GB HDD

Creative Quadro sound system(4.0)

Umax full steal mid tower case

Npower 450W PSU

Windows 7--64-Bit---Ultimate

drwcker

Judging by your sig you already know what your talking about and know that your rig is pretty up to snuff. The only thing i see thats in need of any upgrading at all is your PSU. although it might tank your system, its not a brand i reconginze and 450 watts might not be enough. I reccomend moving up to a 550-600 watt PSU.

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.UltimateGamer95

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="drwcker"] U ve an awesome GPU :D Hope fully i will add another one in my rig this christmas :DGazaAli

It's true, though. The 4770 is close to the 4850, and the 4850 is equivalent to the gts 250. Hence, UltimateGamer's conclusion :P

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] His GPU is probably only a little faster than yours :(ravenguard90

It's true, though. The 4770 is close to the 4850, and the 4850 is equivalent to the gts 250. Hence, UltimateGamer's conclusion :P

[QUOTE="drwcker"]

Hi there so i ve the following pc and i just wanted to know weather it qualifies for new games at MAXED settings and at a 1440*900 res???

Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon x2 5200+ OC'ed @ 2.8Ghz

ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 MOBO

Transcend 4 GB(2 x 2 GB) 667Mhz DDR2 RAM

XFX HD 4770 512 MB OC'ed @ 830/900

WD Caviar BLACK 320GB and Samsung SPINPOINT F3 500GB HDD

Creative Quadro sound system(4.0)

Umax full steal mid tower case

Npower 450W PSU

Windows 7--64-Bit---Ultimate

rockzo

Judging by your sig you already know what your talking about and know that your rig is pretty up to snuff. The only thing i see thats in need of any upgrading at all is your PSU. although it might tank your system, its not a brand i reconginze and 450 watts might not be enough. I reccomend moving up to a 550-600 watt PSU.

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.millerlight89

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.UltimateGamer95

IF you intend to upgrade at all, this is what I would recommend:

New 22" Monitor ( 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution ) - Try Samsung/LG/Acer/Asus.

New Power supply around 650w - Corsair Hx series/Coolermaster Silent Pro/OCZ Z-series.

Also I searched for your MOBO on the internet, and found it only has 1 PCI-Express x16 slot, so crossfire certification isn't a must for your rig. I'm also thinking that it's a PCIE 1.0 x16 interface which is bandwidth limited these days, so I would stay with mid-range graphics cards because the higher-end GPU's will be bottlenecked by the interface.

IF you intend to upgrade at all, this is what I would recommend:

New 22" Monitor ( 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution ) - Try Samsung/LG/Acer/Asus.

New Power supply around 650w - Corsair Hx series/Coolermaster Silent Pro/OCZ Z-series.

Also I searched for your MOBO on the internet, and found it only has 1 PCI-Express x16 slot, so crossfire certification isn't a must for your rig. I'm also thinking that it's a PCIE 1.0 x16 interface which is bandwidth limited these days, so I would stay with mid-range graphics cards because the higher-end GPU's will be bottlenecked by the interface.

jamesfffan

OP, man. You can overclock that card more if you want to.

You might as well ;)

On-topic: I would consider any PC that plays modern games well a "gaming" computer. Some people may only call a >$1000 pc "gaming" but just ignore them.

[QUOTE="jamesfffan"]

IF you intend to upgrade at all, this is what I would recommend:

New 22" Monitor ( 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution ) - Try Samsung/LG/Acer/Asus.

New Power supply around 650w - Corsair Hx series/Coolermaster Silent Pro/OCZ Z-series.

Also I searched for your MOBO on the internet, and found it only has 1 PCI-Express x16 slot, so crossfire certification isn't a must for your rig. I'm also thinking that it's a PCIE 1.0 x16 interface which is bandwidth limited these days, so I would stay with mid-range graphics cards because the higher-end GPU's will be bottlenecked by the interface.

drwcker

IF your getting a new MOBO/CPU/RAM, and aren't wanting a new monitor too then I would say don't upgrade, you'll see an improvement in your gaming experience with a new monitor to go with it.

Also too I used to have a Ati HD 3850, upgraded to this monitor I have now, then got a 5850, but whilst using the 3850 it performed fairly well.

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="jamesfffan"]

IF you intend to upgrade at all, this is what I would recommend:

New 22" Monitor ( 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 resolution ) - Try Samsung/LG/Acer/Asus.

New Power supply around 650w - Corsair Hx series/Coolermaster Silent Pro/OCZ Z-series.

Also I searched for your MOBO on the internet, and found it only has 1 PCI-Express x16 slot, so crossfire certification isn't a must for your rig. I'm also thinking that it's a PCIE 1.0 x16 interface which is bandwidth limited these days, so I would stay with mid-range graphics cards because the higher-end GPU's will be bottlenecked by the interface.

jamesfffan

IF your getting a new MOBO/CPU/RAM, and aren't wanting a new monitor too then I would say don't upgrade, you'll see an improvement in your gaming experience with a new monitor to go with it.

Also too I used to have a Ati HD 3850, upgraded to this monitor I have now, then got a 5850, but whilst using the 3850 it performed fairly well.

OP, man. You can overclock that card more if you want to.

You might as well ;)

On-topic: I would consider any PC that plays modern games well a "gaming" computer. Some people may only call a >$1000 pc "gaming" but just ignore them.

Tezcatlipoca666

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]yes it is decent.millerlight89

YOU are far from awesome. Go listen to Eminem, yes, I keep mentioning Eminem to you, deal with it! or Loose yourself in the music, the moment, You own it, you better never let it go,You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow,This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo.

Well just think, by December 2010 which is when you plan to buy the new MOBO/CPU/RAM and practially build a new PC, you'll have saved up enough money right? even after buying a new monitor in the near future.

I'm also sure in December we here could suggest parts for the Build, depending on budget.

Also if you did buy a new monitor which is 1680x1050/1920x1080, you can still Lower the resolution in Game Settings to 1360x768, and also play without AA if the 4770 isn't upto the job depending on a the game. So once you do build a new rig in December your covered monitor wise so your games on the new rig with the newer hardware will shine :)

What I'm trying to say is a new monitor is a lasting investment, which could see you through a couple of PC's without needing to be replaced so soon.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="drwcker"] U ve an awesome GPU :D Hope fully i will add another one in my rig this christmas :DIkavnieks

YOU are far from awesome. Go listen to Eminem, yes, I keep mentioning Eminem to you, deal with it! or Loose yourself in the music, the moment, You own it, you better never let it go,You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow,This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="drwcker"] U ve an awesome GPU :D Hope fully i will add another one in my rig this christmas :DIkavnieks

YOU are far from awesome. Go listen to Eminem, yes, I keep mentioning Eminem to you, deal with it! or Loose yourself in the music, the moment, You own it, you better never let it go,You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow,This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo.

Well just think, by December 2010 which is when you plan to buy the new MOBO/CPU/RAM and practially build a new PC, you'll have saved up enough money right? even after buying a new monitor in the near future.

I'm also sure in December we here could suggest parts for the Build, depending on budget.

Also if you did buy a new monitor which is 1680x1050/1920x1080, you can still Lower the resolution in Game Settings to 1360x768, and also play without AA if the 4770 isn't upto the job depending on a the game. So once you do build a new rig in December your covered monitor wise so your games on the new rig with the newer hardware will shine :)

What I'm trying to say is a new monitor is a lasting investment, which could see you through a couple of PC's without needing to be replaced so soon.

jamesfffan

[QUOTE="Ikavnieks"]

[QUOTE="millerlight89"] His GPU is far from "awesome."GazaAli

YOU are far from awesome. Go listen to Eminem, yes, I keep mentioning Eminem to you, deal with it! or Loose yourself in the music, the moment, You own it, you better never let it go,You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow,This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo.

[QUOTE="wooooode"]

Its in the lower mid range but the high end is so much more than what is needed at this time it is crazy. You should be able to run alot of games with decent settings but the high end stuff you wont max thats for sure at the resolution you want. Your 64 bit windows 7 is going to be a issue for old games because they dont run on 64 bit. I am going through some issues myself with it, I cant get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to run to save my life.

drwcker

Yeah but that game is from the 2000s, game from the 90s is where the issues come in. Need some work arounds usually.

[QUOTE="drwcker"][QUOTE="wooooode"]

Its in the lower mid range but the high end is so much more than what is needed at this time it is crazy. You should be able to run alot of games with decent settings but the high end stuff you wont max thats for sure at the resolution you want. Your 64 bit windows 7 is going to be a issue for old games because they dont run on 64 bit. I am going through some issues myself with it, I cant get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to run to save my life.

Sparticus247

Yeah but that game is from the 2000s, game from the 90s is where the issues come in. Need some work arounds usually.

I ran FS2 just fine on my system and some old DOS and SNES games using a couple of emulators. I didn't encounter any issues with them.

[QUOTE="Sparticus247"]

[QUOTE="drwcker"] Hey i run COD 1 in win 7.... LOL all u got to do is right click on the game icon and select properties. Then select the compatibility TAB and choose "run this game with compatibility mode wit XP SP2 and ur good to go :) Even after that if the game starts but doesnt respond then open Task manager and go to process and change the priority to low and it will RUN :D And what if i run the game at 1280 x 1024??? will i be able to max all games accept CRYSIS and GTA4 of course???MaoTheChimp

Yeah but that game is from the 2000s, game from the 90s is where the issues come in. Need some work arounds usually.

I ran FS2 just fine on my system and some old DOS and SNES games using a couple of emulators. I didn't encounter any issues with them.

Well that's becasue you used emulators. I have to use DosBox to run some of my 95 games. I mean without third party tools to run your games.

[QUOTE="MaoTheChimp"]

[QUOTE="Sparticus247"]

Yeah but that game is from the 2000s, game from the 90s is where the issues come in. Need some work arounds usually.

Sparticus247

I ran FS2 just fine on my system and some old DOS and SNES games using a couple of emulators. I didn't encounter any issues with them.

Well that's becasue you used emulators. I have to use DosBox to run some of my 95 games. I mean without third party tools to run your games.

FS2 is from 1999-ish, and it ran without emulators. That's pretty much the extent of my old-game library without emulators, though :(

[QUOTE="Sparticus247"]

[QUOTE="MaoTheChimp"]

I ran FS2 just fine on my system and some old DOS and SNES games using a couple of emulators. I didn't encounter any issues with them.

MaoTheChimp

Well that's becasue you used emulators. I have to use DosBox to run some of my 95 games. I mean without third party tools to run your games.

FS2 is from 1999-ish, and it ran without emulators. That's pretty much the extent of my old-game library without emulators, though :(

lol, yeah my 1998 Star Wars Ep1 The Phantom Menace runs in Win98 copmpatability, as well as the 1998 Asteroids game, but my older stuff like magic Carpet and stuff need dos box

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="drwcker"] U ve an awesome GPU :D Hope fully i will add another one in my rig this christmas :DGazaAli

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] His GPU is probably only a little faster than yours :(UltimateGamer95

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/14

now u had given the link for FARCRY 2 which is completely a nvidia architecture based game... so it will do good... while this COD5 is not like that :) so u see it performs on par with the GTS250 and its 1GB :)

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] you are quiet lame :(drwcker

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/14

now u had given the link for FARCRY 2 which is completely a nvidia architecture based game... so it will do good... while this COD5 is not like that :) so u see it performs on par with the GTS250 and its 1GB :)

[QUOTE="drwcker"]

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] no I speak the truth that's all. The stock 250GTS is a tad faster than the 4770 depending on the game http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/14

UltimateGamer95

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/14

now u had given the link for FARCRY 2 which is completely a nvidia architecture based game... so it will do good... while this COD5 is not like that :) so u see it performs on par with the GTS250 and its 1GB :)

god i hate ATI and their fans with a passion.GazaAli

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]god i hate ATI and their fans with a passion.drwcker

i didnt say you are fanboys, i only said fans. and since you were the one to mention, this means you are a fanboy indeed.GazaAli

what is an ATI fan? The actual cooling on the video card or a person that (fill in the blank...)

This better be good...

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i didnt say you are fanboys, i only said fans. and since you were the one to mention, this means you are a fanboy indeed.smc91352

what is an ATI fan? The actual cooling on the video card or a person that (fill in the blank...)

This better be good...

another good points, who knows, may be i was talking about ATI's "Fans" :PGazaAli

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]another good points, who knows, may be i was talking about ATI's "Fans" :Psmc91352

you know... the Fans, their sound is really annoying.GazaAli

its a bit better than a console

its a bit better than a console

CZVA

[QUOTE="CZVA"]

its a bit better than a console

Duckman5

sounds more like you're just trying to show off your computer than actually asking a legitimate question.