My first gaming computer

Hey i got my first gaming pc and here the specs

Q9400 2.66Hz Quad core Processor

Seagate 500 Gigabyte

4 gb DDR2-800

Asus Extreme N9800GTX 512mb Graphics card

Ausus p5Q-Deluxe Motherboard

Asus DRW-2013l1T Sata Ls Dvd+/Rw

Sidewinder Gaming case

Drop the Q9400 and get the E8500 or E8600. Quad Cores aren't good for gaming unless they are highly clocked (compared to Dual Cores). Unless you are doing Multi-threading applications on your PC.Unfortunately high clocked Quad cores are pricey. Good Video Card, can't find it online.. lol

OK thanks for that I got a question I got far cry 2 and ask the guy in the shop if my pc is good and he said that my graphics card is a mid range or dose he got no ideapunisher4311

compared to 4870, 4870X2 and gtx 260 then yes hes right

Drop the Q9400 and get the E8500 or E8600. Quad Cores aren't good for gaming unless they are highly clocked (compared to Dual Cores). Unless you are doing Multi-threading applications on your PC.Unfortunately high clocked Quad cores are pricey. Good Video Card, can't find it online.. lol

lawrencexx_873

OK thanks for that I got a question I got far cry 2 and ask the guy in the shop if my pc is good and he said that my graphics card is a mid range or dose he got no ideapunisher4311

it will run fc2 max or close to max, its low highend/performance, sure isn't midrange, that's something like a 9600gt

[QUOTE="lawrencexx_873"]

Drop the Q9400 and get the E8500 or E8600. Quad Cores aren't good for gaming unless they are highly clocked (compared to Dual Cores). Unless you are doing Multi-threading applications on your PC.Unfortunately high clocked Quad cores are pricey. Good Video Card, can't find it online.. lol

PC_X360

for gaming there is no performance boost in 95% of games going with quad, right now duals are much better value for just about everything excpet video editing where quads can be used. you have to spend alot to get the same perforance in games from a quad that you get from a dual for half the price

[QUOTE="PC_X360"][QUOTE="lawrencexx_873"]

Drop the Q9400 and get the E8500 or E8600. Quad Cores aren't good for gaming unless they are highly clocked (compared to Dual Cores). Unless you are doing Multi-threading applications on your PC.Unfortunately high clocked Quad cores are pricey. Good Video Card, can't find it online.. lol

imprezawrx500

for gaming there is no performance boost in 95% of games going with quad, right now duals are much better value for just about everything excpet video editing where quads can be used. you have to spend alot to get the same perforance in games from a quad that you get from a dual for half the price

95% of games are also GPU limited, so once your above a certain CPU level, its not going to make much of a a real world difference...