I am building a PC on a budget. I will be playing games like Battlefield 2, Oblivion, World of Warcraft, Steam games like CS:S, left 4 dead2 and Day of Defeat.

For motherboard, video card and power supply options i can get sli/crossfire enabled for using 2 video cards. However i will only be using 1 video card. I think in the future i will just buy a whole nother video card as opposed to getting a second one.

For the type of gaming i will be doing will i really need SLI? To be honest i will not be buying many new games..with the exception of like Battlefield Bad Company 2 or Fable 3.

awesome thanks a lot you guys you really helped me out on this one. Ive settled with this one, and i think ill be happy with it :)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227274

Hello all, im not too tech savvy and i was wondering if there was any desktops i could purchase online that are already made. I am looking for a good video card with 1gb of memory, at least 2.8ghz of CPU and 4gigs of Ram, and at least a 600w power supply.

I know building your own is the cheapest route but i just dont have the time nor knowledge, if anyone could link me to something similar to what i described i will be very very grateful!

Why don't you take the plung and build your own? For one you learn something while researching the parts, for 2 you know what YOU want not what OTHER people want/have "available". In almost all cases you SAVE money by building it yourself, trust me it isn't hard at all! It is in fact much simpler than in the past where you would have to manually set jumpers

Alkpaz

Honestly i would but im kind of a noob at this. How do i know if certain parts are compatible with other parts? like how do i know a certain motherboard will work with this or that RAM or video card?

alright then do you think it would be better to buy that computer and save some coin or spend a couple more hundred and get this

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6299835&CatId=1886

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227261

i heard the NvidiaGT 240 sucks for gaming, would an nvidia 7800gtx 512mb do any better, and would it fit?

Hello, I am running Steam through Crossover on my macbook pro.

I just bought battlefield 2 on the steam store, but every time i try to launch it it goes to a white screen then crashes to desktop

i've tried patching it, reinstalling it and everything. I havent updated my video drivers, because i dont know what my video card is and i dunno how to check

i have a macbook pro, not the newest version

if anyone knows how i can play this please let me know

i just want to play fallout 3 i just payed 30 bucks for it and for some reaosn when i try to launch it it says "no sound device detected fallout 3 cannot play"

so i dunno what to do, im running steam through crossover, on a macbook pro

I am running steam using Crossover

do you know how i could find out with a macbook pro?