Alright, this is a reply to my old thread on gaming laptop suggestions. In the end I've decided to get a new desktop from ibuypower.com (recommended to me by a friend). So my dad and I started to work out some agreements on how the new desktop should be configurated and we came up with these specs, hopefully they will run StarCraft 2 on high, Diablo 3, and soon to come Witcher 2.
I would like some reviews, feedback about this decision, the overall price came out to be a bit above $600.
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Processor: AMD Athlon™ II X4 635 Quad-Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1333 Memory Module
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77T/USB3 -- AMD 770 Chipset-
Power Supply: 700 Watt
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Hard drive, disk drive, and operating system (deciding between XP or Windows 7) is already decided, plus I already have keyboard, mouse, and speakers. So again, please look over and tell me what you think!
Everything here is fine, You will most likely be able to run SC2 at ultra but during big ending fights or just big fights period you might see it get a bit choppy, so I don't know if you can upgrade but i mean a 6950 should do fine with it plus you can make a 6950 a 6970 very easily without spending the extra 60-80 bucks. The Cpu is fine, 4GB of ram is fine you could use 8 but if your price range doesn't allow 4GB is fine. Mobo is limiting because if you ever need to xfire your screwed cause you don't have another PCIE 2.0 x16 lane. I mean that is only if you really want to upgrade at a later time when it is cheaper and will make it decent again. Other than that the specs are fine.
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What is it with people wanting to play games at max settings? I usually can't tell that big-a difference, or that important-a one when switching from highest, to the next best thing. Like, I won't spend 400$ to be able to see the Wizard's tits glisten and bounce when she's casting Boobies Revenge.
it's almost identical to my system (Phenom II 965 and Ati Radeon HD 5870 the only differences).
Runs SC2 on Ultra without any lags. Same with WoW (a little laggy in overcrowded places, but what system wouldn't when you have 100+ people doing shit?). Not tried Crysis to see how well it does there, Bioshok 2 that i did try looks awesome, tho!
TY for the feedback guys, I can't wait for this new rig to finally get over here (somewhere between Jan 10-20). And also do you guys suggest keeping to XP or transitioning to Windows 7?
The case I got is NZXT Apollo Gaming Case Black shown below:
Well, the most important things you get from improving your system are these imo:
1. You can increase your resolution, which makes a huge difference in detail, and in some cases the UI and/or visual range.
2. You can afford decent shadows and a bit of AA, which is always nice. Shadows adds a lot of realism, but can be very demanding depending on how dynamic they are. AA is an obvious must if you want to have smooth texture transitions.
It is basically those two. The only thing worth maxing imo is the resolution, everything else is ok at around medium settings. However when you buy a rig you usually want it to last for a couple of years, and maintain medium or higher quality, so a gamer might want to aim for higher than medium, somewhere around high.
I got my 8800 GTX, Q 6600 Core2Quad, 4 gig PC more than 2 and a half years ago, and it still plays most recent games at max. It plays NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 at the highest settings without a glitch, and that has a lot of shadows and stuff. I doubt I'll upgrade anything solely to play Diablo 3, since I'm sure it can run it at very decent settings.
Sure, that works ^^ My won't though, unless I go with minimal resolution. My machine has less power in all fields than mid-range laptops. I have to turn some settings to low for some Wc3 maps...
I suggest Win7. The taskbar/dock is really good for keeping icons away from your desktop, it is very easy to get the latest drivers for anything using Windows Update, it looks really good, there are some great new functions in the Control Panel to tweak, it is just a good OS. The only negative thing is that there are some old stuff that refuses to work properly on Win7, but those are so few that you can usually live without them. The only case where I would choose XP is when you have a weak machine that requires a low demand OS to perform devently.
On the other hand, Win7 is very expensive...
Cost issue for Win7 won't be an issue because I already have it. I'm just a little wary of transitioning because I've grown very accustomed to XP :confused:
i'm running Windows 7 Ultimate and i'm quite happy with it. Can't say the same about the latest Ati drivers tho
Anyway, with Win7 there's full DirectX 11 support that i really like since the graphix card supports it aswell (yours too). Plus it's an awesome OS overall and very well optimised especially compared to Vista
That's a pretty good system you have there. It should last you a good while, maybe into the next generation of gaming.
I think my PC is a couple points under yours in terms of hardware and I'm able to run Oblivion and Fallout at max settings. You are very well in the clear and this PC should last you a long time. I would just keep it where it's at and not buy anything to improve on it (except maybe more RAM, but only if you're fancy) because you have the bare essentials of a next-gen PC.
Anyway, just my two cents.
Edit: And we can all agree that a handheld Leapfrog learning system is far superior to Vista.
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I would like some reviews, feedback about this decision, the overall price came out to be a bit above $600.
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Processor: AMD Athlon™ II X4 635 Quad-Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1333 Memory Module
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77T/USB3 -- AMD 770 Chipset-
Power Supply: 700 Watt
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Hard drive, disk drive, and operating system (deciding between XP or Windows 7) is already decided, plus I already have keyboard, mouse, and speakers. So again, please look over and tell me what you think!
-Anathemic One
Ranting aside, that's a very good system.
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Runs SC2 on Ultra without any lags. Same with WoW (a little laggy in overcrowded places, but what system wouldn't when you have 100+ people doing shit?). Not tried Crysis to see how well it does there, Bioshok 2 that i did try looks awesome, tho!
The case I got is NZXT Apollo Gaming Case Black shown below:
I got my 8800 GTX, Q 6600 Core2Quad, 4 gig PC more than 2 and a half years ago, and it still plays most recent games at max. It plays NFS Hot Pursuit 2010 at the highest settings without a glitch, and that has a lot of shadows and stuff. I doubt I'll upgrade anything solely to play Diablo 3, since I'm sure it can run it at very decent settings.
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Cost issue for Win7 won't be an issue because I already have it. I'm just a little wary of transitioning because I've grown very accustomed to XP :confused:
Anyway, with Win7 there's full DirectX 11 support that i really like since the graphix card supports it aswell (yours too). Plus it's an awesome OS overall and very well optimised especially compared to Vista
Windows 3.1 is awesome compared to Vista...
I think my PC is a couple points under yours in terms of hardware and I'm able to run Oblivion and Fallout at max settings. You are very well in the clear and this PC should last you a long time. I would just keep it where it's at and not buy anything to improve on it (except maybe more RAM, but only if you're fancy) because you have the bare essentials of a next-gen PC.
Anyway, just my two cents.
Edit: And we can all agree that a handheld Leapfrog learning system is far superior to Vista.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence