PC for playing games

thepostie · 12-02-2008, 11:21 PM

It's my birthday soon and the wife says i can get a another PC.The one i have at the moment is not really up to the job i have recently just got back into playing PC games the last thing i bothered with was Half Life 2 and it ran it no problem everything on high settings but i have just got Crysis and it's really laggy on low settings.

system i have at the mo is a P4 3.06,2 gig ram Geforce 8800gts 320mb.

my budget is only about 200 quid

so will probably be a second hand job of Ebay,any chance on telling me what to look out for.

cheers.

Steamrunner · 12-03-2008, 12:01 AM

Forget about a new system, upgrade your processor to at least a dual core 3Ghz, and slam in 4 gig of Ram. Your card is great and you'll be playing all the latest games in high/medium settings for the next couple of years.

tnharris33 · 12-03-2008, 12:22 AM

200 quid aint gona buy you a new pcs packaging - you need to upgrade the one you got now

dont buy any parts from ebay, there are plenty of online computer stores that have better selections, and better prices then ebay

try for a new motherboard with dual sli - 200 quid should get you a good mobo and a new quad core q6600 cpu or even a dual core e8400/8500
If this is a gaming pc, you want a rig you can upgrade later on so you need to get a fairly decent mobo to start of with

Hal-9000 · 12-03-2008, 03:50 AM

as the others have mentioned, your processor is the weak point.

BUT I must add this : Crysis is a known pc killer

so don't be discouraged if your rig won't run it.In fact, the game is used as a benchmark by almost every review site when they're looking at vidcards.

I have an E6600 2.4 gig core two duo processor, 2 gigs ram and a Geforce 7900 GS KO.I could run Crysis on medium settings but didn't venture far into the game...

The 8800 GT series of vidcards are exceptional but I have heard about some limitations with your 320mb version.A killer card is the 8800 GTX 512mb

thepostie · 12-09-2008, 07:13 PM

Cheers for all the advice,i got a duel core 3ghz cpu and i optimised the settings in Crysis and it went to medium so that's a good start,there's only 2 slots for memory so i'll have to get 2 gig sticks.

autricolor · 12-11-2008, 06:58 PM

try to buy 2 sticks of 2 GB.... so you can upgrade more later

12-02-2008, 11:21 PM	#1
thepostie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,265 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PC for playing games It's my birthday soon and the wife says i can get a another PC.The one i have at the moment is not really up to the job i have recently just got back into playing PC games the last thing i bothered with was Half Life 2 and it ran it no problem everything on high settings but i have just got Crysis and it's really laggy on low settings. system i have at the mo is a P4 3.06,2 gig ram Geforce 8800gts 320mb. my budget is only about 200 quid so will probably be a second hand job of Ebay,any chance on telling me what to look out for. cheers.

12-03-2008, 12:22 AM	#3
tnharris33 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 744 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	200 quid aint gona buy you a new pcs packaging - you need to upgrade the one you got now dont buy any parts from ebay, there are plenty of online computer stores that have better selections, and better prices then ebay try for a new motherboard with dual sli - 200 quid should get you a good mobo and a new quad core q6600 cpu or even a dual core e8400/8500 If this is a gaming pc, you want a rig you can upgrade later on so you need to get a fairly decent mobo to start of with __________________ Free will is an illusion - An omnipotent Being knows EVERYTHING, including the future, so he knows what we are going to do next.

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12-03-2008, 12:01 AM	#2
Steamrunner TechnoFlid Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,405 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	Forget about a new system, upgrade your processor to at least a dual core 3Ghz, and slam in 4 gig of Ram. Your card is great and you'll be playing all the latest games in high/medium settings for the next couple of years.

12-09-2008, 07:13 PM	#5
thepostie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,265 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cheers for all the advice,i got a duel core 3ghz cpu and i optimised the settings in Crysis and it went to medium so that's a good start,there's only 2 slots for memory so i'll have to get 2 gig sticks.

12-11-2008, 06:58 PM	#6
autricolor micro waster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	try to buy 2 sticks of 2 GB.... so you can upgrade more later