Good PC games that don't require a good GPU
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davefowler
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It will be a decent gaming rig if you just upgrade your CPU. Then you can play many more fun games.
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maddogfargo
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7850 is actually a decent GPU. I'd look at a CPU upgrade as was mentioned above. If your games bottleneck it would be on the CPU side.
thee_prisoner
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Plenty of slightly older and older games will play fine. Many to choose from and Steam has great sales plus check out the Humble Bundle site.
jaguarskx
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The Radeon HD 7850 is a bit bottlenecked by the E6700. It's not too bad, but if you can overclock the CPU, then you can get better performance in games that are CPU dependent.
Skyrim.
Civilization 5 & XCom: Enemy Unknown, but they are turn based strategy games which have fallen out of favor over the years. I haven't played XCom yet, but it is at the top of my list.
Skyrim.
Civilization 5 & XCom: Enemy Unknown, but they are turn based strategy games which have fallen out of favor over the years. I haven't played XCom yet, but it is at the top of my list.
fulle
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Interesting topic, since the OP has a 7850 as the GPU. A 7850 should be able to drive pretty much any modern game with good graphics performance. The CPU, would actually be the bottleneck in this situation, since a Core 2 duo e6700 isn't fast enough to drive a 7850.
So let's get that straight here. This is a clear CPU BOTTLENECK, not a GPU bottleneck.
Anyway, that would mean that you'd want to avoid games that are heavy on the CPU side. Grand Theft Auto 4, for example, would poorly on your system, since it has infamously high CPU usage. Battlefield 3? Would run fine single player, but have some CPU bottlenecking in multiplayer. Skyrim would have a noticeable CPU bottleneck as well, limiting FPS to about 45ish, regardless of graphics settings.
But for the most part, a high percentage of games would run flawless. Tomb Raider, for example, should run at around 75 FPS with high settings. All COD Games should run flawless, etc etc etc.
So let's get that straight here. This is a clear CPU BOTTLENECK, not a GPU bottleneck.
Anyway, that would mean that you'd want to avoid games that are heavy on the CPU side. Grand Theft Auto 4, for example, would poorly on your system, since it has infamously high CPU usage. Battlefield 3? Would run fine single player, but have some CPU bottlenecking in multiplayer. Skyrim would have a noticeable CPU bottleneck as well, limiting FPS to about 45ish, regardless of graphics settings.
But for the most part, a high percentage of games would run flawless. Tomb Raider, for example, should run at around 75 FPS with high settings. All COD Games should run flawless, etc etc etc.
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I have an Core2Duo E8400, 650 TI 1GB, and 4GB of System RAM and I think Farcry 3 and BioShock Infinite run very well on medium with my set-up. Skyrim runs on high perfectly. I guess if you are looking for above 60fps on these games, this won't be happening.
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