Is this a good $350 gaming computer for Source Games?

AMDRadeonHD · Aug 23, 2013

I will play Counter-Strike: Source, Garry's Mod, Team Fortress 2, Trouble in

Terrorist Town, Half-Life 2 and other Source Games at 1360×768 at the highest

settings, will I get atleast 60 frames per second minimum with this $350 gaming

computer:

GIGABYTE GA-B75-D2V

Intel Pentium G2030 3.0GHz

Kingston HyperX Blu 1×4GB DDR3 1600MHz

MSi GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 1GB GDDR5

Fractal Design Core 1000

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB

Corsair Builder Series CX430W

Roland Of Gilead · Aug 23, 2013

AMDRadeonHD :

100% it will eat those games, and get you 60fps at whatever ultras settings there are. Source games aren't very demanding by todays standards.

AMDRadeonHD · Aug 23, 2013

Roland Of Gilead :

YouTuber said that he gets under 50's with his 5870, i7 920 and 8gb at 1080p highest settings. Probably because he uses 8×MSAA and 1080p?

Roland Of Gilead · Aug 23, 2013

AMDRadeonHD :

I find that hard to believe. You can see my specs in my sig, apart from having a better GPU in my rig, his rig is a lot better. I get 60fps at highest in game settings, with 0 drops in FPS. Your CPU, although not a quad core has very similar performance to mine in games. Also you have a 650ti Boost, which is roughly on par (sometimes better) with my GPU.

Yes, the multisampling levels and res will impact performance, but it's a 5 year old game engine, and shouldn't post too much trouble for you. I play at 1680 x 1050, but even if I went to 1080p, Id expect to get the same results.

AMDRadeonHD · Aug 23, 2013

Roland Of Gilead :

AMDRadeonHD :

I find that hard to believe. You can see my specs in my sig, apart from having a better GPU in my rig, his rig is a lot better. I get 60fps at highest in game settings, with 0 drops in FPS. Your CPU, although not a quad core has very similar performance to mine in games. Also you have a 650ti Boost, which is roughly on par (sometimes better) with my GPU.

Yes, the multisampling levels and res will impact performance, but it's a 5 year old game engine, and shouldn't post too much trouble for you. I play at 1680 x 1050, but even if I went to 1080p, Id expect to get the same results.

So basically if my frame rate drops below 60 at the highest setting, including 8×MSAA and 16×AF on a 1360×768, then something is wrong with my gaming computer? I am asking this, because I want to enable V-Sync (I really hate screen tearing at higher frame rates. I didn't have any mous lag even with a really cheap mouse when V-Sync was enabled with Sapphire Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 in Counter-Strike: Source. I played at the lowest settings with V-Sync + Triple Buffering without any mouse lag.

1s3ct0wN · Aug 23, 2013

Hi, with those components you gonna have solid 60fps 1080p even playing new source games like Dota2 and CS:GO.

I'd consider Athlon II X4 750K Quad-Core same price as that Intel Dual-core.

Edit: It might happen to drop below 60fps haha, but that can happen once in few hours and like 1-2sec, don't worry.

AMDRadeonHD · Aug 23, 2013

1s3ct0wN :

750k is more expensive+fm2 motheboards are more expensive so i have chosed a better single performance cpu and a better motherboard for a cheaper price

Roland Of Gilead · Aug 23, 2013

So basically if my frame rate drops below 60 at the highest setting, including 8×MSAA and 16×AF on a 1360×768, then something is wrong with my gaming computer? I am asking this, because I want to enable V-Sync (I really hate screen tearing at higher frame rates. I didn't have any mous lag even with a really cheap mouse when V-Sync was enabled with Sapphire Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 in Counter-Strike: Source. I played at the lowest settings with V-Sync + Triple Buffering without any mouse lag.[/quotemsg]

No, if your frames drop, its not that there is something wrong with your comp, it can be a whole bunch of different things like backround tasks, antivirus, etc or indoor/outdoor changes in game, which can cause temporary slowdowns. The figures I gave are guidelines....naturally that changes from machine to machine.

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