Capable or not for heavy gaming

v30xtreme · Mar 27, 2014

i bought a second hand cpu and added a graphics card, within my budget.
can i play games which were released upto year 2013.
specs of cpu are as:

Hp CMT E8600 3.2 ghz.
RAM = 2gb
GPU = 2 gb ATI radeon sapphire 5450
PSU = 365 watt
OS = win XP sp 3.

haven't tested or played any games on it,yet. But will i be able to play games on medium or high settings?

Avocade · Mar 27, 2014

At low resolutions and lowest possible settings. Sure.

STACKS ON DECK · Mar 27, 2014

these a the lowest then the entry level . . can play games but not every game sured to run properly

Cons29 · Mar 27, 2014

your cpu is ok, ram is low (get at least 4gb), but the biggest issue i seeis the graphics card. you say you added this? you should have asked here first, 5450 is far from a good performer.
only old games will run in high with this setup. or games that doesnt have much in terms of eye candy, sorry

InvalidError · Mar 27, 2014

2GB RAM is pretty low. Your system will likely use the swapfile a lot, causing tons of stuttering. A HD5450 is extremely low-end so you may have trouble playing current games even at the lowest details. The CPU is also marginal: my E8400 with HD5770 could only manage ~50fps in Diablo 3 which is a relatively low-spec game but the same GPU has no trouble doing a steady 60fps on my i5-3470.

You are not going to be able to do high frame rates or high resolution with your current system on current games.

v30xtreme · Mar 27, 2014

Avocade :

ok.i can increase RAM to 4gb.

what would all of you suggest which gpu i should buy.
looks like i blew my money on this 5450.well since budget was low i could only buy this.

person who i bought this cpu with gpu from says, ( i called him just now), he played games like batman arkham asylm on high settings,far cry 2 on high settings,ruse on medium settings,black ops on high settings.MW 3 on high settings.

since you guys are The Experts here.do suggest which gpu i should buy now.i am going to frame this 5450 in my hall of blunders and mistakes of life.

v30xtreme · Mar 27, 2014

Cons29 :

ok.i can increase RAM to 4gb.

what would all of you suggest which gpu i should buy.
looks like i blew my money on this 5450.well since budget was low i could only buy this.

person who i bought this cpu with gpu from says, ( i called him just now), he played games like batman arkham asylm on high settings,far cry 2 on high settings,ruse on medium settings,black ops on high settings.MW 3 on high settings.

since you guys are The Experts here.do suggest which gpu i should buy now.i am going to frame this 5450 in my hall of blunders and mistakes of life.

Cons29 · Mar 27, 2014

personally, i would not go anything lower than a 7770 (or equivalent), maybe those x50Ti (650 or 750)

InvalidError · Mar 27, 2014

v30xtreme :

If you are buying with the intent to stick to your C2D-E8600 for the foreseeable future, I would not bother going above HD7750 since your performance will be CPU-bound most of the time. If you plan to upgrade your CPU+MoBo+RAM in the not-so-distant future, then you might want to get a 750(Ti) or a R7-265 but for the R7, you would likely need a new PSU as well.

Cons29 · Mar 27, 2014

you can also opt to oc your cpu, if you do not have a budget yet, hopefully you already have a good cooler

amanchandra · Mar 28, 2014

If Low settings is your cup of tea, even for a year older games. And for current games, impossible!
Maybe at 800X600.

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