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anonymous486   08-11-2009 at 06:44:28 PM

I was considering buying a Crysis warhead otimized PC. Here are the specs:

E7300 intel core 2 duo prosessor at 2.66 mhz
2 GB DDR2 RAM
9800 GT nvidia graphics card
500 watt psu
250 GB Sata 7200 rpm hard drive
Windows XP SP2

here is the link for the rest of the specs:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] kwCjCECjCE


i was wondering if anyone could give me some feedback about this computer for playing games like Empire Total War and Grand Ages Rome, nothing too graphically intense like Crysis. I would like to know if i enabled the physX feature on the GPU would there be a significant increase in graphics quality or would it just decrease framerate?

Also does this computer have enough RAM to effeciently run these games, or should I upgrade to 4GB of RAM?

And Finely, will the processor bottleneck the GPU or vice-versa? Thank You!

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How much does this system cost? on the link it says the item is currently unavailable... as for the hardware this should play any game that is out, the only thing is at what quality settings... if you have a 19-24inch wide screen LCD you will probably be looking at playing this game on the native resolution of this monitor with maybe 2x FSAA and 2xANISF with medium/average graphic setting for the best frame rate... there will be a few setting you could turn up to high such as the bread and butter setting like Texture detail or world detail some of the main settings... the other settings such as shadows and post processing and other "treats" you might benefit from turning them down a notch (but still using them if possible)....... you will just have to play with the settings per game to find the best visually pleasing graphics at the best playable frame rate....

 

On this computer neither the CPU or GPU should bottle neck each other they are relatively from the same generation of computer parts so they will work well together... this problem would be more suited for a Intel Core i7 CPU and a GeForce 8 or 9 series GPU... This Dual core CPU should be adequate for your gaming needs... I had a Core 2 Duo E6750 stock clock and a 8800 GTS 640mb and i could play any game out on a 22in LCD and it looked/ran great... i recently upgraded to a GTX 260 and 4GB of RAM however.

 

If you are playing PC games on somewhat of a budget the 2GB will be enough but i cant deny the advantages of having 4GB, you will probably want to reinstall windows and use a 64bit Windows platform to take full advantage of it though.

 

As for the PhysX... the GeForce 9 series PROBABLY come with tis setting enabled by default you shouldn't notice a big performance hit but yes enabling this "eye candy" will more then likely take a few frames of your total frame rate, but not enough to turn it off...

 

But yes this computer should play most any game you are looking to play for a little while to come... only question I have is what is the price they are asking for this machine...???

 

Hope my opinions/ideas help, and i don't get bashed to much on them :)
~Sean

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commandos84   08-11-2009 at 06:58:45 PM
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How much does this system cost? on the link it says the item is currently unavailable... as for the hardware this should play any game that is out, the only thing is at what quality settings... if you have a 19-24inch wide screen LCD you will probably be looking at playing this game on the native resolution of this monitor with maybe 2x FSAA and 2xANISF with medium/average graphic setting for the best frame rate... there will be a few setting you could turn up to high such as the bread and butter setting like Texture detail or world detail some of the main settings... the other settings such as shadows and post processing and other "treats" you might benefit from turning them down a notch (but still using them if possible)....... you will just have to play with the settings per game to find the best visually pleasing graphics at the best playable frame rate....

 

On this computer neither the CPU or GPU should bottle neck each other they are relatively from the same generation of computer parts so they will work well together... this problem would be more suited for a Intel Core i7 CPU and a GeForce 8 or 9 series GPU... This Dual core CPU should be adequate for your gaming needs... I had a Core 2 Duo E6750 stock clock and a 8800 GTS 640mb and i could play any game out on a 22in LCD and it looked/ran great... i recently upgraded to a GTX 260 and 4GB of RAM however.

 

If you are playing PC games on somewhat of a budget the 2GB will be enough but i cant deny the advantages of having 4GB, you will probably want to reinstall windows and use a 64bit Windows platform to take full advantage of it though.

 

As for the PhysX... the GeForce 9 series PROBABLY come with tis setting enabled by default you shouldn't notice a big performance hit but yes enabling this "eye candy" will more then likely take a few frames of your total frame rate, but not enough to turn it off...

 

But yes this computer should play most any game you are looking to play for a little while to come... only question I have is what is the price they are asking for this machine...???

 

Hope my opinions/ideas help, and i don't get bashed to much on them :)
~Sean


Message edited by commandos84 on 08-11-2009 at 07:06:17 PM
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anonymous486   08-11-2009 at 07:32:31 PM

Thank you so much comandos for all the feed back. the system costs 700 bucks and comes with a 32 bit version of winows so i think i can install up to 3 gb of ram. the system comes premade and has the OS pre-installed. it seems like a good deal being pre-made and all.

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commandos84   08-11-2009 at 07:45:29 PM

yea that isn't to bad of a price including the warranty... also i woudl refrain from adding a 1GB stick of RAM to that PC because you will negate the advantages of Dual Channel RAM unless you need more of it... 2GB will still be good enough to play Crysis and any other game out there...

As always shop around and compare it to other system manufacturers on the budget machine market and if they have pictures look the the build quality also.

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anonymous486   08-11-2009 at 10:43:48 PM

so why shouldnt I go with 2gb stick with a 1 gb stick?

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