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64 x2 4200 hd 3850 still good for current gaming?

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 08:48:40 PM

im building a pc for my gilfriend. i got a barebone with 2 gigs of ddr2 amd 64 x2 4200 and i also bought a sapphire hd3850, will this still manage the current games at medium setting?

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 08:56:54 PM
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any help would be greatly appreciated

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teh_boxzor   10-12-2008 at 09:06:52 PM
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yes

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 09:20:23 PM
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what would the fps be u think in games like bioshock cod 4 crysis at iether 1280 or 1024

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teh_boxzor   10-12-2008 at 09:29:59 PM
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i'd say around 40 on medium settings for bioshock 30-ish for cod4 and low 20's for crysis.

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 09:30:53 PM
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thats not too bad thanks for the post

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 09:31:50 PM
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i bet far cry 2 will be a challenge

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mactronix   10-12-2008 at 09:45:34 PM
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Well I just ran it and I got default medium everything on the graphics settings and I added X4 AA. 45 FPS running around and dropping to 25 in a firefight with 3 soldiers. HD 3850 Intel Core 2 4600 adn 2 Gig Ram.

According to this you will loose about 10 FPS due to your CPU :( http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/c [...] otout.html

Mactronix

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drmolerat   10-12-2008 at 09:46:43 PM
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i guess il have to cut the aa. o well

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mactronix   10-12-2008 at 10:07:54 PM
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It still looks good with out the AA i just enabled it to see what it would do :)

Mactronix

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drmolerat   10-26-2008 at 03:21:11 PM
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update on this setup. i got it built and it runs at decent temps both cpus at 26 to 30 the gpu running only at 52 on load. this setup maxes out cod4 on 1280x 1024, maxes bioshock, crysis is still ugly but 1024 all on medium i got between 35 and 45 fps. far cry 2 runs great 4x aa all setting on high 1280 x 1024 floating around 40 fps. alos maxes out mass effect with mid 40s

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Dekasav   10-26-2008 at 08:49:53 PM
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Good to hear. I'm running about the same setup, but CPU @ 2.7Ghz and an hd 4670. I was looking at FC2 and Mass Effect, but curious on how they'd run. Good news for me, over 50fps is for rich people.

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