Game Performance.

Okay i'm gonna start out with saying i dont know much about computers and hardware. I know the basics, and i know how to replace some parts. I won my computer a little over a year ago, and i was told it was a beast. It had a geforce 7950 GT 512 to start out with, but not long ago, it got toasted because it got too hot. Right now im running with an old geforce 6600 128 ram.

Even with the 7950 gt graphics card, it did not run games that well. In crysis i had to turn stuff down to medium, and the same with bioshock and oblivion. Im looking to replace my graphics card with the geforce 9800 gt 512. I heard its supposed to be quite good for its price range. Will my computer be able to run games like crysis, fallout 3, dead space, and all the new games with high settings? (1200*1024 Resolution)

My computer specs http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8730/pcspecscq4.jpg

Also, under 'CPU', and then in the Core Speed category, in the cpu-z program it shows as each core running 1600 mhz, yet when i go to the control panel, and to system in windows, it shows 2600 for each core. When i start up the CPU-Z, it shows 2600, then after around 10 seconds it goes down to 1600. Why does it do that?

thanks.

I thought everything you needed to know was in the screenshot i provided.

cpu is core 2 extreme 6700
power supply is called Black Power, and is 600w
mobo? motherboard? gigabyte 965p-ds3
not sure what you mean by memory amount speed
ram, 2 x corsair 1024 pc2-5300, 2 x kingston 512 ps2-5300
wanted resolution is 1200*1024 with AA on.

nice thx alot ! sry didnt checked your screenshot. now i see

Your CPU is NICE, memory can do it .. not the best, not really fast ... maybe its your first bottleneck.

PSU is nice, 600W is enough for most high end gaming rig (non sli)

For GPU. i would recommend a 4850 ou 4870 ATI or 9800gtx+ or GTX260 if you like Nvidia( i like nvidia)

The 260 can be found for about 250$ now !!!


Is money is really a matter, 9800GT can still be good, but for Crysis ... youll need everything you can put in your computer !!!! and more RAM crysis Pump aboput 2g so its LIMIT to have 2g.

Your mobo can take 800mhz memory, still can OC it. your Proc can also be OCed well whit nice cooling !!!!!

+1 Frozen ! take a look at newegg and tigerdirect

i dont think so. look at this

http://www.nvidia.com/object/produ [...] gt_us.html

and this

http://www.nvidia.com/object/produ [...] tx_us.html

gt is just beside the gtx.

If you can affort a 260 ill go for it. But 4850 is still rocking.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with the 9800GT, unless you're on a very tight budget.

I'd get the HD4850 (which I own and recommend). Otherwise, get the 9800GTX+. If you wanna step it up even further, get the HD4870 or the GTX260.

Just look at all the Crysis benchmarks and you'll see that even today's top card in CF or SLI barely get above 40fps with the settings on high. Unless that's the only game you want to play, don't worry too much about Crysis.

No shock there... an 8800GT/9800GT is a huge step above your 7950GT and 6600 and should give 2-3 times the performance in Crysis. A 512MB 7900GT would not be far behind your 7950GT and look what the 8800GT does in comparison - http://www.legionhardware.com/docu [...] id=698&p=2

I guess it's the HD4850 then. I took a look at some shops, and it only costs around 10% more than the 9800GT. The HD4870 is not an option however, since it costs almost twice as much as the HD4870, atleast where i have looked.

Which one of the HD4850 cards should i be getting then? You know, Gainward, Club3D, Point of View etc.

thats sweet. winning a c2q-extreme.

+1 for the hd4850, (get the HIS iceq varation or the gainward/palit sonic version if its available)

but that blackpower PSU, is that even reliable?

I would say the only difference in card manufacturers that is REALLY going to matter is cooling.

Here's two examples of the same card with different cooling options;





'nuff said.