Hey guys, I have a situation in which I need some advice. I am buying a new computer and I have narrowed it down to two choices. Basically the computers both have 8 gig's of ram and a TB hard drive. The source of the confusion is in the processor and GPU. In choice a I could have a Amd Phenom X4 9750 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz with a Ati Radeon 4870hd. Or I could go with choice b, which is fifty bucks cheaper, and have a AMD Phenom II X4 910 quad-core processor (2.6 Ghz) but with only the Radeon 4850. I want to play graphically intensive games such as Crysis on the highest settings possible at high resolutions. Which computer should I go with? Thanks!
Go with the one having the fastest GPU (Radeon HD 4870). If high resolution means greater than 1680 x 1050, then none is powerful enough at the highest settings. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341
U don't need 8 GB of ram, 4 GB ddr2 is enough for anything, u will just waste money for nothing. definitely go for the 4870 if u can, its a great card, better than 4850. u can even get an AMD phenom II 720 Black Edition, its a triple core, a beast of cpu, lot of overclockers use it. Since there are just a few applications that take advantage of all 4 cores, u can add the saved money from the CPU to get a better GPU. Gaming is more about the GPU anyway.