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[dvnnn]

Hello everybody. I have a crappy pc at the moment but i bought some components which will change it into a much better one. I bought a Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P MOBO
AMD Phenom II X2 550 B.E. CPU
MSI GTS250 512mb DDR3 GPU
2GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz A-DATA ram
500GB WD HDD
550W Rasurbo PSU
I haven't changed the case and the dvd-writer. I was wondering if I should install Windows 7 32-bit or Windows Xp 32-bit. I would like to run games at the highest graphic settings on 1280x1024 screen resolution. Will Crysis (for example) run properly (60fps+) on W7 using DX10 of course, at the highest settings? I haven't replaced the components yet because I forgot to buy Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound for the CPU. Until I replace the components I would like to get some replies suggesting which OS should I use for maximum visual quality and performance.


Thanks.

 

[hunter315]

Use Windows 7 64-bit, it will allow you to run games in DX10, there is no reason to stick with a 32 bit OS or with XP. You wont be able to run crysis at highest settings with anything short of a GTX275 even at that resolution, however the GTS250 will allow you to play everything on high settings, but crysis maxed is a really bad measure as it takes twice as much GPU power to max as other games do.

 

[dvnnn]

Do you think i will encounter any performance issues running W7 64-bit ? if not, then i'm going to install it. thanks for the quick reply.

 

[dredg98]

we need to know what kind of video card you have in order to know if you can run crysis

 

[dvnnn]

the video card is a MSI GTS250 with 512MB DDR3. i already wrote that. it's the gpu = video card. what more is needed to know ? :-/
even more detailed: MSI N250GTS-2D1G OC GeForce GTS 250 Video Card

 

[dredg98]

Wow im really sorry i didnt see it My mistake unfortunately your video card might run crysis at that resolution but you wont be getting Anti aliasing or AS filtering on but you might i would upgrade it to something a little more beefier maybe a 5770