AMD good enough?

[Guest]

Hello,
I,ve got a AMD AthlonII Quad core x4 620 with 2gb RAM and onboard Nvdia 8200 will i be able to play the latest games? and what operating system should i buy?

 

[Kari]

cpu is good enough but get a dedicated graphics card, like ati 5770, the 8200 is not meant for games. windows 7 home premium 64bit for os

 

[jennyh]

The AMD cpu is fine, the nvidia graphics isn't.

 

[WR2]

onboard Nvdia 8200 will i be able to play the latest games?

Sorry, no you won't.
And if you have to buy an OS Windows7 is the only real choice IMO.

 

[rolli59]

The CPU is fine but the onboard 8200 is far from being a gaming card a discrete GPU would be needed. OS today would be windows 7.

 

[Guest]

thanks all thats great is ati 5770 fairly new ? also would 2GB of ram be enough for gaming?

 

[jennyh]

5770 is the best bang-for-buck card available and 2gb of RAM should be ok.

 

[shadow187]

2GB of RAM is fine for a 32-bit OS, try to get a 64-bit and 4GB though.

The 5770 is the latest generation, and plays games nicely on 1680x1050, though it struggles at 1920.

 

[mactronix]

I would say 2GB while fine is minimum, while your upgrading if you can afford it putting in an extra 2GB wouldnt hurt, would you notice a differance ? i would say yes. When i changed from XP with 2GB to W7 64 with 4GB i noticed a differance. I had run the RC with 2gb so i do have a referance to what W7 ran like with 2GBand i would say its worth it.

Mactronix