Good Enough For Modern Games?

[argueta789]

Amd Phenom II X4 ( Please recommend which model , 965,970,975 etc.)
HIS HD Radeon 6870
8 GB 1333 Ram
ASUS M4N68T-M V2
700 w OC-Z MODX psu
21" monitor
budget $570

Will this be able to run modern games on mid to high?
if any of these components arnt powerful enough please recommend me

 

[zergesys]

You should be perfectly fine. Not constant 60fps in crysis at max, but close enough.

As for CPU, the faster the better. 965 or 955 will be fine, and the BE makes them overclockable should you not be satisfied with their speed.

 

[argueta789]

sorry , kind of a noob question but what is be?

 

[argueta789]

oh i see .. will i be able to play bf 3 on at least mid settings?

 

[argueta789]

how come in benchmarks the x6 outperforms the x4 ? http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

 

[jaguarskx]

how come in benchmarks the x6 outperforms the x4 ? http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

Those are synthetic benchmarks which do not represent actual real world performance. They are better than nothing, but pales in comparison to benchmarks using actual programs.

The x6 out performs the x4 because of the two extra cores. That's great if the program can use 6 cores. Games are do not use more than 4 core. Those games that can use 4 core generally do not use the 4th core efficiently. Based on an Anandtech review about multiple cores and games; going from 2 cores to 3 cores generally gives around a 26% boost in performance. Going from 3 cores to 4 cores (assuming the game supports 4 cores) resulted in an average increase in performance of around 6%.

 

[argueta789]

Oh ok so , i kno u mentioned that all x4 processors ,are the same but looking at different benchmarks which one would u recommend?

 

[gnomio]

Oh ok so , i kno u mentioned that all x4 processors ,are the same but looking at different benchmarks which one would u recommend?

whats your native resolution?

 

[jaguarskx]

^^^

Doesn't really matter even if the 21" monitor has a 1920x1080 resolution, the HD 6870 will be fine.

 

[argueta789]

my current monitor is a 19' 1280x1024 , but looking to upgrade soon to 21" 1600x1200

 

[gnomio]

^^^

Doesn't really matter even if the 21" monitor has a 1920x1080 resolution, the HD 6870 will be fine.

just saw the screen size not resolution. nothing to do with his gpu but his cpu question
http://www.guru3d.com/article/crysis-2-dx11-vga-and-cpu-performance-benchmarks/6
Look at difference between the cpu's now on 1080p

Look at the difference on your resolution
http://www.guru3d.com/article/crysis-2-dx11-vga-and-cpu-performance-benchmarks/5

 

[argueta789]

so i should go for 980 over the 965?

 

[gnomio]

so i should go for 980 over the 965?

no go for the 955be
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-HDZ955FBGMBOX-Phenom-3-2GHz-Retail/dp/B002TQYUAE/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1321240914&sr=1-1

get this monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009306

 

[argueta789]

ok thanks , am good with the processor , but no canadian site supplys that monitor how bout this ? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4642593&CatId=2775