Good for Black ops 2 ??

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

SumerGrewal

Honorable
Apr 27, 2012
27
0
10,530
Hi , are these specs good enough for black ops 2 multiplayer on med to high settings?

AMD PHENOM X4 955 BLACK EDITION QUAD CORE PROCESSOR

WU BLUE 1TB SATA

Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD760G mATX

g skill ripjaws 8gb 2x4gb ddr3 1600 ram

seasonic 350w PSU

MSI RAEDON HD 7770 1000MHZ 1GB 4.5GHZ GDDR5
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
S

SumerGrewal

Honorable
Apr 27, 2012
27
0
10,530


I have my own PC which consists of a i5 3570k oced @ 4.1ghz , gtx 580 Oced, 16gb kingston ram, ssd , etc etc. But this computer is for a friend who wants a budget " gaming " computer for 600 dollars including win 7 OS.. He told me to get him one built and I have no clue what to make him for 500 dollars.. :cry:
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest
someone forgot a MOTHERBOARD :lol:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($117.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($24.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Base Total: $592.90
Combo Discounts: -$9.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$43.00
Shipping: $28.10
Total: $569.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-13 19:00 EST-0500)

i "cheaped out" on 4 Gbs of RAM but COD BOII does need that much along with a 1 Gb card. i haven't seen more that 800megs of Vram used with all the settings cranked up for me.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
iceclock

iceclock

Illustrious
Dec 4, 2010
13,088
0
42,960
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xsyF
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xsyF/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xsyF/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 6770 1GB Video Card ($125.37 @ NCIX US)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.98 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($24.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $582.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-13 19:05 EST-0500)

:)

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

SumerGrewal

Honorable
Apr 27, 2012
27
0
10,530



i chose that..Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD760G mATX
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest

please, any i3 stomps a FX-4100 in EVERYTHING; including when overclocked.

however eh OP is going to wish they bought an FX when they realize they got an AM3 motherboard . .
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest

NO really an FX 4100 is garbage . .
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest

ah, your AMD mantra of moar cores is showing. your point has a very large fallousy; the AMD cores are not nearly equal to intel cores for efficiency and even the most ardent AMD fanboys admit that.

wow! deja vu of several past discussion from a year ago . .you must be new.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
iceclock

iceclock

Illustrious
Dec 4, 2010
13,088
0
42,960
im not new ive been on toms hardware longer than u, i agree for gaming it might help, but u got 4 physical cores versus 2 hardwarecores and 2ht cores for the intel i3,

i really do prefer 4 physical cores, also i own an i5, lol

so im not a fanboy of amd or intel, just saying amds still got good budget chips for the price.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Chief7285

Chief7285

Distinguished
Jan 3, 2012
110
0
18,690
Nope the FX 4100 have 2 "bulldozer" modules. A module is a cluster of 2 weak cores

actually all FX series CPU's have modules none are true physical cores because its a cluster of weak cores.

And core count doesn't really when the chip itself lacks IPC performance
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest

not talking about the amount of time but . .well let me explain it this way:

first you post a build with an i3 and a third party heatsink, which an i3 doesn't need, then you post an FX-4100 without a third party heatsink and talk about overclocking it when a heatsink would be needed.

so what are you? new?!?! (now do you get it?)

for gaming, which uses 4 or less threads, mostly less, an i3 is a great cpu. the execution of the instructions is far better than a bulldozer chip. again this has been has been show consistantly for the last year, do some research! to compare each other and say moar cores are better is ignorant.

the OP asked about a rig to play COD BO2; a game that doesn't need a four core cpu. so now you want to defend/promote the choice of a 4 core cpu???

dude, get your head in the game . .

and btw, i can state what an i3 can and cannot do since i gamed with one for several months.
Undervolting i3 2120 (the only "fun" there is) <-- proof because any one can say they own anything on these forums . .
i also had several discussions with quad core fanboys whom wanted to arrogantly state that you needed a quad core to game . .what a joke i saw a minor increase in FPS after i upgraded.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
iceclock

iceclock

Illustrious
Dec 4, 2010
13,088
0
42,960
u dont need 4cores but blackops2 does run better on a quadcore its been stated.

i just dont like stock coolers i find they cool bad, and every aftermarket cooler is considered third party :), and i find that overall the fx is a better deal, but hey we can have are opinions shall we.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest


oh? where?
http://www.techspot.com/review/601-black-ops-2-performance/page5.html
Call of Duty Black Ops II is optimized for dual-core processors and we saw constant activity across four threads in the portion of the game that we tested.
Click to expand...

it fine to have opinion but when based on FUD . . . .

bye bye time to go to work.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

Guest

Guest

really, a review from reputable site means nothing?
:heink:
well, i hope you know that ignorance IS a choice.

thanks and back at ya. :)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
JMer806

JMer806

Honorable
Jun 12, 2012
515
0
11,060


I'm not sure what you're arguing. The benchmarks showed i3 performing within a few FPS of quad-core or higher CPUs. One of them even specifically said:

Since it’s a DirectX 11 game, Black Ops 2 won’t be needing a powerful CPU. Based on the requirements, the game will run fine with an Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz. As long as your CPU has two cores (Black Ops 2 won’t start on single core CPUs) it will run the game.

CPU usage is extremely low and even with just two cores enabled on the i5 2500k there is absolutely no bottleneck, no frame drops or anything along these lines.
Click to expand...

I don't see the 4100 on the benchmarks at all. I suspect the i3 as listed would blow it away.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom