Hello,
I am going to purchase a new computer which I use for surfing, emailing, downloading, watching movies and gaming. I spend only a little of my spare time gaming but when it does happen, then I want my computer to be able to run my games smoothly. Most of the games I play are Strategic games like the Combat Mission series,Total War series and others of the same kind. From time to time I may play a bit a shooter like "Call of Duty" but 3D shooters are really not my priority in gaming.
My present rig which I have since May 2006 is:
CPU:AMD Athalon 64 3500 2.21GHz
Video card: GeForce 7600 GT
Memory: 2GB
Lately I downloaded the "Empire:Total War" demo and I could only play with the graphic option set on "Low" : the game runs with a bit of lag and my troops are looking like sliding on the ground instead of walking/running. At "Medium" the game is almost unplayable and the game interface does not even give me access to the "High" option and I can forget about "Very High". In 2007 I played other games of the Total War series ( Rome and Medieval II ) with the graphics on "High" with my present computer without problem. So I guess that my computer is quite out of date for some of today's games.
I am considering to purchase one of these two rigs:
"Budget" rig:
CPU: Intel i5 - 760 Core 2.8GHz
Motherboard: P55 Intel WhiteSburg
Memory: 4GB Kingston Dual Channel 2x 2048
Video card: Gainward GeForce 460GTX 768 or 1GB
+ WD 500GB Hard drive Caviar Blue + HEC case
More expensive rig:
CPU: Intel i7- 930 Quad 2.8GHz
Motherboard: X58 Intel SmackOver
Memory: 3GB Kingston Tri Channel
Video card: Gainward GeForce 460GTX 1GB or 1GB
+ WD 500GB Hard drive Caviar Blue + HEC case
Once thing I have no idea about is which power supply to buy? 300W, 500W or more?
The expensive rig cost $400 more than the budget. The price of the "budget" is a bit tight for me and to add $400 is quite a problem.
Considering the kind of games I am playing, the question is how much noticeable will be the difference between playing with the budget and the expensive one? In which cases will the difference be really noticeable?
Thanks.
I am going to purchase a new computer which I use for surfing, emailing, downloading, watching movies and gaming. I spend only a little of my spare time gaming but when it does happen, then I want my computer to be able to run my games smoothly. Most of the games I play are Strategic games like the Combat Mission series,Total War series and others of the same kind. From time to time I may play a bit a shooter like "Call of Duty" but 3D shooters are really not my priority in gaming.
My present rig which I have since May 2006 is:
CPU:AMD Athalon 64 3500 2.21GHz
Video card: GeForce 7600 GT
Memory: 2GB
Lately I downloaded the "Empire:Total War" demo and I could only play with the graphic option set on "Low" : the game runs with a bit of lag and my troops are looking like sliding on the ground instead of walking/running. At "Medium" the game is almost unplayable and the game interface does not even give me access to the "High" option and I can forget about "Very High". In 2007 I played other games of the Total War series ( Rome and Medieval II ) with the graphics on "High" with my present computer without problem. So I guess that my computer is quite out of date for some of today's games.
I am considering to purchase one of these two rigs:
"Budget" rig:
CPU: Intel i5 - 760 Core 2.8GHz
Motherboard: P55 Intel WhiteSburg
Memory: 4GB Kingston Dual Channel 2x 2048
Video card: Gainward GeForce 460GTX 768 or 1GB
+ WD 500GB Hard drive Caviar Blue + HEC case
More expensive rig:
CPU: Intel i7- 930 Quad 2.8GHz
Motherboard: X58 Intel SmackOver
Memory: 3GB Kingston Tri Channel
Video card: Gainward GeForce 460GTX 1GB or 1GB
+ WD 500GB Hard drive Caviar Blue + HEC case
Once thing I have no idea about is which power supply to buy? 300W, 500W or more?
The expensive rig cost $400 more than the budget. The price of the "budget" is a bit tight for me and to add $400 is quite a problem.
Considering the kind of games I am playing, the question is how much noticeable will be the difference between playing with the budget and the expensive one? In which cases will the difference be really noticeable?
Thanks.
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