Advice on a gaming P.C please.

[Doctor ecks]

This is the P.C i'm thinking about buying for around 800£ :

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400

2 x 2.13GHz, 1GHz FSB, 2MB Cache

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center

2GB DDR RAM

400GB Hard Disk Drive

Dual Layer DVD ReWriter Drive

512MB ATI Radeon X1600SE Graphics

Built-in TV Tuner + Remote Control

802.11g Wireless Network Ready

19" Widescreen TFT Monitor


Is that a good P.C for hardcore games? such as BF 2 Q4 Aoe 3 And some of the other new games? I know i need a good graphics card is the x1600 good or should i buy this 1 seperately :

GeForce 7900GT Chipset

256MB GDDR3 Memory

PCI-E Interface

Dual DVI Outputs

Serious Sam 2 Bundled

Zalman Heatsink / Fan attached

For about 200£ ? or is the x1600 good enough for todays games, also info on the computer itself would be helpful e.g is it strong/new/powerful enough to handle new games etc?

Thanks for reading help appreciated

 

[Grey410]

7900gt

the X1600 is not very good. The 7900GT is very good. What screen resolution will you be playing at? If 1680x1050 the 7900GT should handle most games without a hitch at high settings. The 7900GT can handle mosts game at max settings 1280x1024 and down. 1600x1200 and max settings I would start with the 8800GTS. It really depends on if you want the max settings and what you like. But the 7900GT is waaay better than the X1600

 

[Doctor ecks]

Ah thanks for that info i will be buying the 7900GT then, hehe well lucky for me i don't like BIG monitors if anything 1200x1048 will be the highest i EVER go i've taken a liking to 800x600 style monitors but i usually switch between the 1200x1048 and 800x600 depending on what game I play X1600SE is pretty useless then thanks for the info.