Is this PC good for gaming ?? Any input is appreci

[Claymore 0]

I want to buy me a new PC . Normally I put them together myself but I am very short in time right now and saw this one in a local shop. is it good for gaming, Please any input from you guys and girls is appreciated!

Intel Pentium D Dual Core-processor 830

3.0 GHz, 2 x 1 MB L2-cache, 800 MHz FSB

2MB-cache, Dual Core-technologie

Memory 1024 MB DDR2 SDRAM met 533 MHz 64-bits dual channel memory

250Mb Hard disk 8MB cache S-ATA 150-interface 7200 rpm

NVIDIA GeForceâ„¢ 6700XL High-End

TV-out-via: SCART, S-Video, Composite of Component (YUV; YPrPb) High Definition. GDDR3-memorie 1100 MHz.

nVidia GeForce 6700XL grafic processor 525 MHz.

128MB PCI-Express x16-busconcept

And a lot more but that's not for the gaming part like Tv and sattelite etc...

Is this a good machine for gaming?

Thanks in advance.

[Placebo 29]

Moving to OT.

[Heatseeker 0]

Currently i would go with AMD but... what mobo and how much?

[Tigershark_BAS 0]

*points to thread with idea of starting Ultimate OFP Rig thread to stop these kinds of posts*

[wildo 0]

I totally agree with tigershark I did PM placebo about it but either his box is full or my internets faulty

Wildo

[quicksand 0]

Here,Here!Let me also cast a vote for such a thread as I am in the same position of switching to a new computer.Maybe all the hardware enthusiasts could help build 2 computer rigs for the Operation Flashpoint player.

1.Best-bang-for-the-buck for the budget concious Operation Flashpoint Player.Hardware already 3-6 months old that has cheapened since it`s market release.Such a rig would allow playing Operation Flashpoint with no problems,even better results on Armed Assault(as it is optimised and uses better the performance of today`s computers) and quite possible even a decent computer for Operation Flashpoint 2.

2.The money-is-not-an-issue Operation Flashpoint player.The best processor,motherboard,RAM,fastest harddrive,ultimate graphic card for a computer destined to be the ultimate machine for Operation Flashpoint gaming but not only OF gaming.

[Tigershark_BAS 0]

Here,Here!Let me also cast a vote for such a thread as I am in the same position of switching to a new computer.Maybe all the hardware enthusiasts could help build 2 computer rigs for the Operation Flashpoint player.

1.Best-bang-for-the-buck for the budget concious Operation Flashpoint Player.Hardware already 3-6 months old that has cheapened since it`s market release.Such a rig would allow playing  Operation Flashpoint with no problems,even better results on Armed Assault(as it is optimised and uses better the performance of today`s computers) and quite possible even a decent computer for Operation Flashpoint 2.

2.The money-is-not-an-issue Operation Flashpoint player.The best processor,motherboard,RAM,fastest harddrive,ultimate graphic card for a computer destined to be the ultimate machine  for Operation Flashpoint gaming but not only OF gaming.

Excatly. I think a thread like that would help a lot of people out. It just has to be managed carefully so that there aren't any flame wars about who's selection is better.

As mentioned in last thread...simply state why you made the hardware choices you did (your justification) and let people decide for themselves without long discussion on why AMD is better than Intel, etc.

Keep it simple and clean.

[max power 21]

Oh, the shamelessness.

Suffice it to say, that just about anything you throw more than $1500 at is going to be good for gaming.

edit: I do agree, however, that AMD would be a better choice. Their technology is better AND cooler. (This information is about 6 months old).

[echo1 0]

Good mid-range spec would be:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (OFP doesnt support sual core)

1024MB RAM (Corsair is probably the best brand, even the Value range is good)

ATi X800GTO 256MB Graphics

200GB SATA-2 HDD (If you need more space get two and make a RAID)

DVD-RW Drive (You dont need anything particularily fancy)

450-500W PSU (Make sure you get a good brand like Seasonic, Fortron, Tagan, Hiper etc.)

check out http://www.komplett.com/ Ive got lots of stuff from them and the service, quality, and prices are excelent.

[echo1 0]

Oh, the shamelessness.

Suffice it to say, that just about anything you throw more than $1500 at is going to be good for gaming.

edit: I do agree, however, that AMD would be a better choice. Their technology is better AND cooler. (This information is about 6 months old).

€1500 is what you need to play most newish games, but OFP is best played with a good Athlon 64, 1GB RAM and a decent enough graphics card. You could get away with a €800-900 PC easily.

[Heatseeker 0]

Well, i like the idea too but he did say "gaming" and not Flashpoint only.

Good Flashpoint PC? Something betwean 2/3 gig CPU with 1 gig of ram, a decent DX8 video card will run it fine so save you bucks from a high end late one cause the game might not even like it and OPF definetly wont use it, a cheap sound card because the sound isnt worth a expensive one, something cheap other than sblive. You might even consider an xbox .

If you think the graphics and performance in flashpoint will be greatly enhanced with a FX57, 4 gigs of ram and a 7800GTX sli setup just forget about it...

[EiZei 0]

200GB SATA-2 HDD (If you need more space get two and make a RAID)

400GB raids with tho SATA drives? Not unless you really enjoy losing data.

[echo1 0]

200GB SATA-2 HDD (If you need more space get two and make a RAID)

400GB raids with tho SATA drives? Not unless you really enjoy losing data.

I was always under the (probably naive) impression that SATA Raids were the best setup.

Famous Last Words: If Dell uses it in their PCs, it must be good

[EiZei 0]

200GB SATA-2 HDD (If you need more space get two and make a RAID)

400GB raids with tho SATA drives? Not unless you really enjoy losing data.

I was always under the (probably naive) impression that SATA Raids were the best setup.

Famous Last Words: If Dell uses it in their PCs, it must be good

Well, depends on what RAID you use, if you just stripe the data with RAID 0 you will lose everything if the other disk fails (which is quite common with today's stuff) while RAID 1 is about mirroring the data so it's safe when/if the other disk fails.

In other words, using RAID 0 to get one big "fast" 400GB disk is pretty much suicidal and does not provide much performance benefit.

Personally if I cared what was on my hard disk I would go for SCSI and forget that IDE consumer crap.

[ebns72 0]

answer to the original poster: yes. It will run most new games really smoothly. Don't expect any upgrades in ofp (i upgraded from a 64 mb geforce 4 mx440 to a radeon 9800 pro a year ago and it ran the same..lol) but it should handle new games beautifully.

As others has said though, you might want to go with AMD but Intel should serve you fine. but if you have the option go with AMD though.

[echo1 0]

Unless you need DXDLL, any thing from a 64MB Geforce 4 or ATi equiv. up will run OFP grand.

With all respect to BIS (I've been playing OFP since I got it 3 years ago, its my idea of a perfect game) their current engine is quite innefficient when it comes to using system resources. Its amazing how a 4 year old game still cannot be run on its highest settings by any computer in existence. I hope that ArmA will be able to do things better.

[Ranger Bob 0]

Id say your machine would handle OFP very nicely, and probably games of the near future too.

My laptop (yes) runs OFP almost as well as my desktop pc:

3 ghz Pentium 4

512 Mb Ram

64 mb ATI 9700

etc

So i could safely say yeh, your comp. will be fine!