Your ideal PC to play ARMA?

[echo1 0]

Thats it, these are my specs:

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300

Shared video memory in MB 256

Are these good for gaming?

Get a GeForce 7900GS, or a 7600GT if you cant afford the former. X1300 and 7300LE cards are useless. If you wanted to balance the cost a bit better, downgrade to 1GB and get a really good graphics card with the money you save on RAM.

@otester: Looks good to go

[otester 0]

20 quid more for X1950 Pro over the 7900GS.

EDIT: Looking at past experiences, I think I'll budget my upgrades to under £500 so I can upgrade more frequently instead of getting an E6600, 2GB and X1950XT etc. for example.

[EimaReimaHebitaks 0]

Thats it, these are my specs:

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics  (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300

Shared video memory in MB 256

Are these good for gaming?

   

Get a GeForce 7900GS, or a 7600GT if you cant afford the former. X1300 and 7300LE cards are useless. If you wanted to balance the cost a bit better, downgrade to 1GB and get a really good graphics card with the money you save on RAM.

@otester: Looks good to go  

Ok, ill maybe get a better one then. But... Are my specs looking good for gaming machine (exept for graphs card) ?

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300 (ill change it maybe)

Shared video memory in MB 256

And... How much would yall give me point out of ten ( /10)

[EimaReimaHebitaks 0]

Thats it, these are my specs:

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics  (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300

Shared video memory in MB 256

Are these good for gaming?

   

Get a GeForce 7900GS, or a 7600GT if you cant afford the former. X1300 and 7300LE cards are useless. If you wanted to balance the cost a bit better, downgrade to 1GB and get a really good graphics card with the money you save on RAM.

Ok, ill maybe get a better one then. But... Are my specs looking good for gaming machine (exept for graphs card) ?

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300 (ill change it maybe)

Shared video memory in MB 256

And... How much would yall give me point out of ten ( /10)

[MATRA 0]

Hi,

The if you dont change the X1300 ill give you 5.

[Scarlet_Pimp 0]

EimaReimaHebitaks, those specs are looking more like it mate, get the best video card you can afford, the x1900pro or 7900gs are good budget cards try and get 512 vidoe RAM cos this game likes that, your processor also could be better i would go for a least a 2.2 core 2 duo, but the one on there currently aint that bad.

[Gunney 0]

Thats it, these are my specs:

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300

Shared video memory in MB 256

Are these good for gaming?

Get a GeForce 7900GS, or a 7600GT if you cant afford the former. X1300 and 7300LE cards are useless. If you wanted to balance the cost a bit better, downgrade to 1GB and get a really good graphics card with the money you save on RAM.

@otester: Looks good to go

I just purchased the 7600gt xfx edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150182

and i can run everything on very high minus shading on 1024x 768 with 0 lag. I'll check the framerates later but my initial impression is its one hell of a bang for my buck

[echo1 0]

Ok, ill maybe get a better one then. But... Are my specs looking good for gaming machine (exept for graphs card) ?

CPU type Intel Core 2 Duo

CPU speed in GHz 1,86

RAM-memory type DDR2

RAM-memory speed in MHz 533

RAM in MB 2 048

HD in GB 250

Sound card Intel High Def ICH7

Graphics (is this integrated?) ATI Radeon X1300 (ill change it maybe)

Shared video memory in MB 256

And... How much would yall give me point out of ten ( /10)

Dude, youre missing the point here, the X1300 is a piece of crap. You need a better one if you want any chance of running the latest games. The rest of the system is excelent. Are you building it yourself? If so, what sort of case and PSU are you using?

[Nixer6 0]

Shared video memory in MB 256

Is this a laptop??

[EimaReimaHebitaks 0]

Shared video memory in MB 256

Is this a laptop??

No

[Bunks 0]

Eima, balance is key to this game being playable. With those specs the best choices for vid cards would be:7950gt, 7900gt, 7900gs, x1950pro, x1900xt. Unless you have money to blow.

But if you are on a tight budget then the minimum cards would be:7600gt, x1900gt

anything less that that would be a waste of your time and money.

right now the x1900gt is going for about $140-150 US and the 7600gt for $120-160 US. (if I had to choose the x1900gt is much more bang for the buck)

[Warden 0]

Well my Girlfriend just went out and bought us a new PC without asking me about it sooooo what do you all think.

Intel Pentium D820 Processor

- 2.8GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache

- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center ---WTF

- 1GB DDR RAM

- 200GB Hard Disk Drive

- Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD RW Drive

- 512MB nVidia GeForce 7300LE Graphics ---Eh!

- 8-In-1 Media Card Reader

- Vista Premium Upgrade Included --oh Joys

- 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor

Your response decides wether or not i chastise her for being impulsive, like when she went out and bought the new car without telling me. Sigh.

[DaSquade 0]

Quote[/b] ]ike when she went out and bought the new car without telling me.

That must of been a very small or a very old car if i compair your impulsive pc spec.

Nah, seriously...

Imho if you buy a new pc, it should have a Dual core at least.

XP media: no experience, but apperently these day it comes with premade computers (still have more trust in the good old XP pro).

Video card: 512mb, guess that can't be to bad.

Vista Premium Upgrade Included: no comment.

In the end: What was more interested is the price tag of this (i assume) premade system. Just my 0.50€.

[Warden 0]

lol, she got a 1 year old Fiesta.  

499 plus bits and bobs she got extra, not bad i spose for a pre built , ill just have to take it apart and upgrade parts like the gfx card and soundcard, im hoping the mother board has a PCIe slot, and it looks like it is Dual core.

[Scarlet_Pimp 0]

Warden, mate Arma will make that machine cry, on low seriously. However you maybe able to salvage something with a decent video card but still I recon you'll be wanting a new machine in a couple of months

If i was you and if the money was there i'd let her keep that for email and internet and build myself a core 2 beast with decent video card or at least try and take that machine back and get something that will last a bit longer.

[echo1 0]

Imho if you buy a new pc, it should have a Dual core at least.

Last time I checked, the Pentium D820 was dual core....

With the exception of the graphics card, its a good system. Dont be too harsh on her, its almost impossible to get a good graphics card in a brand new PC without spending €1,500+

I should also point out at this stage that there is a dedicated, sticky PC thread for this kind of thing in Offtopic.

[Warden 0]

I see the thread but this is a thread about Pcs for Arma not just l337 u83r Pcs and pissing contests.

the only things ill be chaging are thr OS, GFX and soundcard at the mo, RAR ill wait a bit for.

[otester 0]

A £500 upgrade should get you a decent:

-Processor

-Motherboard

-Graphics card

-Memory

That will run ArmA at medium/high settings with little fus.

[overkill 0]

just thought I would chime in with the system I just got. Arma seems to run just fine with it. Every setting is on "Very high" or Normal, blood on low. No stuttering whatsoever when playing the DEMO version.

P4 3 ghz

Intel MB LT775(?) 800mhz fsb

1 gig ddr2 5300

Xfx Geforece 7900 gt

[avi13 0]

how would this run ArmA?

E6300 [core2dua, intel]

ASUS P5B-Deluxe

1gb ddr2[2x512ram]

radeon x1950pro 256mb

[otester 0]

how would this run ArmA?

E6300 [core2dua, intel]

ASUS P5B-Deluxe

1gb ddr2[2x512ram]

radeon x1950pro 256mb

How would it not?

[avi13 0]

how would this run ArmA?

E6300 [core2dua, intel]

ASUS P5B-Deluxe

1gb ddr2[2x512ram]

radeon x1950pro 256mb

How would it not?

pfff

im about to order it, should arrive within 2 weeks..curious on what settings it will yield, hopefully high quality/framerate

[otester 0]

how would this run ArmA?

E6300 [core2dua, intel]

ASUS P5B-Deluxe

1gb ddr2[2x512ram]

radeon x1950pro 256mb

How would it not?

pfff

im about to order it, should arrive within 2 weeks..curious on what settings it will yield, hopefully high quality/framerate

Should be fine, my computer atm:

AMD 3500

X850XT AGP8x

2GB DDR400

Abit AV8

Handles AA easily but on low settings for high framerate @ 1024x1600.

Expect at least Medium/High on same resolution.

Spending more than 500 quid would be pointless

[Surgeonsam 0]

ahh the only way to play arma

C2D @ 3.6ghz

2 gig ram

8800gtx

37" lcd monitor

TrackIR 4 pro

[otester 0]

ahh the only way to play arma

C2D @ 3.6ghz

2 gig ram

8800gtx

37" lcd monitor

TrackIR 4 pro

Which Core Duo 2 is it and how much overclock?

Which games don't support widescreens?