A Couple Of Pc Gaming Questions...

[Jimlad]

I used to be really into constantly upgrading my pc and playing games on it etc.

At the moment I have a PS3, Wii and 360, but some part of me wants to get into PC modding again! :)

Curious as to what the current state of the PC gaming industry is? Obviously you walk into a games shop and you're bombarded by PS3, 360 games etc, but what about the PC?

I have a 37" HDTV that I would connect it to in the livingroom along with a wireless mouse/keyboard.

I'm also a bit behind on the technology side of things, what would I actually need for good gaming performance these days?

I basically need a case, something that looks decent to sit next to the TV, a graphics card with a DVI output so I can run DVI to HDMI cable, motherboard, CPU + Fan,Power Supply, Ram, Hard Drive, DVD/CD Drive, sound card.

I was looking on eBay and you can get AMD Athlon 4600 Dual Core Processor & Motherboard & 4GB, for £125.. but tbh, I don't even know if that's any good!

I'm soooo far behind in PC technology!

The reason I want to possible change from console to PC?

I have C&C games for the 360 and it annoys the !Removed! out of me that I can't have more than 50 units at a time!! (sad, I know!)

[DaveSR]

50 Mammoth tanks is all you need lol!

[Jimlad]

lmao.. I thought it was gonna be a sensible answer for a minute!

[-T- Sport]

To be honest mate, it all depends what you wanna go for.

My current specs: AMD 64x2 5000+ 2.6Ghz, 2GB Ram, GeForce 7900GS 256Mb.

This enables me to run most current games at Full specs at a decent FPS. The Obvious PC basher though is Crysis. I can get 30-40FPS on medium Settings... Ouch. (These specs costs me £700 Including 19" monitor about 18 months ago)

I'm in the process of 'bribing' the misses to let me buy my new one.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66Ghz each

3 Way SLi EVGA nForce 780i Mainboard

4Gb Corsair XMS2 800Mhz ram (With heatspreader)

2* 1GB nVidia GeForce 9800GX2's!

Creative Labs X-FI Extreme Gamer 7.1 Sound card

500Gb SATA-II 3GB/sec 7200RPM HDD.

The above specs (including case & cooling ofc) comes up to £1700... But rest assured it'll play any game at full specs for atleast ...... 2 Weeks! xD

Seriously though, if you wanna be future proofed for a while, Get a Quad instead of a Dual core processor, Go for atleast a GeForce 8800 (or the ATI Equivelent) and 2Gb 667/800Mhz ram. That'll last you a while anyway.

Hope I made some sort of sense in there...

P.S - DaveSR - Isn't 50 pushing it a bit? I obliarate most things with just 10! xD

[Jimlad]

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz

GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB OC

mushkin Low-Latency Gaming 4GB DDR2 800

GIGABYTE GA-73VM-S2 G33

How would the above fair for decent PC gaming?

[-T- Sport]

IMO, That'd run near, if not everything ATM on max settings with ATLEAST 60Fps :P That's including Crysis, Age of Conan etc etc..

Dont see why it shouldn't.

[Jimlad]

Ah cool... lol.

The above is reasonably cheap(ish).

NowI need to SELL my xbox. (lmao - please see other thread) :)

[-T- Sport]

Haha, Don't look at me!

I sold my 360 with 2 pads & 6 games to my Uncle for £250 months ago! So I could buy my Wii.... lol.

Oh, As for not having more than 50 units at a time?........

At this particular point I must have been getting.... 10fps? If that. lol. All max settings ofcourse :D

[Jimlad]

I've got a Wii, PS3 and 360, but now want a decent PC!

C&C is good on the Xbox... but it's really made for the PC!

[-T- Sport]

Indeed it is! I have every C&C.

3 Times over in some cases! I have all the Originals + 2 copies of The First Decade. :P

Now just to wait for Red Alert 3 in October! Like my above Screenshot? xD

[Jimlad]

That's the thing that gets on my !Removed! on the Xbox... can only have 50 units?

What?? You have loads of money, a well defended base. Building up an army, but then can't build anymore because some ****** puts a limit in there!!!

[Jimlad]

Stuff I'll be getting....

[Karma Supra]

I find the graphics are way more intense on my PC, games run smoother, and its err a lot quieter! (until the graphics card really gears up).

I built it over a year ago (in its current form) so its not "latest spec" but i still copes with most thigns I throw at it, full settings.

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe

Corsair Dominator RAM 4GB

Saphire ATi Radeon 3870x2

2x500gb Barracudas in RAID 0

all in a rock solid sound deadened cooler master atc 710 case

No doubt, now Sims 3 is out I'll not get a look in on it lol