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Feuer Frei! · 02-02-10, 07:37 PM

I have a single core P4 2.8ghz with H.T. and it runs a lot of games quiet well, but it's unrealistic to assume that because there are as most of you would be aware more factors involved then just the CPU specs.......

P.S.U. and video card are the other two critical factors here.....
I have two rigs, one with the aforementioned P4, running a ATI 256mb @256mhz and 450P.S.U, which runs things along quiet nicely, namely SH3 and SH4, although SH4 struggles when trying to set to high or max settings.....

My other rig's specs were posted in my thread "Kaleuns, what system are you running"?....
I3 2.93ghz (new dual core processor), which will handle all currently released games on market, incl. Mass Effect 2, Batman AA, Dragon Age Origins, and some of the older ones, like Fallout 3 and that beast of a game, Crysis, which, might i add is what i use as a measuring stick, like so many people, before custom building my new rig, i looked at benchmarks for various cpu's, gpu's and whatnot for Crysis to sway me in the various directions for the hardware......

If you can run Crysis, on high then you can run anything on the market currently.......
Current games are not utilizing quad core architecture yet, i was looking at quad core but thought i'd upgrade later once gaming actually addresses the 4 cores simultaneously, it would just be a waste of the extra cores at the moment playing with a quad core....
The mobo is the key to any good system, mine is good to go for at least the next 5 years supporting i5's and i7's and 16g ram.....

Can i give some advice to people looking at upgrading?
Try to custom build your system, don't if you can avoid it buy a prebuilt, as you will be stuck with that system to a certain extent, namely locked bios, mobo might not be the best so not much upgradeability there for cpu and ram and xfire.....
Also, and i'm sure you all know but don't get a system with "integrated" graphics, or dedicated, this will not suffice for gaming, or graphically-demanding apps......
Another thing to look out for is possible bottle necking in a system, i am active on overclocking forums and also other hardware and software forums and the amount of people that complain they can't run that game on max with their super duper new fandangled beast of a machine is because it's either the P.S.U. that can't distribute enough juice, the cpu can't handle the graphics card and P.S.U. or the graphics card isn't good enough, or cooling isn't sufficient and parts are overheating.......(serious lag in games can be attributed to a part overheating) or worse, all of the above....
Ensure you have a good P.S.U. to drive your graphics card, if in doubt, check gpu developer's website for advice, ensure your cpu will be up to the processing power and also ensure that your gpu will actually run the games that you want to play......
I look at core clock speed mainly on a gpu.....
I will post a link, which some of you will know, it's where you can check if you can run a game on your currently configured system:
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/

Great little tool that one, and pretty precise too.......

02-02-10, 07:37 PM	#11
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	I have a single core P4 2.8ghz with H.T. and it runs a lot of games quiet well, but it's unrealistic to assume that because there are as most of you would be aware more factors involved then just the CPU specs....... P.S.U. and video card are the other two critical factors here..... I have two rigs, one with the aforementioned P4, running a ATI 256mb @256mhz and 450P.S.U, which runs things along quiet nicely, namely SH3 and SH4, although SH4 struggles when trying to set to high or max settings..... My other rig's specs were posted in my thread "Kaleuns, what system are you running"?.... I3 2.93ghz (new dual core processor), which will handle all currently released games on market, incl. Mass Effect 2, Batman AA, Dragon Age Origins, and some of the older ones, like Fallout 3 and that beast of a game, Crysis, which, might i add is what i use as a measuring stick, like so many people, before custom building my new rig, i looked at benchmarks for various cpu's, gpu's and whatnot for Crysis to sway me in the various directions for the hardware...... If you can run Crysis, on high then you can run anything on the market currently....... Current games are not utilizing quad core architecture yet, i was looking at quad core but thought i'd upgrade later once gaming actually addresses the 4 cores simultaneously, it would just be a waste of the extra cores at the moment playing with a quad core.... The mobo is the key to any good system, mine is good to go for at least the next 5 years supporting i5's and i7's and 16g ram..... Can i give some advice to people looking at upgrading? Try to custom build your system, don't if you can avoid it buy a prebuilt, as you will be stuck with that system to a certain extent, namely locked bios, mobo might not be the best so not much upgradeability there for cpu and ram and xfire..... Also, and i'm sure you all know but don't get a system with "integrated" graphics, or dedicated, this will not suffice for gaming, or graphically-demanding apps...... Another thing to look out for is possible bottle necking in a system, i am active on overclocking forums and also other hardware and software forums and the amount of people that complain they can't run that game on max with their super duper new fandangled beast of a machine is because it's either the P.S.U. that can't distribute enough juice, the cpu can't handle the graphics card and P.S.U. or the graphics card isn't good enough, or cooling isn't sufficient and parts are overheating.......(serious lag in games can be attributed to a part overheating) or worse, all of the above.... Ensure you have a good P.S.U. to drive your graphics card, if in doubt, check gpu developer's website for advice, ensure your cpu will be up to the processing power and also ensure that your gpu will actually run the games that you want to play...... I look at core clock speed mainly on a gpu..... I will post a link, which some of you will know, it's where you can check if you can run a game on your currently configured system: http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/ Great little tool that one, and pretty precise too....... __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS Last edited by Feuer Frei!; 02-02-10 at 07:51 PM.