Which PC would you recommend??

[charlieharper]

-Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E4600 Processor - 2.40GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 2MB, 800MHz FSB, 65nm, 64-Bit Ready, 3 Year

-Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8500GT, 512MB 128Bit, Dual DVI & HDTV, DirecX10, OpenGL, Dual RAMDACS, SLI Ready, Silent Pipe II

- 4GB RAM DDR2-800

- Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.10 Series - 250GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus - Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps) With 8MB Cache @ 7200RPM - NCQ


This is gonna be my PC, I'm getting it soon. I will propably run it at first on XP then mabe later on change it to Vista.

Just How should this PC run, will i have hassiles with it and how will it go with DirectX 9 games??

Thanks

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Seriously, get that 8500GT outta there

 

[The_Techie]

-Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E4600 Processor - 2.40GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 2MB, 800MHz FSB, 65nm, 64-Bit Ready, 3 Year

-Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8500GT, 512MB 128Bit, Dual DVI & HDTV, DirecX10, OpenGL, Dual RAMDACS, SLI Ready, Silent Pipe II

- 4GB RAM DDR2-800

- Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.10 Series - 250GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus - Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps) With 8MB Cache @ 7200RPM - NCQ


This is gonna be my PC, I'm getting it soon. I will propably run it at first on XP then mabe later on change it to Vista.

Just How should this PC run, will i have hassiles with it and how will it go with DirectX 9 games??

Thanks

Not especially great as that 8500GT will probably disappoint...

 

[Zenbaas]

9800GT R1884 (Free shipping but not an OC'd card)

Not that it matters when the HD4850 is the same price. Nvidia has been beaten. ;D

Yup, with a giant red stick!

 

[Pe-Killer]

For what will this pc be used???

 

[hj2k_x]

Seriously, get that 8500GT outta there

Yeah man, I have one. Not even the 512MB version.

Not a bad entry-level card but no good for any kind of decent gaming or anything like that. Nowadays there are a lot more much better cards out there for not that much more money...

 

[charlieharper]

Well do you think it should be atleast be able to run WOW?
And what about Surf's Up?

 

[hj2k_x]

Well do you think it should be atleast be able to run WOW?
And what about Surf's Up?

At least get the 9500GT if you are on a tight budget. Or the HD3650. They are both around R800-R900...

 

[charlieharper]

At least get the 9500GT if you are on a tight budget. Or the HD3650. They are both around R800-R900...

So which one of these would u Recommend:
Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8500GT, 512MB 128Bit, Dual DVI & HDTV, DirecX10, OpenGL, Dual RAMDACS, SLI Ready, Silent Pipe II

or

Gigabyte® ATI® Radeon HD2600 Pro, 256MB 128Bit, Dual DVI & TV-Out, DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Shader Model 4, Silent Pipe 2

 

[charlieharper]

Ok, so my dad got me my new pc, 4gb ram, 2.6ghz core 2 duo and the 8500GT 512mb.
I installed flight simulator X, and its really not bad. I can play the game without lagging on Medium high to high. I really think that card is just s000 underrated.

 

[Ghost02]

How old you?

 

[charlieharper]

15

 

[hj2k_x]

Ok, so my dad got me my new pc, 4gb ram, 2.6ghz core 2 duo and the 8500GT 512mb.
I installed flight simulator X, and its really not bad. I can play the game without lagging on Medium high to high. I really think that card is just s000 underrated.

Glad you are happy with the 8500GT. I would not have advised you to go down that route. I am happy with the one I have and it supports my 2 LCD's fine, but I don't game at all.

Anyway, good that you came right. Enjoy the new machine man

 

[Ghost02]

Finally someone my age. I'm still waiting for my system though

 

[SanchoP]

I really think you should have put some thought into your choice of graphics card. A second hand 7600GT even, which I've seen recently for about R600 could easily smoke an 8500GT, but if you're happy then all is good.