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andy15
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9. December 2008 @ 16:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wanting a new pc my old p4 3.ghz almost 5 years old now wont play latest games. so far this is what i have come up with.


ASUS P5SD2-VM £38.00
INTEL E7300 Core 2 Duo - 2.66 GHz, Cache L2 3 MB Socket 775 £89.30
BFG GeForce 9500GTG Graphics Card 73.39
memry ?
hared drive ?
case ?

wanting to play crisis, call off duty 4,5 etc

help please
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9. December 2008 @ 16:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's a horrifically overpriced graphics card, 9500GTs aren't even worth £40. You've also chosen a very poor motherboard.
This is the specification I would recommend to play Crysis at all well:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145668
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148468
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146918
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131052





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updated 10-Dec-13
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9. December 2008 @ 17:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by sammorris:
That's a horrifically overpriced graphics card, 9500GTs aren't even worth £40. You've also chosen a very poor motherboard.
This is the specification I would recommend to play Crysis at all well:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145668
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148468
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146918
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131052


budgets around 350-450
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9. December 2008 @ 20:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Then you're not going to be able to play Crysis that well. A PC on that budget will run Call of Duty 4 / World at War with relatively high graphics settings, but Crysis will have to be reduced severely to run on a system of that budget. Here's my revised parts list:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148802
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148715
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150349
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130429
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120375
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999

That comes to around £370 including delivery.



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9. December 2008 @ 21:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what resolution are you going to be playing at??
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10. December 2008 @ 04:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That would be a sweet build with the specs sammorris gave you, you'll love the Sapphire Radeon 4850 if you decide on going with that.. Also the Gigabyte-EP45-DS3 is a serious overclocker with a nice stable bios, i have the EP45-UD3P running a Q9550 Kensington and i couldn't be happier, it's smokin fast...

Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095

2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays
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10. December 2008 @ 04:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sammorris, i remember you suggested the Sapphire 4850 on a previous thread and i took your advice and made the switch from a EVGA 8800GTX, this thing runs circles around my 8800GTX... The perfomance you get from the 4850 for under 200 bucks is simply incredible..

Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095

2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays

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10. December 2008 @ 09:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually, the HD4850 is barely more than 100 dollars now :)
The 4870 can be had for 200 dollars...



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PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13
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10. December 2008 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Damn, i could have bought the 4870.. The card i bought was from Frys and it was the Visiontek HD 4850 for $199... They didn't have the Sapphire on there, that sucks for me..

Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095

2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays
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