This config should max out crysis, correct?

Case- Rosewill Tu-155

500w power supply

MSI 4850 512mb gddr3 video card

AMd phenom 9600 2.33 ghz ~ cpu

Gigabyte Mobo with 2 pci 2.0 expansion slots, nice overclocker. onboard 7800gs graphics with hdmi

4gigs gskill ddr3 pc 800 ram(note to upgrade 2ith 4 more gigs even though not needed)

500gb hdd 7200rpm sata

mouse/keyboard combo(nice newegg deal)

cd/dvdrw

arctic silver 5 cooler

but sunbeam contact core freezer cpu cooler that comes with a so called better thermal paste

all for 650$ approximately. I'm also going to either get an additional MSI 4850 gpu for crossfire, or just get rid of the first one and replace with a evga gtx 260..then buy another gtx 260 for sli...later on...

I'll seee.

It depends on how much my stupid mcdonalds job earns me. My original plan was 1000$ but now I reduced to 650$ due to some circumstances. I should have it by the end or middle of feburary.

SO that's a pretty good system right?

I mean i should be able to play valve games at max and maybe max out crysis and some other games

Buton other note i have an old agp fx5200 128mb video card coming in for my stupid old dell optiplex gx150. that piece of crap has 1.0ghz pentium, 3 cpu, 256mb of pc 133 ram, a stupid mobo, 30gig hdd, it's sad! I can't take it anymore!

I got an x1650 pro 512mb gpu that didnt fit in my case so I'm rma'ing it . WIll the 5200 128mb perfrorm better ? I got about 20-30 fps with wow on medium yesterday witht the x1650 so...

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Case

CPU

Mobo

RAM

HDD

PSU

GPU

Total: $600.93

Didnt think it was possible to build a GTX260 rig for 600? Did ya?

Case

CPU

Mobo

RAM

HDD

PSU

GPU

Total: $570.93

Didnt think it was possible to build a GTX260 rig for less than 600? Did ya?

Case

CPU

Mobo

RAM

HDD

PSU

GPU

Total: $570.93

Didnt think it was possible to build a GTX260 rig for less than 600? Did ya?

Case- Rosewill Tu-155

500w power supply

MSI 4850 512mb gddr3 video card

AMd phenom 9600 2.33 ghz ~ cpu

Gigabyte Mobo with 2 pci 2.0 expansion slots, nice overclocker. onboard 7800gs graphics with hdmi

4gigs gskill ddr3 pc 800 ram(note to upgrade 2ith 4 more gigs even though not needed)

500gb hdd 7200rpm sata

mouse/keyboard combo(nice newegg deal)

cd/dvdrw

arctic silver 5 cooler

but sunbeam contact core freezer cpu cooler that comes with a so called better thermal paste

all for 650$ approximately. I'm also going to either get an additional MSI 4850 gpu for crossfire, or just get rid of the first one and replace with a evga gtx 260..then buy another gtx 260 for sli...later on...

I'll seee.

It depends on how much my stupid mcdonalds job earns me. My original plan was 1000$ but now I reduced to 650$ due to some circumstances. I should have it by the end or middle of feburary.

SO that's a pretty good system right?

I mean i should be able to play valve games at max and maybe max out crysis and some other games

Buton other note i have an old agp fx5200 128mb video card coming in for my stupid old dell optiplex gx150. that piece of crap has 1.0ghz pentium, 3 cpu, 256mb of pc 133 ram, a stupid mobo, 30gig hdd, it's sad! I can't take it anymore!

I got an x1650 pro 512mb gpu that didnt fit in my case so I'm rma'ing it . WIll the 5200 128mb perfrorm better ? I got about 20-30 fps with wow on medium yesterday witht the x1650 so...

wasted_wisdom

Case

CPU

Mobo

RAM

HDD

PSU

GPU

Total: $570.93

Didnt think it was possible to build a GTX260 rig for less than 600? Did ya?

Hahahaha, max out crisis :P. If it's at like the highest resolution with EVERYTHING maxed, then I don't think so, but at a low resolution like that (which is mine, stupid 19" monitor :|) you should come very close or at it, the 4850 and gtx 260 are great cards. Oh and if you didnt know, NVidia has released a new version of its gtx 260 card called the gtx 260 core(sometimes just C) 216. It is a bump up in the stream proccesors from 196 I believe to 216. I think it cost about $20-$30 dollars more. I can't reccomend it as I haven't looked into it much, but definitly look into it :).linkfreak4

Buton other note i have an old agp fx5200 128mb video card coming in for my stupid old dell optiplex gx150. that piece of crap has 1.0ghz pentium, 3 cpu, 256mb of pc 133 ram, a stupid mobo, 30gig hdd, it's sad! I can't take it anymore!

I got an x1650 pro 512mb gpu that didnt fit in my case so I'm rma'ing it . WIll the 5200 128mb perfrorm better ? I got about 20-30 fps with wow on medium yesterday witht the x1650 so...

wasted_wisdom

The FX5200 is much worse than the X1650. You'll be playing at lowest settings and poor framerates.

[QUOTE="wasted_wisdom"]

Buton other note i have an old agp fx5200 128mb video card coming in for my stupid old dell optiplex gx150. that piece of crap has 1.0ghz pentium, 3 cpu, 256mb of pc 133 ram, a stupid mobo, 30gig hdd, it's sad! I can't take it anymore!

I got an x1650 pro 512mb gpu that didnt fit in my case so I'm rma'ing it . WIll the 5200 128mb perfrorm better ? I got about 20-30 fps with wow on medium yesterday witht the x1650 so...

Gog

The FX5200 is much worse than the X1650. You'll be playing at lowest settings and poor framerates.

It's wouldn't make much difference if he has a 1Ghz Pentium3 in there. It's not going to run crysis or many other games. It will run Farcry1 though. I had a 1Ghz pentium3 with 640MB and FX5200 that ran farcry1. I doubt it would do doom3. I will however play Rome total wars on it, well at least the single player and it will play serious sam2 that one runs easy. Halflife2 might have some problems. I think that requires at least 1.2GHz so it may run. X1650 is better than the Fx5200 though esp with SM2 but the CPU is still holding it back.

Yea listen to this guy^^ the old phenoms have a tlb bug which will hinder performance of an already low clocked processor with the patch applied.beefdog

your rig will most definitly NOT max out crysis, (at least on higher resolutions). Not even my 4870x2 can max out crysis at 1920x1080 without suffering minor stutteringAzNs3nSaT1On

What resolution are you running at?

Cause you'd be hard pressed on 1920x1200...

[QUOTE="AzNs3nSaT1On"]your rig will most definitly NOT max out crysis, (at least on higher resolutions). Not even my 4870x2 can max out crysis at 1920x1080 without suffering minor stutteringwasted_wisdom

That pc better max out crysis or crysis is stupid and not worth playing!wasted_wisdom

LOL - If everyone thought that Nvida / ATI would be bankrupt!

It's true tho, most games can be played on lower end systems, seems like we pay huge premium to play cutting edge games. I mean most of the games I play would still run well on a 7800 GTX 512 .

[QUOTE="wasted_wisdom"] That pc better max out crysis or crysis is stupid and not worth playing!Duckshot

LOL - If everyone thought that Nvida / ATI would be bankrupt!

It's true tho, most games can be played on lower end systems, seems like we pay huge premium to play cutting edge games. I mean most of the games I play would still run well on a 7800 GTX 512 .