Hey! I was wondering if you could the lovely people of this forum could help by telling me how well the specs for the computer I plan on getting will run Crysis, preferably on the highest settings on a fairly high screen resolution. Also could you tell me how soon I would be expected to update these specs to keep on the high settings of games.
Should be good as long as the RAM is a decent speed, 1600MHz at least. _________________ My Blog
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Not sure where the lovely people are, we'll have to do.
First and foremeost welcome to the forum.
Personally I think that's a silly amount of RAM and a stupidly expensive graphics card to be buying in order to play Crysis (and other games).
If you have the cash, then good for you but I'm sure a lot of people on the forum will recommend saving a lot of cash on buying alternatives.
I don't really think i7 is even worth it right now,
I have a Q6600 that cost little over £100 and overclocks to 3.2GHz very easily.
I have a GTX280 with it and 4Gb of RAM and I can currently play near enough every game I throw at it on the highest settings (@ 1920 x 1200 too) at a very playable level.
The spec you have posted will (properly set up) chomp the games up too but for a higher price.
Something new is always coming out. I guarantee that a month or two down the line, there'll be a new graphics card with more power etc...
You might as well save some cash (and your electricity bill) and spend it on the games.
Hell, 6 core and 8 core processors are coming out soon enough too, that'll probably drop the prices of the current stuff even more.
I hope this doesn't come across as rude but we tend to get a lot of specs like this on forums where it looks like people just pick the most powerful of everything (aside from the i7 920 you have there, but it's a well known fact that it can push past 4GHz) and ask if it's good enough.
It'll be fine and if you can afford it, by all means go for it! But you can get pretty much the same results for a lot cheaper.
EDIT: - RAM speed is not too critical either. DDR3-1333 will be fine. Lower CAS latencies are better and be sure to read up on RAM Voltages, especially for i7. (Unless you are planning on seriously overclocking the 920 where faster RAM will give you more headroom - otherwise there's no point, default speed is 1066)
RAM speed is not too critical either. DDR3-1333 will be fine. (Unless you are planning on seriously overclocking the 920 where faster RAM will give you more headroom - otherwise there's no point, default speed is 1066)
But you can set the RAM speed independently from the CPU on an X58 board.
Serenity wrote:
be sure to read up on RAM Voltages, especially for i7.
This is important, though the easiest thing to do is to buy triple channel packages which are all made for the i7 so run at the correct voltage. _________________ My Blog
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im just going to mirror Serenity's argument about the GTX295. whilst it will play all games it is overkill for 90-95%.
also a big factor is the price, especially when you considor that the next generation of graphics cards (AMD's "evergreeen") is out on september the 10th by all accounts. and these are set to be way more powerful (although there is very little info out at the moment, its mostly heresay) than the 295 for a the same or less money.
i would wait to build your pc untill mid september where there will be benchmarks out. unfortunately nvidia's next cards are going to be out much later so you wont get comparative data.
I would also just go for 6GB of ram instead of 12, its just overkill and not neaded.
Looks good mate Personally though, I'd roll with an ATI 4870 X2 with a AMD PII 955 Black Edition, and monster clock the CPU The AMD is pretty cheap compared to Intel's, and with good cooling gear etc. I've seen pretty crazy 3DMark06's with that setup! Unless you have a perchant for Intel.... ^^ _________________ 頭文字D Inisharu Dī <3
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We should be seeing new GPUs from ATI by October, and if the rumours/"leaks" are true then they're about as twice as powerful as their current cards. Unlikely, but something to think about nonetheless. And Nvidia will have some new stuff out as soon as they can in response to those cards as well. I say buy something cheap now, a 4870 or a GTX 260 and upgrade later. If you want more performance and the new cards are disappointing add in another card, or 2 more but you'll see a smaller boost when you add a third card. _________________ Steam ID: Skusey_Baby
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I am thinking to build a i7 920 based system soon so i have been reading about mobos and what have you. Would seem that they have similar performance so the slot layout and other factors may well have a bigger influence than pure speed.
I assume you will be looking to overclock? Can't think why you would buy a i7 if not.
If you are planning what cooler are you thinking of using?
I assume you will be looking to overclock? Can't think why you would buy a i7 if not.
Because it is a bloody good processor in its own right? I'm only going to overclock my 920 when it needs it, I see no point in overclocking a CPU that can do everything I throw at it with ease. _________________ My Blog
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