Computers And Video Games

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

I'm hoping for someone here to help me out with a new comp i'm planning on purchasing, this is the specs of my rig as of now, check it out and tell me where i can tweak

Model Details
Processors
Core2Duo E7500/2.93 GHz 1066MHz,3MB,LGA

RAM
DDR-2 800 Transcend&Kingston 4GB

GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT/GTX 512Mb, GDDR3

Monitor
ACER 20" Wide

I'm confused with the GPU, should i go for the 9800GT or the 9800GTX? or any of the other overclocked versions by Palit or Asus? or should i junk Nvidia and go for Ati? I can stretch the Gpu budget by 7K at the maximum

The criteria being the graphic heavy games like Crysis should play atleast at a minimum of 24~30fps with all the graphics turned up at good~best settings

[Aryan]

@Diablo: Before I got my current graphics card, I used to run an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX (512MB), and it ran EVERY game that I threw at it with tremendous ease. I have actually played both Crysis and Crysis: Warhead on it, with all settings turned to the maximum and a resolution of 1024x768 and it did not stutter.

So, I believe you should be good to go with the GTX. I do not have much idea about the GT though as I did not use it. By the way, what is the current price of the NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX in the market? I bought mine for about Rs.14,000/-, if I remember correctly. However, I did sell it off for Rs.8,500/- or thereabouts before getting the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Great 101 Aryan (as always) but which one was it? Palit, Asus (forgot the other two)? but if it (the GTX) comes under the 7k slot i'll buy it, also one more query the new DiRT-2 that is to come out is a DirectX-11 game but afaik there are no GPU's currently with DX11 only DX10.1 max, so how does it run if i use it on my comp?

[Aryan]

@Diablo: My 9800GTX was the XFX one. As for the DX11 games, it would run JUST fine on an DX10 machine, since you yourself know there aren't any GPUs which are DX11 compatible, still.

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Thank You Aryan, I've been tearing my head apart with the options with Nvidia for past couple of weeks, i mean come on man how many variants can one GPU have, I mean there's GT/GTX/GTX+/GTX+OC/GTX+OC2/GX2/GX2+..........................................and th list is seemingly endless. I hope i don't end up like the guy in my profile picture by the time by the time i get the rig

[TnT]

I have a 9800 GTX 1 GB, Palit I think. It ran (and runs) all games in high or very high graphics settings without missing a beat. I bought it for 10k at the beginning of this year. CoD4 and Crysis:Warhead were most memorable though.. can play them again and again, it looks so good.

What games are you guys waiting for? Me - Diablo 3. Who isnt!

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Might sound lame but NFS Shift and Codies DiRT-2, and most importantly and the most hottest game to come yes yes it's the Batman:Arkhan Asylum

[Aryan]

@TnT: Diablo-3, undoubtedly!

[TnT]

DIABLO saar

I guess the demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum is already out!

Aryan da

I just can't wait... I know its gonna be awesome!!!

for those who haven't the faintest idea about Diablo 3 (which probably means you havent played Diablo 1 or 2 ), check this cinematic trailer out.

YouTube - Diablo 3 - Cinematic Trailer



btw, has any one played a game from the Metal Gear Solid series? I fell in love with the first game, didn't have a chance to play the rest as they are made for the PS2 as default platform. Solid snake ftw! MGS 4 is touted to be one of the best games EVER (for console only, as of now ).. I hope it makes it to the PC soon.

[tanay]

I'm confused with the GPU, should i go for the 9800GT or the 9800GTX? or any of the other overclocked versions by Palit or Asus? or should i junk Nvidia and go for Ati? I can stretch the Gpu budget by 7K at the maximum

The criteria being the graphic heavy games like Crysis should play atleast at a minimum of 24~30fps with all the graphics turned up at good~best settings

If you would be willing to wait for about 1 month more, the ATI 58XX series is going to launch. Now these cards are priced at $300, $400 and $450. The $400 part runs Crysis maxed at 1920x1200 at ~40 FPS.

Now, you may think that the new cards are pricey. So don't buy the 58XX series. The ATI 48XX series will fall in price. The 4890 is currently ~14K, and will fall in price. A 4890 will completely wipe out a 9800 GTX+ in any game, and will be sufficient for the newer games at your 20' resolution.

@Aryan : The GTX 260 stock clocked is around 10-11K now. 14K will get you a GTX 275, which is on par with an HD 4890.
The 9800 GTX would be ~ 7-8 K.

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

DIABLO saar

I guess the demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum is already out!

Yeah i knew that, which is the reason for my anticipation of the game

[sudipta_roy]

Wanted to assemble a Gaming PC ,can u guys suggest me a good Configuration... My budget is more or less 60,000 Skip the speakers as I allready have a good speaker system.

[tanay]

Wanted to assemble a Gaming PC ,can u guys suggest me a good Configuration... My budget is more or less 60,000 Skip the speakers as I allready have a good speaker system.

Check the PC thread.

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Wanted to assemble a Gaming PC ,can u guys suggest me a good Configuration... My budget is more or less 60,000 Skip the speakers as I allready have a good speaker system.

Here are the parts with the price (for relative comparison as the price is exclusive to Chennai where i'm located)

Processor
Make /Model /Key Features /Price
i7 i7-920 / 2.66 GHz 8MB Cache, 4.8 GT's 14900
or
Phenom X4 X4 - 955 BE 3.2GHz, 8M, AM3 13100

RAM
2 GB Trancend/Kingston x3 6Gb 1600 x3

SMPS&Cabinet
Zebronics High - 10 Models w/USB, Audio & Fan 1800~2500

Motherboards
(For Intel)
INTEL P43 P5QL-E 16x, 8 Ch. S, L, F 6950
or
INTEL P43 P5QL-PRO 16x, 8 Ch. S, L 6550

(For AMD)
AMD780G M3A-H/HDMI 16x,V,8 ch S, L 6800
GF 8300 M4N78-PRO 16x,V,8 ch S, L, F 6225

I'm not so sure about these AMD chipsets, but they seem to be in the same category as the Intels but you might need to check into it just to be sure

HDD's
Seagate 500 GB 16MB 2550
Seagate 1 TB 32MB 4175

Peripherals
Logitech Mouse - Optical PS2 / White or Black 360
Logitech KB - 104 300
Samsung 22" P2250 Lavender Series 10950
or
Samsung 23" P2350 Lavender Series 11950 (Supposed to be HD, but do check out)

And then there's the GPU, which is kind of too hard to choose, and is better if you have your preferences in mind before going for one, because each one has it's edge over others in each type of game, this list touches somewhere near the 45K mark excluding the GPU, a really good one 1gb one might set you back by another 15~20K, which brings the total to about 60k as you wanted, also you might want to go for the best cooling system that the market has to currently offer, because from what i could see your rig is capable of catching fire at the least provocation ;-)

[whizzkid_ram]

It's been out since long now. I have played it. It's installed in my PC, I still play it from time to time. REALLY good game, the best of the GTA series till date - both in terms of graphics and gameplay/ storyline.

Yeah, i too heard about it...am having it...but yet to install

He! it work pretty well with my system
4 GB ram
nvidia Gforce 8600GT with 512 ram

me too having the same config. with Quad core processor buddy