2405FPW: Do I have enough PC

[jammur21]

On the upper side of mid range systems, I think

P4 3.0C, non overclocked
2gig 3200 CAS 2.5 DDR
Abit IC7 or IS7 MB
BFG 6800 Ultra OC AGP
IDE HD's and Drives, etc.

FarCry, HL2, Silent Hunter3, BF2 (when it releases) COD, BF:V, etc etc.


Not willing to buy new RAM or Vid Card (no PCI-e or 2 cards for SLI), but wouldn't rule out an A64 and MB upgrade. Post bundle suggestions if I'm lacking.
TIA

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: jammur21
On the upper side of mid range systems, I think

3.0C, non overclocked
2gig 3200 CAS 2.5
Abit IC7 or IS7 MB
BFG 6800 Ultra OC
HD's and Drives, etc.

FarCry, HL2, Silent Hunter3, BF2 (when it releases) COD, BF:V, etc etc.

TIA

Yeah, definitely. Maybe not at super-high resolutions, but anything at and under 1600x1200 should be fine. High AA/AF will slow down any card. If you find the need to play at extreme settings, wait until next generation. That's as good as you can get, because you have a single-card motherboard (can't do SLI).

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

hell yeah, thats a pretty darn good setup. for sure its better than 99 percent of most gaming rigs, and if mine plays all things well, urs would definetly.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: xtknight


Yeah, definitely. Maybe not at super-high resolutions, but anything at and under 1600x1200 should be fine. High AA/AF will slow down any card. If you find the need to play at extreme settings, wait until next generation. That's as good as you can get, because you have a single-card motherboard (can't do SLI).

Did you read the topic? Hes got a 1920x1200 res LCD.

To the OP, the video card can do it I think, but the CPU is going to be holding you back. Ive got a X850XT/PE and a A64 3500+ thats overclocked a lot, and plays all the games I have tried fine at the same res, with the same LCD.

 

[fstime]

Expect Medium, maybe High settings.

Expect NO headroom.

Expect NO AA/AF.

Expect your system to stuggle to push 1920.


If you want to push 1920 with aa/af, high settings, 100% smooth with headroom, get a 6800GT/Ultra SLI rig.

An A64 would also help since that P4 although is still good is a few generations old.

I suggest the Dell 2005 instead.

It will be easier on any computer.

 

[Appledrop]

the cpu will not hold you back of course not, at that resolution the bottleneck is the video card. With Antialiasing off (but leave some ansiotropic filtering or it will look crap) it should be fine though.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: Azzy64
the cpu will not hold you back of course not, at that resolution the bottleneck is the video card. With Antialiasing off (but leave some ansiotropic filtering or it will look crap) it should be fine though.

Wrong. The CPU WILL hold him back.

 

[Cheesetogo]

I think you should be able to play most games at full settings, although you proably won't be able to do aa and af. Buy the monitor, see how your framerates are and then see if you want to move to an A64.

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Azzy64
the cpu will not hold you back of course not, at that resolution the bottleneck is the video card. With Antialiasing off (but leave some ansiotropic filtering or it will look crap) it should be fine though.

Wrong. The CPU WILL hold him back.

Wrong. The CPU will NOT hold him back...

 

[jammur21]

LOL, so which is it, CPU holds me back or not?

But seriously guys, I appreciate your help on this one.

 

[JBT]

If you run 1920x1200 ithe CPU probably won't hold you back, but in anycase even a 6800U OC that res is pretty tough. Try 1680x1050 and it should be fine. I run this on a couple games were my X800XT can't maintain smooth frames at 1920x1200 and I can't see any interpolation with the non native res.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: OnEMoReTrY

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Azzy64
the cpu will not hold you back of course not, at that resolution the bottleneck is the video card. With Antialiasing off (but leave some ansiotropic filtering or it will look crap) it should be fine though.

Wrong. The CPU WILL hold him back.

Wrong. The CPU will NOT hold him back...

Do you play at that res? I do, and when overclocking my CPU, I get a great boost in performance.

Do you really believe that if he had a 3.6+ P4 it wouldnt net him higher frames?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: OnEMoReTrY

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: Azzy64
the cpu will not hold you back of course not, at that resolution the bottleneck is the video card. With Antialiasing off (but leave some ansiotropic filtering or it will look crap) it should be fine though.

Wrong. The CPU WILL hold him back.

Wrong. The CPU will NOT hold him back...

Do you play at that res? I do, and when overclocking my CPU, I get a great boost in performance.

Do you really believe that if he had a 3.6+ P4 it wouldnt net him higher frames?

maybe 5... when youre limited by resolution a cpu doesnt help much.

Look at cpu scaling charts at high res in reviews.

 

[Ackmed]

Its more than five. With Anands CPU scaling for HL2 review, it shows upwards of 15fps, going from 2.2 to 2.6gig. Sometimes not much at all though. Which to me is a huge boost as I said I got, since we're talking overall frames a little over 100 on average. 15% is pretty substantial. Keep in mind, its just one game.

The problem is NOBODY uses a WS res to review anything. Sooner or later they're going to have to add them, which is only a good thing.