Vista and games! (1 Viewer)

[DeathB4Life]

i suggest you have a look at some benchmarks for cpus and gpus.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=948&model2=878&chart=425

the c2d are really great for their price. the 3500+ would have been decent 5 years ago, but for any recent game its really going to be cutting into your fps. athlons are also crap overclockers.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=858&model2=778&chart=277

the 2600XT also is kind of crap. it comes up even with a 6800ultra which is from 4 years ago and would be considered ancient by now.

im assuming that youre planning on playing crysis from your avatar, so you really need to invest a little bit more into your rig.

 

[Hakz]

Nah my cpu and video card are good. Cpu i got for free and video card is usually priced $200+ whilst i paid $120. Thats the real reason i got it as it was cheap. The 8600gt is like close to $200 and is very little difference, but 8600gts different story its very good and pricey though.

 

[dopeybilly]

I just upgraded my pc with a new mobo and graphics card but it doesnt run good. I have windows vista home premium running and i play games like BF2 on high settings but its always lagging, like the pc is always loading. My graphics card is good enough though radeon 2600xt. Do i need more ram? i have 1gig

im sorry to say but everything is holding you back from playing that game at maximum quality

your cpu is dated
2600xt is just not a very good gamming card
1gb ram is holding you back alot

plus running it on vista will cause additional reduction in fps(frame per second)

 

[Hakz]

im sorry to say but everything is holding you back from playing that game at maximum quality

your cpu is dated
2600xt is just not a very good gamming card
1gb ram is holding you back alot

plus running it on vista will cause additional reduction in fps(frame per second)

What are u talking about BF2?? BF2 came out like 2005 and only needed 512mb ram, fx5700 video card and 1.8ghz cpu.

If you are refering to Crysis then yes i know my pcs a bit old but the thing is i didnt buy the pc new. I just bought the video card as it was very cheap on ebay and i was using a crappy 9600pro before. ALso i checked the crysis specs and i should be playing at medium so all its good.