New Computer Build

Rainagul · Post by **Rainagul** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:23 pm

Hey,

Well right now i have a pretty up to date laptop and the graphics are great and stuff. But whenever i use fraps my FPS goes from 35-40 down to around 10. This sucks, ive tried alot of things but i just cant get my fps to go higher.

Now ive decided that this year i want to get a new computer.

Does anyone know a really good pc build so i can record Silkroad footage at medium to high settings at a high resolution.

Thanks any help would be appreciated...

Pretandor · Post by **Pretandor** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:30 am

Depens on how much money you want to spend.

I would highly recommend a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor (like E6600-E6850), 2-4 GB DDR2-800 Ram Kit and a GeForce 8800 GT or GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB (the new one with G92 Chip).

That would be the optimal in-time configuration. If you have more money you can also replace the graphics card with a GeForce 8800 Ultra or something.

With this configuration you can play even Crysis on Med-High, so Silkroad would run easily.

ghostkilla43 · Post by **ghostkilla43** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:08 am

just go on new egg, u can build urself a nice comp for under 1000$

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:11 am

ghostkilla43 wrote:just go on new egg, u can build urself a nice comp for under 1000$

easier said than done.

ghostkilla43 · Post by **ghostkilla43** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:14 am

X-Lax wrote:
ghostkilla43 wrote:just go on new egg, u can build urself a nice comp for under 1000$

easier said than done.

yeah.. depends on his comp knowledge

JeroenNL · Post by **JeroenNL** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:49 am

id say

AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (3.0GHz)*
2x 8800GT 512 MB(SLI)
ASUS Crosshair motherboard
Coolermaster case(id say centurion)
Zalmann power supply 600W
Ageia PhysX card
Corsair XMS2 2GB pc 6400 memory
DVD player and sound card are own choice, hope it helps

*Intel is probably better but i just like AMD

xxxanditoxxx · Post by **xxxanditoxxx** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:16 pm

yeah,,,
for gaming,
i would choose AMD,
and AMD now has new products,
dual core, with high performance of course..

but my question is....

which is better,

nvidia or ATI??

Valkasdar · Post by **Valkasdar** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:18 pm

xxxanditoxxx wrote:yeah,,,
for gaming,
i would choose AMD,
and AMD now has new products,
dual core, with high performance of course..

but my question is....

which is better,

nvidia or ATI??

I'd say nVIDIA :wink:

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:34 pm

word. Nvidia

Post by **dom** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:16 pm

Get a dell.

bLuE_fLaMe · Post by **bLuE_fLaMe** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:28 pm

dom wrote:Get a dell.

are you serious ? lol a dell yea thats smart....NOT!

this is what i was offered( it will be $950 when i trade in my crappy DELL)
Price tag actually isn’t too bad: $1130 plus tax:

- Asus motherboard

- Intel E4400 core-duo processor

- 2Gigs dual-channel DDR2 667 RAM

- 500MB 16MB cache WD hard drive

- EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GEFORCE 8800GTS 640MB DDR3 500MHZ DVI DVI HDTV (one hell of a video card!)

- DVD burner

- All in a good tower

Post by **dom** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:40 pm

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:
dom wrote:Get a dell.

are you serious ? lol a dell yea thats smart....NOT!

Oh no, you got me. I didn't see the "not" coming - that was very witty of you.

Good job.

JacksColon · Post by **JacksColon** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:43 pm

dom wrote:
bLuE_fLaMe wrote:
dom wrote:Get a dell.

are you serious ? lol a dell yea thats smart....NOT!

Oh no, you got me. I didn't see the "not" coming - that was very witty of you.

Good job.

hahhaaha

I don't like dells, but some people love 'em.

If I were you, I'd go AMD. I like their processors better and they usually run cheaper. 2 gigs of ram will be good for now, but think about going to 4 in the future, depending of course, on what you plan on doing. I have 4gb now on my dual boot system with a geforce 8800 gtx and it's an awesome system

the.unseen. · Post by **the.unseen.** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:26 pm

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:
dom wrote:Get a dell.

are you serious ? lol a dell yea thats smart....NOT!

this is what i was offered( it will be $950 when i trade in my crappy DELL)
Price tag actually isn’t too bad: $1130 plus tax:

- Asus motherboard

- Intel E4400 core-duo processor

- 2Gigs dual-channel DDR2 667 RAM

- 500MB 16MB cache WD hard drive

- EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GEFORCE 8800GTS 640MB DDR3 500MHZ DVI DVI HDTV (one hell of a video card!)

- DVD burner

- All in a good tower

The 512MB GTS is better then the 640MB GTS, also around the same price.

bLuE_fLaMe · Post by **bLuE_fLaMe** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:36 pm

well tbh this is what i was offered for an ok price at the time but i much rather have 8800w/e and a sli enabled motherboard from nvidia, prehaps 4gb of DDR3 ram also

__MagnuS__ · Post by **__MagnuS__** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:54 pm

JeroenNL wrote:id say

AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (3.0GHz)*
2x 8800GT 512 MB(SLI)
ASUS Crosshair motherboard
Coolermaster case(id say centurion)
Zalmann power supply 600W
Ageia PhysX card (Not needed as their is no game library to utilize it yet)
Corsair XMS2 2GB pc 6400 memory 3-4 gigs is good for fraps
DVD player and sound card are own choice, hope it helps

*Intel is probably better but i just like AMD