godling said:
I didn't buy the monitor, KB/Mouse etc. Just the cabinet and the internals.
I had to fit it all within 25k, so this is what I got:
1. Intel 3.2GHz (the normal one, not EE)
2. 1GB DDR2 667 MHz Memory (Single stick, & I don't know if it's dual channel)
3. ASUS P5RD2 VM Motherboard
4. GeForce 7300LE 512 MB (Rs. 3000 /-)
5. 80GB HDD
6. DVD Writer
7. Cabinet with four total fans and a good SMPS
8. Creative 5.1 system
@ 25k I guess you are not at much of a loss considering a good smps, cool cabinets and a speaker system from Creative. But you 'could' have gone Pentium D. Not that it is being used completely today but still...
Now I've made a complete laughing stock out of myself amongst my friends, most
of whom who have the luxury of owning dual 7900GTX, ATI X1950 XTX with dual core
cpus etc and GBs of dual channel ram.
Well, those friends of yours seem to be hardcore gamers maybe, and in front of a gaming system, all bow.
But is it really true that with this setup, even simple games won't run? I don't
expect anything more than 30fps at 800x600 with everything turned off. Will that
be possible? I have only two games: NFS Underground and Enter the Matrix.
Both the games gave me 30+ FPS on a GeForce MX 4000 at low settings and @ 1024x768! so see it yourself with a
7 series mid-low end card.
Everyone
is telling me I'll get max 10 to 15 FPS with those games even at minimum settings.
And is it true that Geforce 7300LE is strictly an HDTV card for better images and
pictures, and not meant for gaming?
No, its gonna play all well and upcoming game @ low settings too!
And is it true that any Athlon 64 system with
integrated graphics on the motherboard will easily beat this setup?
Could be, with the 6150 chipset maybe, AMD's are built for gaming and cost lesser, apart from dual core prices.
My vendor told me that it can be used for playing games, but my friends are telling
me that only games like Quake I and Road rash are suitable for it. I've become the
center of attraction for having bought the cheapest card available.
I can't tell until logistics bring it in to my new home (hopefully by tomorrow night),
but in the meantime, please let me know, if this setup is really that horrible for
gaming, considering the fact that I'm only a casual gamer.
Ever since I've been told these things, I've been really upset. God knows if I've
been rooked.
Your friends need a jolt of electricity or what? Ignore them, they are just flaunting thier richness perhaps, but your PC's good enough for a tad more than casual gaming.
Your setup ranks between High and Medium High IMO.
Only catch is future proof. If its 64 bit enabled then no catches.