Quad core for Gaming?

[Psychosocial]

^^Here, having P4 3.0Ghz means being a hardcore gamer .

EDIT :- I have a C2D 2.2Ghz but I have been told by my friends that its no match to P4 3.0Ghz .

 

[Cool G5]

ROFL

Thankfully my n00b friends are updated on latest tech, all credits to me

Mein nahi hota toh unka kya hota

 

[damngoodman999]

Quad Core is DEFINITELY needed for gaming unless you plan to upgrade your rig just 9 months later.
All games from Far Cry 2 will be Quad Core optimised.

Some may argue that current games are optimised for Dual Core, but whats the point of playing only current generation games on your rig ?

If you go for high end setups, like say HD4870, HD4850X2, HD4870X2, etc, the GPU won't become obsolete for another 1.5 years. So your CPU might soon become a bottleneck.

As for current gen games, if the quad core you buy manages to play the current generation games at playable framerates, you have nothing to worry about. Its better to be happy that this rig is going to have enough headroom for future games than be happy for a short while now because you get a small boost while playing crysis.

Ya i agree with this , my PHENOM X4 is performing good FPS in FARCRY2

Considering the gaming rigs the CPU s are mostly upgradeable within a year ,the upcoming Games are mainly concentrating on the CPU & GPU based optimistic performance !

Even the 4870X2 can not be expected for 2 years as stable optimum card !

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^How is framerate compared to Crysis ?

 

[toofan]

BTW, my rig is as follows:

My System Configuration:
Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" 2.66GHz (no HT)
256MB DDR1 400MHz RAM
Intel D915GLVG Motherboard
Onboard Intel GMA 900 GPU
Onboard RealTek ALC 880 Audio
Seagate 80GB SATA HDD

My rig is faster then you.

Intel Pentium D "Smithfield" 2.8 GHz.
2X512 mb DDR2 RAM
HP-Asterope GL3 Motherboard.
Onboard ATI X200 256MB Graphics.
Onboard Realtek 7.1 Audio
160 Gb hard disk.
Its a compac SR1921 IL model.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

My rig is faster then you.

Intel Pentium D "Smithfield" 2.8 GHz.
2X512 mb DDR2 RAM
HP-Asterope GL3 Motherboard.
Onboard ATI X200 256MB Graphics.
Onboard Realtek 7.1 Audio
160 Gb hard disk.
Its a compac SR1921 IL model.

Your rig is mordern enough actually. All you need to do is to get 2GB RAM (add extra two 512 sticks or just add two 1GB sticks - each is quite cheap at Rs. 600) and you have a CPU which is not starved for RAM. For GPU, just get a 9600GT (beyond that I guess the graphics card will be bottlenecked by the CPU), but even a 3K HD3650 will do for this rig.

Doing that, I estimate that your rig would survive without struggling to run an OS with regular stuff for atleast 2 to 6 years, especially since Windows 7 is faster than windows vista.

 

[Psychosocial]

ROFL

Thankfully my n00b friends are updated on latest tech, all credits to me

Mein nahi hota toh unka kya hota

I dont waste time in informing them and let them run after the worthless iPhone . Same with my female friends . They drool on the iPod Nano I own lolz. And I wish I had got another PMP like the D2 .

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I dont waste time in informing them and let them run after the worthless iPhone . Same with my female friends . They drool on the iPod Nano I own lolz. And I wish I had got another PMP like the D2 .

I hate to carry this thread offtopic again and again, but to you, I just NEED to say that its because of guys like you that India is still backward. Only sharing of knowledge can help make the country better. Every newbie deserves a chance to become a pro.

 

[Psychosocial]

I hate to carry this thread offtopic again and again, but to you, I just NEED to say that its because of guys like you that India is still backward. Only sharing of knowledge can help make the country better. Every newbie deserves a chance to become a pro.

I help if they ask. You want an example why I dont help others. Let me check my Pidgin logs and get back here. Only yesterday, a school friend was arguing that his G31 IGP is not far from my 8800GT. I tried to convince him a lot that 8800GT is a dedicated GPU, it has its own memory, BIOS, a larger frame buffer than the IGP and it has colossal power compared to G31 IGP but he was not ready to accept it. He just kept saying that NFS Most Wanted runs his and mine, both's PCs so our GPUs have the same power. WTF!

Girls always tell me that iPhone is better than ANY phone. I try to convince by giving genuine reasons like its crap on-screen keyboard, crap 2MP useless cam, the bluetooth handi-cap, etc but they dont understand.

Boys feel that the higher the RAM on a GPU, the better is and therefore discard my suggestion of buying a 256MB GDDR3 8600GT and buy a 512MB 7300GS.

After all this experiences, I have left arguing with the noobs in my school. Still I help a lot of people here.

 

[toofan]

Your rig is mordern enough actually. All you need to do is to get 2GB RAM (add extra two 512 sticks or just add two 1GB sticks - each is quite cheap at Rs. 600) and you have a CPU which is not starved for RAM. For GPU, just get a 9600GT (beyond that I guess the graphics card will be bottlenecked by the CPU), but even a 3K HD3650 will do for this rig.

Doing that, I estimate that your rig would survive without struggling to run an OS with regular stuff for atleast 2 to 6 years, especially since Windows 7 is faster than windows vista.

Thanks dear I was thinking dumping that machine and buying a new one. As I love gaming but now never get that much to play. This motherboard is very very limited. it doesn't support C2duos or dual cores, Only 533mz rams although I use 677 mz ram because 533 ones are not available. And have only two slots.

But after ur suggestion I was thinking why to put such money behind something which U can never be.(a hardcore gamer) bec of lac of time.

 

[RMN]

@Pshyco

dude we are the victims of the same situation.

 

[toofan]

Any one reply to my thread regarding BSOD in the Q&A section. Its still answer less.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Thanks dear I was thinking dumping that machine and buying a new one. As I love gaming but now never get that much to play. This motherboard is very very limited. it doesn't support C2duos or dual cores, Only 533mz rams although I use 677 mz ram because 533 ones are not available. And have only two slots.

But after ur suggestion I was thinking why to put such money behind something which U can never be.(a hardcore gamer) bec of lac of time.

Well, if you never get time for gaming, remove 9600GT from propable list. Just stick to some thing cheap which runs ALL games at mid settings at 1024x768 (whats your monitor ?). *lynx-india.com/index.php?productID=2625 is a cheap 9500GT which I suggest you buy since it does exactly what I said above.

 

[toofan]

I have an HPw1907. it will need a card which can run games at a 1440x900.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^Lowest option will be a HD4670 if you want mid-range gaming with med settings on that native resolution.

 

[infra_red_dude]

... its crap on-screen keyboard, crap 2MP useless cam, the bluetooth handi-cap, etc

I agree to what you say but not with the bolded part. Not at all! You need to use it to know about the keyboard. It is a bit slow, but surely not crap.

 

[NIGHTMARE]

main to upgrade karta rahta hu but buy value for money and pay reasonable price.u can use ur CPU more than 1 or 2 year not talking about bottle neck CPU but after 1.5yr u needed to upgrade GPU.my next upgrade is ikari mouse waiting for come in stock

 

[toofan]

Yes that one post from metal head had given me the gyan of computing. Adhik ki lalasaa mat karo. jitne ki jaroorat hai ushi mein santosh karo.

 

[Psychosocial]

I agree to what you say but not with the bolded part. Not at all! You need to use it to know about the keyboard. It is a bit slow, but surely not crap.

Well still I prefer a physical keyboard. Anyways, no more off-topics now .

I upgrade atleast once a year bcoz I am a gamer .

 

[choudang]

keep aside keyboards ...

guys.. kindly look the below..

P4 2.8 HT... via 845 as 865 is not available with AGP and ddr1
1 GB ram, 256 nvidia 5200FX, 40x3 HDD.
and with this .. i am able to play HL2 and SC: chaos theory ...

now tell me one thing.. when should i go for update.. what to choose... amd or intel ... if i will spend 30K, again i have to spend same after 1.5 yrs..