does the amount of GHz your desktop have matter on how good of gaming you can do?

Question

is there like a requirement of ghz i should have on my gaming desktop?

Answer 1

Gaming is a combination of physics processing, graphics processing and computer processing. Yes, there are minimum ghz needs of the program, but gaming performance mostly stresses the vid card, not the processor. Assuming you keep the same vid card, and assuming you are not going to buy a physics processor, the next trade off is whether you want high screen resolution, 3d effects or frame rate. If you want higher frame rates, you need to either turn down resolution. If you are on a known safe site, you can turn off your antivirus, antispyware, esp if its a resource hog like norton or mcafee 0r use a lighter version like avg, avast or nod 32. I'd leave a firewall up, but you can use a light resource one like Comodo.

Vid cards are reasonably priced right now, but will drop really quickly because DX10 cards are becoming more and more mainstream. Get the best vid card you can afford, that will physically fit in your system and that your power supply will support. Physics processors are cheap but dont work well with Vista. Also XP is generally better than Vista unless your playing DX10 games.

If you want to wait until prices drift down, these tips will help you till you make the plunge. Turn off all unneeded programs in startup and turn off unneeded processes. Do NOT have P2P software like limewire, frost, morpheus,etc, because your puter is acting as a server and using processor cycles, memory and internet connection. Even if you uninstall it, its still on your computer unless you hack the registry. Use NIC instead of wireless, turn up hardware accelleration on your card and down 3d effects. Turn down screen resolution. This will give you more frames.

Upgrading your power supply and your cooling is a good idea. Get a good heatsink/fan or better. Add additional case fans, this will allow better gaming too.

Answer 2

Very complex question. Do you want an AMD or Pentium. They measure differntly as in an AMD might have a 4500+ and a Pentium would be a 3.2GHz, but don't be mistaken 4500+ does not mean 4.5GHz. I am a die hard AMD fan but I must admit if you are willing to spend the money a good Dual Core Pentium 2Gigs of RAM and a PCI-E card and you'll be good to go. But in short your priority for gaming hardware should be as folllows:

1) CPU
2) RAM
3) Video Card
4) Hard Drive(s)
5) Sound Card

I would also recommend you stick to Windows XP for gaming, at least for now.

Answer 3

Yes for graphics and others game specific needs But I would concentrate more on keeping the processor cool. 2.2Ghz or better is great for most 3D games out now, but a smooth running processor depends on how well the system dissipates heat.

Answer 4

yes! get a new intel core 2 duo 1.8Ghz should do, prices are coming down. older cpu's can't keep up with games now days...

Answer 5

if you mean you processor speed then as much as you can afford same with the memory