My Components
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000+
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
No Monitor
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16x DVD+/-RW Drive
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3
Integrated Sound Blaster®Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
No Floppy Drive Included
56K PCI Data Fax Modem
are these good specs for a gaming pc,games like civ4,sims 2,and so on...?
2007-08-15 05:01:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
For what you've described, it's very good. If you primarily played first-person 3D games (stuff like Call of Duty 2, Oblivion, FEAR) or high-end MMORPGs like Vanguard, Age of Conan etc then I'd say upgrade the graphics card. But the 8600GT is more than enough for Civ4, the Sims, Starcraft etc.
I'd consider more RAM because while 2GB is plenty for XP, it's effectively the minimum for Vista running the Aero interface.
2007-08-15 05:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a good comp however I would suggest a better video card in case they release something down the road that you want to get... the 256mb is nearing the end of its life and is becoming obsolete. Also when you are buying a monitor I would suggest a samsung as they are usually better quality.
2007-08-15 05:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by Woden501 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it relatively is high-quality for college artwork yet that video won't artwork for gaming. could have a minimum of 1GB of memory and you will desire a committed video card for gaming, Geforce 7600 is a good mid selection card 256MB video memory. The on-board images are designed to apply the device memory and could shrink the pc's overall performance. i wish there is on board Ethernet for Broadband information superhighway. CPU could be a minimum of two GHz.
2016-10-10 06:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This computer is overkill for the games you posted here. This computer can probably play oblivion at pretty high settings. Good choice. How much are they asking for this beast?
2007-08-15 06:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by jsygrovehpi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i suggest better graphics card (a monitor =p) and probably a intel core2duo as they are a it ahead now,or wait for AMD's quadcore OR get intel quadcore as the prices are 1/2 now
2007-08-15 05:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Master V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For an average gamer and multitasking PC its good.
2007-08-15 05:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by James F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋