Death_Blade Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Compared to serious gaming rigs, mine isnt much. I had to go kinda cheap at the time, and wanted a better vid card, but got what I could. CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Ram: 2 gigs Crucial GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS Superclocked HDD: 250 gig Western Digital PSU: 700 Watt OCZ Game Xtreme Motherboard: Abit IP35 PRO (wanted an SLI board but at the time all the sli boards had horrible reviews, few months later the 750i's came out ) OS: Windows XP service pack 2 Monitor: Samsung 22' widescreen LCD Case: NZXT Lexa Blackline black steel (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146038) Extra: 2x Red Cathode bulbs (for extra sex appeal at lan parties ) Its a pretty good set up, and its not too expensive for someone looking for a nice, affordable gaming rig. Id recommend getting a better vid card/mobo though. Off-topic: Does anyone know how to turn off HDR in the Nvidia control pannel for the Geforce 8 series?? I've been trying to figure out what to change for the past few days =/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richh999 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I saw the rig that CC posted... Wish mine was that good.. .. Finished doing some of the adjustments to mine, lost the 8800GT, .. Need to exchange for ATI.. Have also taken out the velociraptor ready for a new HD... Thought I would post some pics of it and even one of my tri screens, wish they were as big as the other guys.. But then again I shouldn't be complaining.. As CC said its nice to see other people who have decent rigs as I often see people with your standard Dell and don't get me started on Alienware... The Desk.. 22", 19", 15" The PC.. a.k.a The Matrix.. LEDS on Need to get a better camera.. sorry for the bad pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0) @ 3.0GHz RAM: 4GB DDR2 Corsair PC6400 RAM @ 800MHz GPU: eVGA 9800GTX+ HDD: WD 320GB & WD 640GB OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 x64 Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp 19" Widescreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-man22 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 LOTS OF MONITORS dude, why the F u need 3 monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnyboy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 LOTS OF MONITORS dude, why the F u need 3 monitors? So he can watch 3 different kinds of porn, DUH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die Catalina die Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 These are some parts of the PC I'm currently saving up to buy. I won't have it in time for GTA IV but it'll be worth the wait and there should be some good mods for it by then. Didn't even bother to get it for a console. Waste of time in my opinion.. CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450(Will have it running at 3.4-3.6GHZ) GPU: XFX GeForce GTX 280 RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR 2 800 HDD1:WD Raptor X 150GB 10000 RPM HDD2: Eagle Tech 1TB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive Monitor:Acer Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor Case: COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower If anyone of you guys have any recommendations don't be shy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 LOTS OF MONITORS dude, why the F u need 3 monitors? It can be very useful actually, especially if you are doing Photoshop work or work involving several windows. Gaming not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ush Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 JETWAY M26GT3-SVP - Socket AM2 - Chipset NVIDIA NF6100-405Advance PC Kymic 805 B case black AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - 2.5 GHz, Cache L2 1 MB Socket AM2 Advance MPT-500 PC Power Supplier 500 W KINGMAX 2 x 2 GB DDR2-667 PC5300 CL5 PC Memory Modules POWERCOLOR Radeon HD3850 PCS 512 MB GDDR3 PCIE 2.0 Acer AT3720 - 37" Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV via HDMI Vista SP1 Think I should be able to play it maxed out. If I couldn't, what would be the weak link in my setup, CPU and graphics card? Anybody?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_Don Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The only problem I see there is probably your TV, the maximum resolution most TV's with PC capabilty can go up to is 1360x768, which isn't that high when you think about it. Get a normal 22" or 24" monitor, most 22 inches can run games on 1680x1050 as their native resolution and 24 inches can run at a full 1920x1200. But yeah, you'll be able to run it on full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Anybody?? The graphics card definitely. I don't *think* you can max it out on a 3850. It'll probably make me want to run my 360 through a wood chipper. If you do that will you post some nice shots ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ush Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yeah, it's not a full HD TV but the likes of COD4 looks great so I'm happy enough with it. Hmm, so processor won't be bottle necking then? I'm thinking 4850 1GB upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I know sh*t about AMD CPU's but hat proc is a bit outdated. Obviously you should upgrade that also if you are going for the 4850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 2.08 GHz, 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon X1600. I miss my 6800 and duece-core. I'd be better off a console gamer right now. I would've been too, before, but it ran games decentely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 2.08 GHz, 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon X1600. I miss my 6800 and duece-core. I'd be better off a console gamer right now. I would've been too, before, but it ran games decentely. What happened with your dual core? ush, your PC meet's the specs for at least medium. So if you are ready to settle with a quality level which will outperform the consoles, then stick with your PC for now. If you do upgrade do so properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ush Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I just have a taste for max settings now so don't want to fall behind! I reckon a decent quad core and the 4850. My mobo is not AM2+ but the proc is backward compatable. CPU: http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/1232247/art/...9850-2-2-g.html GPU: http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/1434695/art/...dr3.html?type=i I'm heading to America next month though so I'm wondering would I get those parts cheaper there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 2.08 GHz, 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon X1600. I miss my 6800 and duece-core. I'd be better off a console gamer right now. I would've been too, before, but it ran games decentely. What happened with your dual core? ush, your PC meet's the specs for at least medium. So if you are ready to settle with a quality level which will outperform the consoles, then stick with your PC for now. If you do upgrade do so properly. It... Fried. I'm guessing an electric glitch or so, but meh. Everything in it is destoryed. I go out to buy me some bread, and come back ten minutes later to find nice gray smoke wallowing out of my little PC room (5 by 5 feet), the one I'm using now was in the hallway. It (the old one) has a bigger HDD than the other one, so I store all of my music, movies photos and such on it. I didn't lose any of them. By October I should have a new rig, I'll be playing on 8600 for some time, and then I'll get one of these new fancy-schmancy ATI cards. Warranty expired, dunno if it even covers these kinds of things. An Xbox would be a relief, but I can hold on for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz) GPU: Club 3D Radeon 3850 512 MB GDDR3 PCI-E OC'ed RAM: PQI 3 GB DDR HDD: 4 disks. A total of about 1 TB (1x Seagate, 1x Samsung, 2x WD) PSU: 400 W OS: Windows Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 Monitor: Sony SDM-M51 (it's old, but it still works) Will I be able to squeeze at least medium on this setup ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz)GPU: Club 3D Radeon 3850 512 MB GDDR3 PCI-E OC'ed RAM: PQI 3 GB DDR HDD: 4 disks. A total of about 1 TB (1x Seagate, 1x Samsung, 2x WD) PSU: 400 W OS: Windows Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 Monitor: Sony SDM-M51 (it's old, but it still works) Will I be able to squeeze at least medium on this setup ? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) As far as can I know PC isn't doing great in US, so probably the components are a bit more expensive there. But like I said, I don't know. In my country that CPU goes for some 210 € while I cant even find a 1GB 4850. 512MB 4850 goes for some 170 €. Gronf, I didn't know dual core would melt so easily. It seems a bit weird to me, it must have been some major fault. Edited August 18, 2008 by mkey82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ush Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yeah, I'm in Ireland and pc parts are generally abit dearer here but Pixmania is a French company I believe but deliver all over Europe and are the cheapest I've found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richh999 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 LOTS OF MONITORS dude, why the F u need 3 monitors? It can be very useful actually, especially if you are doing Photoshop work or work involving several windows. Gaming not so much. Well the reason I have 3 screens is because I ran dual screens at work and it is so useful so I got together my 19" wide and a 15" and used them for a while, you game on the 19" and then have itunes or other apps up on the other.. Now how ever I got a 22" and so I kept the other 2 aswell. . Gaming there is no advantage but using other things like word and IE or stuff you have things on different screens, easier multitasking.. Also if you have programs with loads of toolbars you put them all on another screen.. If I'm doing a lighting desgin (hobby) its great to have the tech plan on one and then controls on another and then have what you would see on the third, but not in that order... Modding games is also usefull as different apps on each screen... I find it useful... @ ush.. Erm it most likely wouldn't be cheaper to buy them from a highstreet street shop in the US. You should look online as thats where alot of things are cheaper.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerpuff Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) My laptop (i also have proper PC but it's Pentium III and no way i'm going to play GTA:IV on it lol ) Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2GHz 3072 MB (DDR2-667 @ 667MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (512 MB) 15.4" monitor @ 1680x1050 160 GB Samsung SATA drive Windows Vista Business + SP1 (32bit) Edited August 18, 2008 by Powerpuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumagoro Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CPU: Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic 1gb GPU: AMD X2 5000+ RAM: 2048mb RAM (2x1024mb DC) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 SYS: Windows XP SP2 And a X-Fi Gamer sound card (with EAX 5.0!) Cheap computer but still... it's great And owns xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Thunder. Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 My laptop (i have proper PC also but it's Pentium III and no way i'm going to play GTA:IV on it lol ) Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2GHz 3072 MB (DDR2-667 @ 667MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (512 MB) 15.4" monitor @ 1680x1050 160 GB Samsung SATA drive Windows Vista Business + SP1 (32bit) You can run it fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Gronf, I didn't know dual core would melt so easily. It seems a bit weird to me, it must have been some major fault. Well, the components didn't melt totally. That was just an expression. They're just beyond salvage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I'll be upgrading my monitor, power supply and graphics card before November. So the stats wont be the same: 2GB RAM (+ 3GB of Turboboost) 160GB HDD 2.6GHz AMD 64 Dual Core 15" Packardbell monitor (Upgrading to 19" widescreen) 250Watt PSU (Upgrading to 450W/550W) Labtec 2.1 speakers Nvidia Geforce 7300LE 128MB (8600GTs 1GB/ 8800GT ???MB) Windows Vista Home Premium (Maybe having XP) Dell standard mouse and keyboard (2007) Picture: (The Dell on the right, not the other one on the left) Or could be using this? 512MB RAM 40GB HDD 866MHz Pentium III 2.0 Labtec speakers 15" Compaq monitor (Produced 1998) 300Watt PSU Beige mouse and keyboard Windows XP Pro Picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abel. Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CPU: Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic 1gbGPU: AMD X2 5000+ RAM: 2048mb RAM (2x1024mb DC) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 SYS: Windows XP SP2 And a X-Fi Gamer sound card (with EAX 5.0!) Cheap computer but still... it's great And owns xbox Hell dude, mine owns XBOX 360 too! RAM: 3GB DDR2 CPU: Intel Q6600 2.40GHZ Quad Core GPU: nVidia 8600GS 512 MB two Seagate 327 GB hard drives. Foxconn Mobo Windows Vista Homw Premium 32 Bit SP1 Realtek HD audio with Technika speakers. I'm getting a drastic GPU upgrade soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboturd Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The screen By jprturboturd, shot with K750i at 2008-05-23 The big rig By jprturboturd, shot with K750i at 2008-05-23 Together in darkness By jprturboturd at 2008-06-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumagoro Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I'll be upgrading my monitor, My advice: buy a CRT CRT owns LCD in image quality, reaction time and health LCD's are over-marketed pieces of steaming crap and should die out at once. My ol' Samsung with a DynaFlat screen owns most modern mid-class LCD's even though the screen ain't REALLY flat (overmolded or something) And i bought it for 10$ a while ago Musn't i say to adjust the refresh rate (that's why CRT get bad notes cause of flicker, but high refresh rate can do wonders Oh, i guess i OT. Whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon25 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 CRT owns LCD in image quality, reaction time and health LCD's are over-marketed pieces of steaming crap and should die out at once. I don't agree. I have 19' widescreen monitor, and I'm very happy of using it. It has better contrast than my 17' CRT, and right now I would never switch to CRT again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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