Will this system(s) be capable of having playable FPS on AC Brotherhood?

Hello there,

I will be getting a new PSU, and adding a 9800GT to my system and later a hd 6950 2GB.

My question is, will these systems achieve playable gameplay(30-40 FPS) on AC Brotherhood:

System No 1.

CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 3.5 GHz when gaming
Motherboard 785GM-E51
RAM 8 GB DDR3 - not 100% sure if I will be able to buy it
GPU Hewlett Packard 9800GT 1GB @ stock but will overclock as soon as I get the PSU
PSU Corsair HX 650
Case No case fans, middletower
HDD 1TB WDC Sata drive
Resolution 1920 x 1080

System No 2.

CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 3.5 GHz when gaming
Motherboard 785GM-E51
RAM 4 GB DDR3 @ 1000MHz when gaming
GPU Sapphire hd 6950 Toxic @ HD 6970
PSU Corsair HX 650
Case HAF 932 - not 100% sure if I will be able to buy it
HDD 1TB WDC Sata drive
Resolution 1920 x 1080

If you think there is a need to change some parts please let me know. (I will upgrade my CPU next year, unless I really need to upgrade now).

Thanks in advance

~Alexander

the second system will be able to play it, though your CPU will bring the rest of the system down, would advise maybe buying a AMD Phenom II X2 for more speed if you don't want to spend much money, an AMD Phenom II X4 would be best

I will be getting the GPU for Christmas. Should I wait for Ivy Bridge and get a new mobo, CPU, and DVD drive, or just get a X4 for Christmas too. If the latter, then what x4?

I always felt that 25+fps was pretty smooth/playable on Crysis, possibly due to the aggressive motion blur.

From the PCGH GTX 285/CPU scaling and Anandtech Intel X-25M SSD benchmarks, CPU and Hard Drive speed significantly effect minimum framerates in Crysis (up to 35% faster).

So while you can't overclock your hard drive, OCing your CPU should improve the overall performance.

Yes both systems should be able to run AC Brotherhood, the 9800gt is a little bit worse then my HD 4850, and I have an AMD Regor 245 @ 2.9 ghz, and I can run brotherhood and revelations at 1920 x 1080 with no visual lag, so you'll be able to run it with no problem.