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FrederikNeertof

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Hey guys. One of my friends is moving to Croatia for a year, so he's selling his desktop computer. It's from 2007 and has the following specs:

Processor: Intel core2 quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
Graphics:Nvidia geforce 8800 GT OC
Ram:2 gb cosair twinx ram (I'm putting 2GB extra in it, resulting in 4GB total)
and a 300gb HDD

I will be using it for gaming.. Will this computer do for playing the latest games from now on and a couple years in the future? I'm paying around $253. A 22'inch flat screen monitor + keyboard and gaming mouse is included in the price.

thanks in forward,

Regards
 
That's a nice system and you're getting it at a very good price. The 22" monitor included is a good deal.

Will this computer do for playing the latest games from now on and a couple years in the future?

I suggest that in the near future you should replace the nVidia 8800GT with a better GPU.
 
Hi Frederik,
Two things....
1) define cheap
2) is DX 11 important to you?

if it is a HD 5770 can be had for as little as 139.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131328&cm_re=hd_5770-_-14-131-328-_-Product

if DX 11 is not important, then something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125256&cm_re=hd_4870-_-14-125-256-_-Product

both will give you good performance at 1920 or 1680 res with details on high for most games.



If you need to get to the $100.00 mark, then these are the best alternative.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150482&cm_re=hd_4850-_-14-150-482-_-Product (DX 10.1)
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150448&cm_re=hd_5750-_-14-150-448-_-Product (DX 11)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131354&cm_re=hd_5750-_-14-131-354-_-Product (DX 11)

as far as the rest of the system, what Rit said :)
 
Alright, thanks Ritwik can you recommend any cheap GPU thats better than the nvidia 8800gt?

I suggest that you run the games you want to play on the existing card and see if you're happy with the performance. If you are, wait a while before buying a new one.

In case you get one right now, the HD 5770 / HD 4870 is the best choice (in terms of low cost) as red says.

@ red1776 - Would it not be better to get a 1GB HD 5770 rather than the 512MB version?
 
d1776 - Would it not be better to get a 1GB HD 5770 rather than the 512MB version?

It absolutely would, I listed the 512 version only because he said "cheap" and I had the caveat "as little as". if his native res on the 22" monitor is 1680 x 1050, the 512 will be good, if its 1920 x 1080 the 1gb would be better. that's why i asked him to define 'cheap' :) if you can swing the 1gb version, get it.
 
Thanks

Thanks for your replies guys. I'll try to see how far the 8800GT will get me, haha. I will be playing games such as CoD4, MW2 and maybe a couple of newer mmorpgs, on medium graphics at least.
 
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