triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 hi people ive ordered my new pc and have the AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 3700 (San Diego) 1MB as the cpu. I wondered if it was any good? And can you answer me this question.......What the bloody hell does the CPU do?!?!?! thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Well it basically makes everything happen. It's like the brain of the computer. I think it would have been better to go dual core. But that would have also affected the price quite much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 hmm ok thnx, on my new computer i will be running games like Oblivion, will this cpu be good enough for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 For oblivion it should be fine. What graphics card are you going to get? Recommended specs for oblivinion (it's always good to be above these) are 1Gb RAM, at least 3Ghz Pentium 4 or equivalent (this you have so don't worry), and at least geforce 6800 or ati x800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 The specs of my new computer are: AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 3700 (San Diego) 1MB, 256MB GEFORCE 7600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT, 2gig of ram. So i think im alright :P oh and bogbas can you help with my moniter that i ordered? please go on http://www.hannsg.com then europe. then go on monitors then the HC194D. will that monitor run games smoothly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 It wil run games smoothly. Monitors don't really affect game performance. It's the hardware (mainly RAM, CPU and grahics card) that affects the performance. On an old flat panel there might be some blur because the response times were much longer few years ago than they are now. But now pretty much every flat screen is 8-12ms response time. And the long response time only would have been harmful if you played a lot of games that require fast reaction times (FPS, racing games). On RPG games it doesn't really make a difference. But the blur is really a thing of the past in most cases. The monitor is good enough for everything you plan to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 wow thanks bogbas ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 You wont be able to run Oblivion at full settings with that gpu, but its still a decent one, very good bang for the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 yup i know probably at mid settings though eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 7600GT is a reasonably powerful card, you shouldn't have much trouble running max settings at a lower resolution for games like Oblivion. Try not to use such a random title and capitals in your next thread okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Don't worry, you'll play a lot of games just fine. That reminds me that I'm hating this "let's release a gfx card every month so that people always have obsolete shit" philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 That PC is fine, it'll be damn good at playing the latest games for the next few months That reminds me that I'm hating this "let's release a gfx card every month so that people always have obsolete shit" philosophy. Ditto on that, though I find it the same with most comp hardware. I have a AMD Athlon 3200+, a GeForce 6800, 1GB (PC3200) RAM in my comp for about 7-8 months and it's already starting to struggle with a few games. I don't really have the cash to upgrade either. ¬¬ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 would i be alright to run half life 2? and black and white 2? becuase ive missed out on like 2 years of pc games becuase of this pc im on now (4 years old). So i wanna catch up on what ive been missing. Im planning on getting, Fable, Oblivion, Halflife 2, black and white 2, sims 2, rollercoaster tycoon 3, and any others that people suggest *nudge nudge* ^^ EDIT: thanks Jordan for altering my title :P i will try to be more specific next time XD and the reason why its in caps is because i copied and pasted it from my order form. Sorry :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Half life 2 two runs fine on geforce 2(lowest settings, it's a 6 year old gfx card) . It's very scalable and your PC will run it fine. And it will run any game pretty well and if it doesn't at full settings then just lower the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ironflame Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I'm running half life 2 on a AMD 4200+ dual Core and a 7600GT it should run fine with yours with HDR at 1024x Res. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 HDR? sorry im such a noob XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 High-Dynamic-range lighting. You know when you step out of your house into bright sunlight and you have to let your eyes adjust first before you can see clearly? It basically simulates that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 oh ok thanks so i shouldent be worrying until vista coems out then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Nah, your 7600Gt, Athlon 3700 and 2gigs of RAM will see you through nicely until you decide to upgrade to Vista. It'll play all the games I see in your list above quite nicely. I also redommend (if you haven't already) Rome:Total War, Dawn of War, FEAR, Doom 3 and Battlefield 2. I upgraded recently too - almost entirely for Medival: Total War 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 ok thanks gaggle ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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