First Computer?

[k3ithrm]

Can someone tell me if this is a good computer to run games on. This is going to be my first computer I bought.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pr...angid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10089505&catid=10607

I'll also be buying the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512MB Video Card and updating it with 2 gigs of ram.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

recommend 8800gt, 8500 won't get you anywhere with today's games.

 

[Pesmerga]

What are you talking about DEATHMASTER, I'm doing just fine with my 7600GTS.

 

[k3ithrm]

recommend 8800gt, 8500 won't get you anywhere with today's games.

Thanks, I think lol

 

[DEATHMASTER]

the 7600 isn't the 8500, and if that was a typo meant to say 8600gts then yes, the 8600 is loads better than the 8500 as well.

 

[k3ithrm]

the 7600 isn't the 8500, and if that was a typo meant to say 8600gts then yes, the 8600 is loads better than the 8500 as well.

is a 512 mb card a lot better than a 256 mb one?

 

[kineaesth]

Twice as good, even?!



No.



Yes.

 

[Pesmerga]

the 7600 isn't the 8500, and if that was a typo meant to say 8600gts then yes, the 8600 is loads better than the 8500 as well.

I was just saying that the 7600GTS plays all midlevel gaming perfectly well, including Source. An 8500 will get you plenty far with "today's games".

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

The 8600GTS performs just barely better then a 7600GT, most of the time. The 8500GT 512mb performs about half as good as the 8600GTS.

If anyone here has a 8600GTS or 7600GT, benchmark it and divide the number you get by 2, then you'll have an idea of how a 8500GT would perform.

GPU memory size matters, but mostly when comparing similar level cards. A 512mb 7600GT isn't better then a 256mb 7800GT, for example.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

It sucks on an old game, nuff said
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=716&model2=856&chart=286

 

[k3ithrm]

It sucks on an old game, nuff said
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=716&model2=856&chart=286

Actually, I'm getting this card in the next few days..

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=177&grp=3