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| 1118952 | 2010-07-15 06:30:00 | Hey guys, I just threw together a PC on Dell's website and I was wondering how well it would be able to play recent games and what sort of framerates I could expect for, say, Crysis at max settings. It is a Dell XPS Studio 8100 and I will list the specs below: Processor - Intel Core i7-860 Processor (2.80GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 8MB Cache) Memory - 4GB RAM Hard Drive - 1TB Graphics Card - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB Price - $1,985 Thanks in advance, VendettaSteel |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1118953 | 2010-07-15 09:31:00 | your graphics card will be a major bottle neck, crysis at max settings, I will say probably 20 - 30 FPS perhaps? | powerover (12121) | ||
| 1118954 | 2010-07-15 10:48:00 | You will be in a whole world of hurt if you ever have to make a warranty claim. Buying a Dell is not much better than buying from trademe. | Greven (91) | ||
| 1118955 | 2010-07-15 11:45:00 | I managed to get a full refund from Dell. Took along time talking to stupid customer support. Try PlayTech or Computer Lounge for prebuilt systems. |
Yukrato (14866) | ||
| 1118956 | 2010-07-15 11:48:00 | You will be in a whole world of hurt if you ever have to make a warranty claim. Buying a Dell is not much better than buying from trademe. I've made a few claims for clients and always found them good, what issues have you had exactly? |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1118957 | 2010-07-15 11:50:00 | your graphics card will be a major bottle neck, crysis at max settings, I will say probably 20 - 30 FPS perhaps? In what way? Should I look for a higher end card? The other two options would be a 240 GTS or a 260 GTX. Thanks, VendettaSteel |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1118958 | 2010-07-15 11:55:00 | You will be in a whole world of hurt if you ever have to make a warranty claim. Buying a Dell is not much better than buying from trademe. I've had great experience with Dell's customer service in the past; owned 2 Dell laptops and whenever I had a problem I called customer service and they always made it quick and easy to fix whatever problem I had :P Thanks, VendettaSteel |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1118959 | 2010-07-15 12:17:00 | I just found a YouTube vid of Crysis running at max settings on a pc very similar to the one I put together and it was running at 25-45 FPS (without FRAPs) which seems pretty decent. www.youtube.com Thanks, VendettaSteel |
VendettaSteel (15813) | ||
| 1118960 | 2010-07-15 12:34:00 | I would spend a little less on the CPU/motherboard by switching to something like an i5 750 quadcore with a P55 motherboard and use the extra money on a better graphics card. As for your other options on graphics card, a GTX 260 will perform similar to a 5770 wheres a GT240 will be significantly worse. | pantera989 (14533) | ||
| 1118961 | 2010-07-15 21:47:00 | In what way? Should I look for a higher end card? The other two options would be a 240 GTS or a 260 GTX. Thanks, VendettaSteel 5770 is not that powerful of a card, it is good for low power consumption tho... agree with pantera989 there, if you are aiming for just gaming, and not looking too far ahead... 240GTS: don't even try to think about this one if you want to game 260GTX: performs about the same as 5770 but power consumption is higher than 5770 |
powerover (12121) | ||
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