On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 09:30, Chad Smith wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >All I was saying was that the attitude that a PC isn't worth using if > >its CPU speed is < 3gig is stupid. > > But, less than 2 GB is kinda worthless to gamers. (Speaking as one who > is stuck on old PC.) But, of course, just because it's *over* 2 GB > doesn't mean it's good. The newest games have system requirements > higher than 2.0 GB.
uh oh... My hot new game system is only clocked at 1.8ghz ;) The video card is the main thing for games and with good video a PC of 1.2ghz can theoretically run hl2, tho I haven't tried it... Mind you I played through hl2 with just an fx5200 video card with everything set high, even full water reflection, tho it does play a little better in hard areas with medium texture and model settings. An fx5700 would be better and I can't even think about buying a 6800gt as they are like $900 here which is twice what I paid for the amd64cpu/mb/ram upgrade :) Of course it depends on the cpu and a 1.8ghz amd64 (pr2800+) newcastle like I have is obviously going to wipe out a 1.8ghz celeron... As for the overclockers... Well, these guys tend to be out there on the edge. It's all about cas latencies and ht/fsb speeds and fastest fps - and for many, figuring out how to hack the game security. I doubt they pay for MSO as others have said... tim -- --------------------------------------------------------- Tim & Therese Fairchild Atchafalaya Border Collies. Kuttabul, Queensland, Australia. --------------------------------------------------------- Email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.bcs4me.com --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
