Posted February 26, 2012
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spinefarm
Old timer
Registered: Dec 2011
From United Kingdom
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etna87
New User
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted February 26, 2012
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The Serious Sam games clearly fit your description best! Nothing can be more serious. Luckily, any decent computer should have no trouble running them on max settings (maybe aside from SS3, no idea about that).
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wodmarach
booooooooooored
Registered: Feb 2010
From United Kingdom
Posted February 26, 2012
Mine does you just need a quadcore and semi decent GPU BF3 is core limited not GPU limited (check it there's reviews using the same CPU which show the game is not GPU limited once you reach the 2GB HD6950/560Ti hell there's one out there showing how a Bulldozer can smash the 2700k in that game once you OC it enough)
BF3 is massively multithreaded in fact it's the first game engine to properly use more than 2 cores.
BF3 is massively multithreaded in fact it's the first game engine to properly use more than 2 cores.
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grog004
New User
Registered: May 2011
From United States
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_ChaosFox_
Zero fox given.
Registered: Nov 2008
From Germany
Posted February 26, 2012
I hate that term: "serious gamer". A "serious gamer" is not one that insists on playing the latest games. A "serious gamer" is one who plays good games no matter how old they are. My rig, as rarely as it is used anymore, is more than suitable for "serious gaming".
But I disgress. I had a friend's copy of BF3 running on my humble quad-core Phenom X4 920 with each core running at 2.8 GHz, 4GB and my HD 4890 and it ran absolutely fluidly on high. It started twitching mildly on Ultra, but it was certainly running over 60fps on high and more than playable on Ultra. I am yet to encounter a game that struggles on this PC.
But I disgress. I had a friend's copy of BF3 running on my humble quad-core Phenom X4 920 with each core running at 2.8 GHz, 4GB and my HD 4890 and it ran absolutely fluidly on high. It started twitching mildly on Ultra, but it was certainly running over 60fps on high and more than playable on Ultra. I am yet to encounter a game that struggles on this PC.
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Psyringe
Vagabond
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted February 26, 2012
The CPU is about 100$ more expensive than the i5 2500K, but gives less than 10% better performance in games, even under ideal conditions. The graphics card is useless for gaming, it's the second slowest card of its entire generation. Actually I don't think it makes much sense to put that card in this build because the graphics chip integrated in the CPU probably provides better performance than the dedicated graphics card. There is no information about the mainboard and the PSU, so these are probably cheap parts with very limited upgrade capability. Especially the PSU is probably quite weak since the graphics card doesn't need much power. For serious gaming, you'd want to switch out the graphics card, which probably means switching out the PSU as well. This means that you'll probably have to pay at least 250$ more (or even more, depending on which graphics card you want). You can save some money by choosing an i5 2500 instead, but the build still isn't cheap for the performance it delivers. Apart from all that, the build seems decent, at least it doesn't add any unnecessary fancy stuff to drive the price up.
I still stand by my earlier recommendation though: Start with an i5 2500 CPU (or an i3 2100 if the i5 is too expensive), add an nVidia 560 GTX graphics card (preferably a 560 Ti), and go from there.
Side note: copy/pasted lists with broken formatting are kind of hard to read. If you instead put a link to the offer into your post, then it#s not only easier to read, we'll also be able to check for information on the details.
I still stand by my earlier recommendation though: Start with an i5 2500 CPU (or an i3 2100 if the i5 is too expensive), add an nVidia 560 GTX graphics card (preferably a 560 Ti), and go from there.
Side note: copy/pasted lists with broken formatting are kind of hard to read. If you instead put a link to the offer into your post, then it#s not only easier to read, we'll also be able to check for information on the details.
Post edited February 26, 2012 by Psyringe
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Iain
Going Retro
Registered: Oct 2011
From United Kingdom
Posted February 27, 2012
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I still stand by my earlier recommendation though: Start with an i5 2500 CPU (or an i3 2100 if the i5 is too expensive), add an nVidia 560 GTX graphics card (preferably a 560 Ti), and go from there.
Side note: copy/pasted lists with broken formatting are kind of hard to read. If you instead put a link to the offer into your post, then it#s not only easier to read, we'll also be able to check for information on the details.