His FPS will be limited by the CPU and ram in most games so it wont matter what GFX card is in the rig. Hence my advice not to bother spending money a on a card that he cant move to his next rig or see any benifit from now.
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Bit of advice for CoD5 upgrade
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His FPS will be limited by the CPU and ram in most games so it wont matter what GFX card is in the rig. Hence my advice not to bother spending money a on a card that he cant move to his next rig or see any benifit from now.
El cheapo gaming upgrade.
Intel Celeron 440 2.0Ghz Processor (LGA775) - Retail £31
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i £47
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £20
Asus ATI Radeon EAH3650/HTDI/256M HD 3650 256MB GDDR3 £50
£148.
On the Bay
Radeon 9800 Pro £15-20
Motherboard: Intel i865PE £20
Processor: Northwood 3.0Ghz £25
1.5Gb DDR at 300mhz I think £25
Intel Celeron 440 2.0Ghz Processor (LGA775) - Retail £31
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i £47
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £20
Asus ATI Radeon EAH3650/HTDI/256M HD 3650 256MB GDDR3 £50
£148.
On the Bay
Radeon 9800 Pro £15-20
Motherboard: Intel i865PE £20
Processor: Northwood 3.0Ghz £25
1.5Gb DDR at 300mhz I think £25
His FPS will be limited by the CPU and ram in most games so it wont matter what GFX card is in the rig. Hence my advice not to bother spending money a on a card that he cant move to his next rig or see any benifit from now.
No, you said
The screen resolution will have no impact on how well the CPU and RAM perform, that CPU would run the game great at 1920x1200 if it had a 8800gtx and 2gig RAM attached.
Most FPS dont need a powerfull CPU where as an RTS or flight sim will benafit massively.
The limiting factor for COD4 is the GPU, not the processor.
While you have a fair point, this is a Pentium Northwood and DDR we are talking about here. Regardless of the resolution, an 8800GTX will be massively bottlenecked.
I disagree to some extent, i doubt COD4 will run slower if i was to downclock my CPU to 1ghz (from 3.4).
I get what your saying my freind, but ive had a a Pentium Northwood and it cant keep up with modern games anymore. Yes! with a more powerfull GFX card you could up the res and the frames wont drop any, but that still dont help if your only getting 15FPS to start with.
No mate, the mobo needs to be banished to the bay aswell.
Well there is only one way to find out, unfortunately being several thousand miles from my PC it cant be me.
Would be interesting (well to me maybe) at what CPU speed the FPS would start to drop, personnaly i didnt notice any difference in COD4 whether my E6300 was at stock or OCed to 3.4ghz (1920x1200).
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well if you dont know then you're the one giving out poor advice. He's right, btw.
I have recently upgraded from a 3.2Ghz P4 running 1GB mem but I had a 7800GT and I could run COD4 at around medium settings and it was very smooth.
Having said that, now Im running a Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz, 4GB mem and a 4870X2 everything looks ace!!
Having said that, now Im running a Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz, 4GB mem and a 4870X2 everything looks ace!!
Ok thanks for the advice everyone, I've decided I'm going to spend around £500 on a new system, and here is what I'm thinking at the moment:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £134.99 (£158.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail (£152.74)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) (£37.59 inc VAT)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS Extreme 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£123.36)
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £74.99 (£88.11)
Total (£558)
Any suggestions/changes would be great.
Ed
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £134.99 (£158.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail (£152.74)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) (£37.59 inc VAT)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS Extreme 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£123.36)
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £74.99 (£88.11)
Total (£558)
Any suggestions/changes would be great.
Ed
I never gave advice though did i, i just stated that the coment below
is misleading at best, the CPU would grind to a halt irrespective of whether the Res is less than 800x600 or 1920x1200. I mearly stated that the screen Res wouldnt be the deciding factor when it came to that CPU/Ram combination and its ability to run the game.
It not misleading at all, its a fact ! if anything Your being misleading with your last post. I mean, what are you trying to say ? that he will be ok as long as he has a powerfull enough card ?
If it was my money i would go cheaper, or somthing LGA 1366 based.
Socket 775 is all but dead mate, and you wont have many upgrade options later down the line.
If your looking spend around £500 and dont plan on going down the dual GFX route then you dont need that Motherboard or PSU, and said a "wolfdale" CPU would be a better choice.