Graphics Card - Race Sims
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CPU/RAM is okay, so what GPU you have decides whether you can run GTR2 or not. GTR3 system requirements are not yet known.
I have a core i3 2100T/4GB as well. Combined with my Radeon HD 5670 (DDR5) it can run any sim at fairly high detail and resolution.
I have a core i3 2100T/4GB as well. Combined with my Radeon HD 5670 (DDR5) it can run any sim at fairly high detail and resolution.
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Since most Race sims are played rather easily with an i3 I would just upgrade to an i5-2500K and get a dedicated graphics card(My system currently uses a HD 6770 and it will very soon use an HD 6950. The HD 6770 is kinda of the same thing as the GTX 550 as mentioned before). Since that will be quite a bit more than needed for a racing sim. You honestly can run recommended settings for GTR 2 with an Pentium 4 3Ghz CPU. The i5-2500K is a Quad core CPU and it would have plenty of processing room for new racing sims. I would not recommend the i7-2600 for your setup since it's extra cost could be used for something else.
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i found a HP P6-2003NL
PC Specs:
RAM: 6 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD6570 @ 2 GB
3,3 GHz
i3-2120 @ 2 Cores.
i hope this will succeed my expectations i think feel free too disagree with me
That GPU is actually pretty pap! It should be able to handle a racing sim just fine though. The rest of the system looks good.
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Resolution 1280x1024 if it's 30 fps you see a happy person here!
Edit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4MLh_STZw
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CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Quad Core @ 3.4 GHz
Cooler Master HAF
CPU Cooling - Cooler Master Hyper 212
GPU - PowerColor ATI RADEON HD 6850 - 1Gb GDDR5
RAM - Corsair Vengeance - 8Gb 1600 MHz
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Green - 500 Gb
Feed - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Good or Not? should i spend 40 euro's more for this over the HP from 600 euro?
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Quad Core @ 3.4 GHz
Cooler Master HAF
CPU Cooling - Cooler Master Hyper 212
GPU - PowerColor ATI RADEON HD 6850 - 1Gb GDDR5
RAM - Corsair Vengeance - 8Gb 1600 MHz
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Green - 500 Gb
Feed - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Good or Not? should i spend 40 euro's more for this over the HP from 600 euro?
The AMD Phenom II X4 965 is relatively old in comparison to the i5-i7 series from Intels, but they should overclock relatively well, to about 3.8 maybe 4GHz range.
But from what you are listing, most of that should be fine for Race Sims at 1280 resolution with that graphic card and the combination of the components.
What Motherboard does it have?
But from what you are listing, most of that should be fine for Race Sims at 1280 resolution with that graphic card and the combination of the components.
What Motherboard does it have?
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I agree. I'd recommend against a 6850. It is a good card and decent for most games, but for the newer games coming out it can struggle at high settings. This is speaking from personal experience of course, my computer is running one alongside my i5 2500k and it struggles on some games with high settings (I usually lower a few settings as I prefer solid performance - I shouldn't need to). It is a dated graphics card and should only be used for creating a middle range budget system. A 6950 or maybe even a 6870 if you can get one cheap, would be a much better investment.
If however you are strangled by your budget, a 6850 isn't a bad card by any means, you can just do a lot better by stretching to that extra £50 or so.
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