New motherboard, CPU and GPU combination - advice needed!!!

**Traveler** · 10-10-2006, 08:05 PM

System specs for crysis as told by an admin on the crysis forums:

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

**tux** · 10-10-2006, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by savage

Done! Now to convince the wife that this will be good for her as well as the rest of the family.

order it when shes asleep, get it delivered to work and install it in your lunch break. dispose of boxes / old hardware and she will never know

[edit].

woah i think something went wrong with the time! my post is way up here

**tanffn** · 10-10-2006, 08:59 PM

Games actually use the Dual-core capabilities? :shock: From what I read most of the companies said it doesn‚Äôt worth the effort.. (debug a multi-threaded game)

btw im with in the minimum requirements spec! ..is that a good thing :eh:

**savage** · 10-10-2006, 09:40 PM

I plan on getting an X2/AM2 with 2GB of Ram and an 7600GT. That should be ok for now, surely

**Traveler** · 10-10-2006, 10:26 PM

Yeah, sounds like it is.

**savage** · 10-10-2006, 10:27 PM

Done! Now to convince the wife that this will be good for her as well as the rest of the family.

**tanffn** · 10-10-2006, 10:32 PM

:salute: nicely done, may I ask what did you end up telling her? (it can come up handy)

**savage** · 11-10-2006, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by tux

woah i think something went wrong with the time! my post is way up here

yes the time was messed up, but the server people seem to have fixed it now. I was unable to post anything for a few hours due to the time difference.

**savage** · 13-10-2006, 08:15 PM

OK I just ordered the following...

1 x MBB-M2N42 Motherboard Bundle - AMD X2 4200 AM2, Heatsink and Fan, 1024MB DDR2 533 RAM, Asus AM2 Motherboard

1 x NOV-76GT Novatech GeForce 7600GT PCI-E 256MB DDR3 DVI/TVO SLI

All for ¬£380.00. I hope it all works flawlessly or the wife will have my head on a plate.

Thanks to everyone who gave me guidance.