Is my new PC okay for gaming ? Please advice.

[mohit]

My machines configuration is Intel 2.80 ghz (LGA 775) processor , Intel D915GAV motherboard , 512 mb dual channel RAM (400 MHZ) , 80 gb SATA Seagate hard disk , Sony CD-RW/DCD Combo , Iball cabinet 350 watts smps , logitech keyboard n mouse , creative inspire 4400 4 channel speakers, XFX PCX 5300 Graphics card 128 Mb ......... Please tell me if this config is decent for playing doom 3 and also advice on a nice n affordable soundcard and a better graphics card.

[Sourabh]

well u can play DOOM 3 well enuf on low settings for sure

just get the latest drivers for the card

but i just hope ur system is well ventilated

[speedyguy]

dude u need a proper graphics card 2 support these....i mean wit agp rather dan pcx.....go for nVidia or matrox 8x 128mb agp....even ATi Radeon series wud help better as its also costing less....rest all just fine wit urs, infact gud enuf for nowadays but dont guarantee abt future with increase in demands around.....gud luk
cheers

[delhibhai1000]

@speedyguy: u on crack or wat??
915GAV is PCIX ONLY...

@mohit: ur Gfx card aint good,rest of it is really not that bad...
Good PCIX cards start from 7.5k for teh XFX 6600 128Mb, & the 6600Gt fer 13.5k ...
tho if u just wanna play Doom3,then u shud get by fine...
but seriously,get the 6600; at the bare minimum...

[darklord]

Its not a bad system.Although Mobo and grafix card are a downer.
You could have gone for Asus P5GD1-VM,far better mobo than this one.

Grafix card - get XFX Geforce 6600 plain one 128 mB.This is sufficinet enough.

Also you have bot a Prescott,stay ready for high temperatures.If case isnt well ventilated then be ready to bear the irritating noise of the CPU Fan that desperately tries to keep the chip cool.

[speedyguy]

hey man, sorry for dat wrong advice about agp didnt watch on that but wat i meant was u shud go for an AGP card anywez to get optimum performance....pci express wunt help u much....im having i845gl without agp slot n now im goin 2 change my board with a slot one

[speedyguy]

hey man, sorry for dat wrong advice about agp didnt watch on that but wat i meant was u shud ve gone for an AGP card anywez to get optimum performance....pci express wunt help u much....im having i845gl without agp slot n now im goin 2 change my board with a slot one

[speedyguy]

hey man, sorry for dat wrong advice about agp didnt watch on that but wat i meant was u shud go for an AGP card anywez to get optimum performance....pci express wunt help u much....im having i845gl without agp slot n now im goin 2 change my board with a slot one

[Ethan_Hunt]

@speedyguy....what are u talkin abt dude

He has a 915 mobo which only has support for a PCI-E card (:read No AGP).....hence no question of him upgradin to an AGP card

And why wont PCI-E card help much u say????????

do u expect him to shift back the Mobo to a Agp one...lol

Come on dude read before postin and remove ur tripple post

[Sourabh]

i guess he cant delete those posts

mebbe some mods will help

[suave_guy]

besides changing ur graphics card also consider to change ur speakers, i mean it looks like u want to buy this machine to enjoy doom 3, so along with a decent graphics card also go for 5.1 speakers setup coz doom 3 sounds just awesome in 5.1 mode....creative inspire series is decent enough but dont expect much frills....
if u ask me i would suggest u altec lansing 5100, 5.1 speakers arnd Rs.8000, best 5.1 speakers under 10K category without a SHADOW OF DOUBT!!

as far as choice of graphics card is concerned, well if u dont have enough bucks to spend then go for ati radeon 9600pro, u will be able to play doom3 with medium settings....otherwise there's a whole lot of choices available in the market....
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13761

ENjoy

[speedyguy]

i guess i need to learn one more thing..."how do i delete my posts from the topic"...

@allwyndimma,saurabh
im not out of my mind as to post thrice, even i realised it now that wen i made a return to this topic....and though even i wud ve liked i cudnt coz we cannot post more than 1nce in a while
and i never meant to jump back n get agp slot board....as i meant, "he SHUD have gone for it"

cheers

[elumalai]

ok tell for my PC

celeron 850, intel 810, 128MB .......

what are the games given by digit playable?????

[grinning_devil]

Originally Posted by elumalai

ok tell for my PC

celeron 850, intel 810, 128MB .......

what are the games given by digit playable?????

try them out m8..!!! give them a try...its possible that games theoretically impossible to play will work just fine for u...i.e. no slide show in games!!!

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by speedyguy

i guess i need to learn one more thing..."how do i delete my posts from the topic"...

Dun worry now the Modss will have to do this work for ya

Originally Posted by speedyguy

and i never meant to jump back n get agp slot board....as i meant, "he SHUD have gone for it"

And why do u think he should have done that?????

Since PCI-E cards are of much more performance than an AGP counterparts provided sufficient Ram and a good proccy.....Plus this is the latest technology and will soon enough overtake the AGP boards

Peace dude

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by elumalai

ok tell for my PC

celeron 850, intel 810, 128MB .......

what are the games given by digit playable?????

Gta:Vc will run with total jerks....thats all for the new games.....latest games aint gonna even look at ur PC's config dude and just walk away from it demanding a total upgrade....rest u can go for some ancient games like Q3 Arena,Ut and those likes

[speedyguy]

well lets see....apart from q3 arena, ut, u may just mite run some simulation like nfs hp2, nfs porche (easily), colin mcrallly (with lowest details)....and dude if u a real gamer i recon itz time for u 2 go for an upgrade....gud luk

@allwyndimma
sry dude for the above...nothing is meant

cheers