Suggest a custom built computer.

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Yoorah wrote on 2011-04-14 20:17

Quote from Micho;408652:
How are these computers? My friend recommended them to me.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229235
^Compared to the one I linked, this one comes with an inferior CPU and GPU, as well as an uglier case. :( It has 6 GB of RAM vs the 4 in the one I linked, but it is slower memory and the extra 2GB won't help you really. RAM is also cheap to upgrade. You can upgrade to 8GB on the NCIX built for +$46 if you really want. I guess more RAM is cool, but I don't think it's necessary. The Newegg build does come with a keyboard and mouse, but meh.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229235
^Same as above.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227324
^Good CPU, but it is the locked version (doesn't have the K in the model name) which means that you cannot overclock it if you later decide you'd like to. The latest Intel CPUs overclock -very- nicely, so I think it'd be a shame. 2500K > 2600 imo. That Newegg build comes with a faster GPU (6870 vs 6850) but it costs more. You can upgrade the NCIX build to a 6870 for +$80, and it would cost less than the Newegg build.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229235
^Same as comments for #1 and #2

Basically, there is no reason to go for something lower performance than the NCIX build, unless you're aiming to save money. And remember that I am assuming you will do the 2500K CPU upgrade on the NCIX build in these comparisons.
Micho wrote on 2011-04-14 20:30

Quote from Yoorah;409741:
Basically, there is no reason to go for something lower performance than the NCIX build, unless you're aiming to save money. And remember that I am assuming you will do the 2500K CPU upgrade on the NCIX build in these comparisons.

Oh kay thanks Yoorah, in a few more week and I'll have this baby. :)

Also this will be able to run Vindictus on the highest graphics rightttt? 8D
Osayidan wrote on 2011-04-14 22:19

Quote from Micho;409751:
Oh kay thanks Yoorah, in a few more week and I'll have this baby. :)

Also this will be able to run Vindictus on the highest graphics rightttt? 8D

My single core with a 9500 GT graphics card ran vindictus on max settings with lag only in crowds of monsters or in town... so yes pretty much anything you can get these days in a desktop will do the trick.
Micho wrote on 2011-04-15 00:15

Quote from Osayidan;409894:
My single core with a 9500 GT graphics card ran vindictus on max settings with lag only in crowds of monsters or in town... so yes pretty much anything you can get these days in a desktop will do the trick.

Mine can't. .______.
Yoorah wrote on 2011-04-15 01:15

lawl a single core CPU and a puny 9500 GPU are no match for Vindictus. >_>

I have an Intel dual core (E6600) and a Radeon HD 5770 and I run on mid-high settings. The game runs smoothly most of the time, but there are cases where the performance tanks due to heavy compute requirements. I suspect that my old CPU is the bottleneck. :(

I'm building a Sandy Bridge based system when the new chips come out. :3 Gonna give my current system to my parents. Then I can run Vind on max settings, too (among other things)! n_n

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