Will these options run games decently?

• Navy wrote on 2011-11-14 21:23

  Quote from Yoorah;660553:

  I don't think you can get a PC + monitor combo for under $600 that will have decent gaming performance. At that budget, you could probably get more performance for your dollar with a laptop, as funny as that might sound. Skyrim might be out of your league, though... I dunno. :(

  
  
  examples?
• Akemii wrote on 2011-11-14 21:27
  My computer was $701 dollars with monitor and keyboard and mouse included.
  
  Had to buy a new power supply, and a video card too. I think I got a pretty good deal, considering it's current performance <3
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-11-14 22:27

  Quote from Navy;660556:

  examples?

  
  
  Actually, scratch that. I was going by the assumption that the integrated GPU in the latest Intel chips (HD Graphics 3000) would be a lot faster than the integrated GPU with that AMD Dell (Radeon HD 4200). But it seems like Intel doesn't win by as much as I expected, according to this chart. In which case, it's possible that the performance advantage of the AMD desktop CPU over the Intel mobile CPU would negate the graphics advantage Intel has. Then again, I don't really know what the difference in performance is, since people rarely make such strange comparisons as Intel mobile vs AMD desktop. No data = can only make guesses. :<
  
  So the desktop route is probably safer. Especially since you could save up $100 and buy a decent graphics card for it later. But you should call Dell to find out what's the Wattage on the power supply they include with that PC, 'cause that will determine what kind of card you can support without paying extra to upgrade the power supply as well. So once you have that info, consider the total cost of this route.
  
  EDIT: Also, ask them what the max dimensions on the graphics card are. Many of those cheap OEM cases will only accept low-powered, small cards.
• Yanm wrote on 2011-11-14 22:33

  Quote from Navy;660556:

  examples?

  
  
  Well. . .http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=C46D71ACFD7C4475B8E490358F8CA8C3&tabname=Overview
  
  Chances are, this is probably out of your budget unfortunately, but this would be some examples. My computer is the Y470 that I got for $800 dollars. L4D2, TF2, Vindictus, Amnesia all run smoothly with no lag whatsoever (Vindi runs 60 FPS, TF2 60+ L4D2. . .I actually haven't played in awhile. 50+ I'll say and I don't remember Amnesia to be honest, but that game shouldn't lag at all really).
  
  Edit: Ninja'd by Yoorah. GOD DANG IT!!!!
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-11-14 22:50
  xD
  Your suggestion isn't bad. But I dunno if she can go back and be like "hey sup I know you offered me $600 max but plz I want moar for dis" :( I see some IdeaPads for around $650 there or w/e with GT 550M GPUs, which would be quite a bit more powerful than the AMD 4200 or Intel's HD 3000. I'm not a fan of "high powered" laptop GPUs, though. :|
• Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-11-14 22:59

  Quote from Science;660528:

  I'm thinking you won't need that 6 core processor, so you should look for something with a good but not overkill processor.
  
  (since the ones on newegg don't come with monitors mostly)

  
  
  THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS OVERKILL.
• Tsubaki wrote on 2011-11-14 22:59

  Quote from Navy;660477:

  how much do you think it would cost to buy a better graphics card o:

  
  
  $100 if you want to run all of those games,
  
  I built a $500 computer with the same processor and a $100 graphics card, runs L4D2 highest settings at at least 100 fps
  I also run skyrim at medium/high and it never lags.
  
  minecraft will run perfect with that processor though
• Navy wrote on 2011-11-14 23:03

  Quote from Tsubaki;660645:

  $100 if you want to run all of those games,
  
  I built a $500 computer with the same processor and a $100 graphics card, runs L4D2 highest settings at at least 100 fps
  I also run skyrim at medium/high and it never lags.
  
  minecraft will run perfect with that processor though

  
  
  what I plan on doing is just going with that and then upgrading whenever I have more money
  (my birthday is 2 months after christmas, so who knows)
  thank you everyone