IS this good enough?

[mexruler487]

im gonna be building my new computer soon.(OR at least make an attempt anyway) and i was wondering if these parts will be able to support UT3.


CPU:intel qx6600
Ram: ddr2 4 gigs
GPU:nvidia 9600 gt
PSU: 750 watts
MOBO:forgot but it supports 3 way sli or something like that
case: forgot but it has 8 fans.(most i could find online)
HDD: 250 gig SSD

[Allcars]

why do so many people think that ut3 is so hardcore... i mean i can understand if you are trying to run crysis on godly mode yes... but ut3 is very well optimized my current pc runs it maxed out....

[bclagge]

Yes, that computer will be amply powerful to run UT3.

[Nacher]

Is this a serious question or a bragging thread?

[Wisp]

Is this a serious question or a bragging thread?

Must be a bragging thread. Anyone with specs like that is tech/internet savvy enough to know that UT3 could play fine with say...a 8600GT.

[oldkawman1]

Why would anyone buy a 3x SLI MOBO and then get a single video card? The video card seems pretty crappy for a system like that. The 8800GT 512MB cards are just over $200. If your buying a quad core, why skimp on the video card. Why buy an SLI MOBO if your buying a single crappy card? Buy a single slot MOBO if your running a single card.

You should get a standard SLI MOBO if you want to run 2x SLI. Then you need 2 video cards. Heck, NVidia still does not have 2x SLI figured out for the 8800 cards, the 3x SLI may never work.

I can see it now, you'll probably start a new thread about why UT3 sucks cause your 3x SLI is no better than a single card or something like that.

Your best bet is to just get an E8400, a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L, and a 8800GT 512MB. along with 2 GB of good memory.

[Cr4zy]

HDD: 250 gig SSD

Millionaire or something?!?!

Leave SSDs alone for some time WAYYY too over priced.

Just got for a nice 150GB RaptorX :>

[Phopojijo]

HDD: 250 gig SSD

Millionaire or something?!?!

Leave SSDs alone for some time WAYYY too over priced.

Just got for a nice 150GB RaptorX :>

Nah -- let him use the SSD as his main Windows harddrive.

Eventually most of his sectors will hit the overwrite cap and his harddrive will die. Therein lies the problem with early adopters -- the ones who are shafted.

And btw -- don't make a brag thread -- it just lowers your perceived intelligence. Put in your sig.

BTW -- 750W Power Supply... make sure it's a good brand. The small brands don't necessarily output at the required wattage. Also when they blow up -- they take out other parts with them.

[DarQraven]

Why do people make threads asking if their PC composed entirely of the newest, highest-end components will RUN a game, let alone run a game well?
What did you expect? That only a computer from 2010 would run UT3 on anything above low?
If you're spending that much money on a new computer, at least have the common sense to figure out what your computer will actually perform like before you buy it.

Yes, this rig will run the game. On 320x240, 16bit colors, all low, 50% screen percentage and 5fps.

Barely.

@Above: Or, don't put in your sig. Noone cares anyway if I'm playing this game on a P3 or a dual quadcore skulltrail system. I don't even care, as long as it works.

[Tailsnake]

Is this a serious question or a bragging thread?

He's not bragging, he just sold the PS3 version (since its essentially been abandoned by epic) and wants to know if he can run the PC version on his new CPU, simple as that.

[Metal_Militia]

You should get a standard SLI MOBO if you want to run 2x SLI. Then you need 2 video cards. Heck, NVidia still does not have 2x SLI figured out for the 8800 cards, the 3x SLI may never work.

Your best bet is to just get an E8400, a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L, and a 8800GT 512MB. along with 2 GB of good memory.

The EVGA 780i SLI is a great mainboard. If you're going to SLI at any time, I'd definitely go with that board over the older 680i chipset for various reasons: 1) more stable, 2) OC's better, 3) PCI-E 2.0 support, 4) better NB/SB cooling, 5) better 45nn CPU support, etc. I would also go with the Q6600 (better yet, a Q9450) over the E8400, especially if you're willing to overclock, because a quad-core feeds SLI a million-times better than a dual-core cpu's (I just upgraded from a dual-, so I should know), and it gives your system a little future-proofing for multi-threaded apps. I would not bother with the 9600GT, however. The 8800GT is only a few bucks more, and is faster than the 9600GT.

2x SLI works fine with the 8800 cards (notice I'm running two of them), but note that not all apps will benefit from such a configuration (and that isn't really Nvidia's fault). 3x SLI, however, is pretty much a waste right now, especially with a 22" monitor, as such a configuration is meant for extremely high resolutions, but is (unfortunately) heavily bottle-necked by even the fastest of CPU's, and we're talkin' quads @ 4GHz+. I know of a few guys running 2x SLI and benching almost 20K in 3dMark 06, who only get 21K in 3x SLI because of the aforementioned bottleneck.

[mexruler487]

Is this a serious question or a bragging thread?

bragging? i dont know sh%t about computers so i asked a friend who just bought one six months ago to help me out. it turns out that what he bought was everything but the main board and the case so he can upgrade. he sent me his specs sheet and i put all the things he had here. and what the hell is an ssd anyway? are they that crappy cuz if it is ill just take the old drive out of my old computer.(which is about 8 years old). i heard building a computer was cheap and easy so i thought id give it a try. ive looked into my friends computer and it looked like it was pretty damn obvious where evrything goes.Sheesh cant put anything online without getting criticized anymore.thnks metal militia for the help on the video.

[mexruler487]

If you're spending that much money on a new computer, at least have the common sense to figure out what your computer will actually perform like before you buy it.

searched all the parts pn a site called "newegg"(friend recommended it) and it just gonna cost a littl over $1200. ( you guys were right about the SSD price. so i added a normal raptor HDD that was previously recommended) and changed the video to a 8800 gi. i dont know why you some of you guys think im spending alot of money though. THERES PAYMENTS AVAILABLE! YAY!

[bclagge]

$1200 is a great price. It makes me sad because I spent more for a computer half as powerful two years ago . But that's the way of thinks I guess.

[mexruler487]

$1200 is a great price. It makes me sad because I spent more for a computer half as powerful two years ago . But that's the way of thinks I guess.

thats why im afraid of buying a new computer. it will probably obsolete an hour after i buy it.

[Metal_Militia]

what the hell is an ssd anyway?

SSD=Solid-State Hard-Drive. They're nice because they don't have moving parts like a normal HD would (like spinnings disks), which means: greater speed, greater reliability. Don't worry about your computer becoming obsolete in that time. . . you'll enjoy that computer for a long time .

[oldkawman1]

thats why im afraid of buying a new computer. it will probably obsolete an hour after i buy it.

If you take note of the components I listed, your looking at under $600. Fancy hard drives do nothing unless they must be accessed. HD access during a game is almost nil if you have enough RAM. Plot it using nvidia control panel or some other utility. You can get a nice aluminum Lian Li case with three 120mm quiet fans and a 750 watt power supply for under $300. if you want a game box buy it from a gamer, not a store. Stores sell crap to clear the inventory. If you want to future proof your PC, your wasting your time. Best way is to get the best bang for your buck. High end CPU and MOBO depreciate the fastest. The triple SLI board of today is obsolete in a year. If you want to play, you need hardware that already works, not stuff that may eventually. New cutting edge is cool, but what if it does not work, is that cool for you?

[DarQraven]

I agree, a lot of picking out good hardware is experience and not falling for the next marketing ploy. After a while you get better at seeing that this or that upgrade is an actual upgrade, not just some slight improvement with a heap of marketing and matching price tag.
For instance, recently multi core has become the norm. 1200mhz RAM has not.
By all means ask for advice from people that have built more than one system and importantly: DON'T BUY FROM STORES. Even be wary of Dell and the likes, since they overcharge like hell.

Their systems look great on paper, but the spec sheet often fails to mention that both the quadcore CPU and the awesome GFX card are severely limited by the ****ty mainboard that comes with it, effectively rendering it useless, and non-upgradeable due to the use of proprietary hardware.

Still though, you say that $1200,- isn't a lot of money? Who cares about monthly payments when you're still paying 1200 bucks total? Put 1200 bucks in context (for instance, compare it to how many gallons of gas you can get for that amount of money, even with the constant whining about high gas prices in the USA) and I'm sure it'll seem like a lot.

[mexruler487]

1200 is not rally alot of money in payments at all. because that wy i can still balance out my mone so i can still pay my bills without going into debt while already starting to use the computer. As for the gas idea i ride a motorcycle that gets 55 miles to the gallon. i only fill up twice a month and still only pay maybe 15 dollars as apose to 45-50 that some friends pay and also fill up more fequently.

[Skill]

That'll max it no problem, but you should spring for an 8800 gts 512mb, memoryexpress has them for 259 CAD here so assuming you're american you'll be able to get it even cheaper. My system is gonna be almost the same but I'm waiting for the 9800 gtx, gonna trisli and i wanna max crysis at 1920x1080 some time (still might not max it at 40+ fps tho)

[mexruler487]

yeah ive been trying to find a different video card witout spending too muck more on the system. i heard though that the 9 series cards are pretty much the same as as the 8 series but wit higher clock speeds into the GPU. i think that wou;d make it worth buying though im not exaclty sure what it means.

[virax]

yeah ive been trying to find a different video card witout spending too muck more on the system. i heard though that the 9 series cards are pretty much the same as as the 8 series but wit higher clock speeds into the GPU. i think that wou;d make it worth buying though im not exaclty sure what it means.

It means the processing unit (chip) on the video card is faster. Whether or not it makes it worth buying is really dependent upon how much faster, but I really haven't looked at 9 series cards so I wouldn't know.

[oldkawman1]

yeah ive been trying to find a different video card witout spending too muck more on the system. i heard though that the 9 series cards are pretty much the same as as the 8 series but wit higher clock speeds into the GPU. i think that wou;d make it worth buying though im not exaclty sure what it means.

The 9600 is a mid range card. Better than the 8600, but slower than the 8800GT 512Mb cards. It's meant to compete with the ATI 3870. The G92 chip is in the 8800GT 512 and the 9600. Nvidia is doing a great job of messing around with the numbers. The 8800GT 512MB cards are the best cards currently available for under $250.

[old_iron]

You'll do fine. I have a single 8600 in my sli mobo and it works fine.

[Harmatia]

You'll do fine. I have a single 8600 in my sli mobo and it works fine.

I don't mean to be rude, but the 8600 is a **** card and you must either be playing at low resolutions (in which case you should mention it before saying someone will be fine), or content with low FPS (below 60).

At the minimum, a 9600 is the card to get. It SHOULD be an 8800GT though, and ideally an 8800GTS 512MB.

[clark kent]

UT3 for the PC is dead IMO so don't waste your money if you are building it to play that game. Build a lower end rig and buy a PS3 with the savings. I second the 8800GT, that's what I run and it rocks.

[mexruler487]

so only one card shold be fine for the games today right?