Will it play "Crisis"

Hi. I am building a new pc for games in a few weeks. I have been looking on the net and it seems like a game called "crisis" is the pinnacle of computer games as far as graphics is concerned.

Will the following pc play this game?

* XFX MG-630-7159 NVIDIA NForce motherboard.

* Mushkin 2x1 gig DDR2 800Mhz Ram.

* Western Digital 250 gig HDD sataII.

* Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 CPU (2.4Ghz).

* Galaxy 8800 gt 512mb.

 

Yes, and relatively well. I wouldn't worry yourself too much about Crysis if you're not that interested though, it's graphically quite impressive, but in my mind there are more enjoyable games out there.

 

Yeah that PC would run Crysis just fine. BTW, why did you pick that particular motherboard? Also I would get an E7200 instead of an E4600.

Side-note: Man, there are a LOT of new people in the PC building section!

 

i picked that board cause it was cheap and had all the latest features. only $109 australian

 

Alright. I personally don't trust Nvidia chipsets after hearing all the shit about them. Can't you get something like a Gigabyte Ga-p35-ds3l?

 

Indeed, nvidia chipsets are bunk, especially the 600s.

 

good advice, i had no idea the nvidia chipsets werent very good. are intel chipsets any good?

 

Yes, much better than the nvidias.

 

When I'm in doubt I always check system requirements lab. It gives pretty good readings.

System Requirements Lab

 

are albatron a good brand because i found an albatron board for $119.00

(ALBATRON PXP35 Intel P35 Express FSB 1333Mhz Dual Channel DDR2 8 Channel HD Audio SATA Raid)

would this be better than the XFX with the nvidia chipset???

 

Never heard of it. Probably can't overclock at all.

 

No, Albatron are not a good brand. For that money you could get a Gigabyte EP35-DS3R, a very nice board indeed.

 

Ok. so ive taken everones advice. you all know your stuff and have been very helpful. here is my new computer:

Board: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 P35 1333Mhz FSB DDR2 1066 SATA2 Raid GLan

CPU: Intel ATX E7200 CORE 2 DUO 2.53G 3MB Cache 1066FSB LGA775

RAM: DDR2 Corsair Twin2X (2048MB Kit) 6400C4 2048Mb (2X1024MB)

HDD: Western Digital 320G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD(16Mb Cache)

Video: Galaxy 8800 gt 512mb - Galaxy 9600gt xtreme

What do you think???

 

stupidly expensive

 

these parts will cost me about $700 australian ($660usd)

 

Parts list looks fine, but I'd go with an XFX or BFG graphics card instead.

 

Everything looks great. I would do with Sams suggestions though.

 

i still need the price to drop a lil... last time i built a pc the 8800gt was around 450$

 

Huh? Newegg has them for around 160.

 

LAST TIME was about a year and a half ago.