So, I'm building a PC this summer (on a budget ), and I wanted to know what you all thought of it. Abit motherboard IP35-E Intel P35 LGA775 Core2 Quad / Core2 Duo / Core2 Extreme PCI-E x16 SATA 3G Gigabit LAN ATX OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1024) Value Pro DDR2 PC5400 667Mhz Dual Channel Memory With Copper Heatspreader 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive XpertVision 8600GT 256MB LG GSA-H50LBRL18x IDE DVD +/-R/RW/RAM DL Lightscribe Coolermaster Elite 330 Black ATX I'm not sure about the PSU yet.
What's the CPU? VGA: look for 2600XT or 1950 Pro. Both of them beat 8600GT. You will need better PSU. (Depends on CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 - I'm getting the 320 over the 400 because it's got more cache Would any of those cards you told me about play CSS, Oblivion, GTA: SA, BF2, etc on full settings with resolution set to high on 1280x1024?
You will be able to play on high every game you mentioned except Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. You can see in some tests that even High-End systems have some difficulties gaining high FPS on this game. It can be explained like that (very simply): This game tries to gain everything from DX9 so it's a big stress for all DX9 / DX10 systems. Now if you get 8500 GT which is ever worse at DX9 than those GPUs i mentioned before. It would choke up. Now let's imagine if some games fully initialize DirectX 9 and tries to make everything possible from it. Those games would run very slowly (10 - 20 FPS max on High-End systems). Thats why Oblivion is really painful for mid-end pcs
