How many gaming capable rigs do you own?

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I'm currently at 5. Specs from most to least powerful:

Q6600 @ 3.2GHz
HD 5870 1GB
8GB RAM

E7300 @ 3GHz
HD 4850 512MB
4GB RAM

E4500 @ 2.8GHz
9600GT 512MB
4GB RAM

Athlon X2 5200+
8800GT 512MB
3GB RAM

Athlon X2 4400+
HD 3870 512MB
3GB RAM

Only two of these were purpose built rigs, the rest were results of spare parts and upgrades.
 
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Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz
EVGA GTX 280
4GB RAM

Phenom 9600
HD 3870 512MB
4GB RAM

Athlon 5600+
HD 4850 512MB
2GB RAM

Athlon 3800+
EVGA 7900GTO
4GB RAM

Athlon FX-53
6600GT AGP
1GB RAM
 
Any folding rig counts, too? I don't use my computers for gaming, anymore, though.

HP Slimline s3430f
HP Slimline s3120n
Dell M1210
F@H rig - still waiting for a couple of parts.
 
you should narrow down the requirements of being capable to "game"

maybe list the names of a few games and then a smooth playability requirement
 
I just have the main rig.
I used to have 2 gaming machines back in the day but didn't really use the second one much so I sold it to a friend that wanted to game.

Q6600 @3ghz
8GB Ram
GTX 285
 
Zero82z said:
How am I showing off exactly? My rigs aren't exactly anything special nowadays.
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Ach, compared to me. I thought a E6320 was kickass until I figured what q9550 meant. I use mine for folding, though I'm pretty sure it can game, if I connected a monitor up to it.

EDIT: ach is a wierd noise of 'oops' made by one's tounge.
 
Just the one (I'm really boring, aren't I?).

Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz
HD4870 512MB
6GB RAM

It's also my main (read: only) folding rig since I don't game that much any more, what with uni and stuff. I really should have bought a 260 instead of the 4870 lol...
 
See sig. I do have several systems that are "gaming capable," But I stopped PC gaming a long time ago. Now I am exclusively console and hand-held only.
 
My Rig:
Q6600 @ 3.4
ATI 4890
6GB

Wifes:
E6300
nvidia 9600GT
4GB

Media Center:
X2 5000
nvidia 9600GT
4GB

Son:
X2 3800+ (Needs an upgrade soon)
nvidia 8800GTS 320
4GB

My oldest moved out recently, so no longer on the hand me down list :)
 
Main:
i7 920 @ 4ghz
6gb ram
SLI 8800gt (just ordered a 5870 :D)

Secondary:
AM2 6400BE @ 3.5ghz
6gb ram
X1950XTX (soon to be SLI 8800gt)

Tertiary:
AM2 4200+ @ 2.8ghz
2gb ram
8500GT

Lappy (for WOW/light gaming, Sony SZ-650)
Intel C2D 2.2ghz
4gb ram
8400gs with 64mb dedicated :eek:
 
5 I spose

E7200 @ 3.1 GHZ
4GB
GTS250 512MB

E6300 @2.3Ghz
4GB
8800GT OC 512MB

BE-2400 @2.3GHZ
2GB
8800GTOC 512MB

Athlon XP 3200+ (speed? havent turned it on in a while)
2GB
BFG 6800 Ultra

Laptop (still rocks some TF2)
1.5GHZ Centrino
2GB
9700 PRO 128MB(dedicated)
WUXGA
 
I have three:

Primary:
E6400 OC'd @ 3.2Ghz
8800GT
6GB RAM

Secondary (Made up of spare parts):
Pentium D 930 3Ghz
7600GT
2GB RAM

Tertiary (My first gaming PC):
Pentium 4 2.66Ghz
9800 Pro
1.5GB RAM
 
3 computers . One for me and 2 for the kids. :) And 2X PS3, 1X Wii and 1X XBox 360. :)

i7 920 at 4 GHz
12 GB RAM
Tri-Crossfire 4870X2 + 4870 1GB ... soon to be 5870X2 + 5870... :)
30'' LCD and dedicated Home Theater with 8 feet wide screen... :)

E8600 at stock
8 GB RAM
4850 x2 Crossfire
24'' LCD

E8400 at stcok
8 GB RAM
4770 x2 Crossfire
24'' LCD
 
PrincessFrosty said:
Just 1, why would I want to own more than one, i can only play on one at a time :p
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Well my friend has 3 that have at least a 8400 and a 4850 in them. Makes impulse LANings a lot easier since they are always there and ready for us when we just gotta play some deathmatch.
 
All of my pc's at the house are gaming capable except for my server. :)

magnetik said:
SYSTEM #1
Pic #1
i7 Main System
Case Cooler Master ATC-201BXT
PSU PC Power and Cooling 750W Silencer
Motherboard Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
CPU Intel Core i7 920
RAM 12GB Corsair Dominator CM3X2G1600C8D
GPU BFG GTX 295 1792MB
Controller Cards Adaptec 5805 w/ BBU (SUN OEM 256MB)
Optical Drives Samsung USB
Hard Drives #1 8 x WD1001FALS, #2 WD3000GLFS-01F8U0
Battery Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64

SYSTEM #2
Pic #1
Exchange / IIS Server / Web
Case Silverstone LC10M
PSU Antec 465W Blue
Motherboard ASRock 939Dual-SATA2
CPU AMD Opteron 165
RAM GSkill 4GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
GPU ATI Radeon HD 4350
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives NEC DVDRW ND-2510A
Hard Drives #1 Seagate ST3500841A, #2 Maxtor 7Y250P0
Battery Backup Units Minuteman Enterprise UPS E1100
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2

SYSTEM #3
Pic #1, Pic #2
Arcade
Case CUSTOM BUILT
PSU PC Power & Cooling 750W Silencer
Motherboard Foxconn 6100K8MA/6100M2MA/6150K8MA/6150K8MD Series
CPU AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, 2600 MHz (13 x 200)
RAM 4GB Corsair XMS CMX1024-3200C2
GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives NONE
Hard Drives HDS725050KLA360
Battery Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3

SYSTEM #4
Pic #1 (older)
Bedroom PC
Case Lian Li A05B
PSU PC Power and Cooling 750W
Motherboard MSI P6N Diamond (MS-7320)
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
RAM 8GB Patriot Memory PEP22G6400EL
GPU 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives PIONEER BD-ROM BDC-202
Hard Drives #1 WD1500AHFD-00RAR, #2 WD7500AAKS-00RBA
Battery Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64

SYSTEM #5
(no pics yet..will have some soon)
MEDIA CENTER PC
Case Lian Li PC-V351
PSU Antec 550W
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H v1
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
RAM 8GB Mushkin DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives LG Bluray / HD-DVD GGC-H20L
Hard Drives #1 2 x WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0, #2 SAMSUNG HD321KJ
Battery Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64

SYSTEM #6
Pic #1 (older pic)
DINING ROOM PC
Case Silverstone SG01B Micro ATX
PSU Enermax Liberty 620W
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940
RAM 8GB GSkill F2-6400CL4-2GBHK
GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-216D
Hard Drives WD1500AHFD-00RAR
Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64

SYSTEM #7
(no pics yet..will have some soon)
Extra LAN Party Box
Case Lian Li PC71 (I think)
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
CPU Intel Pentium E6300
RAM 8GB OCZ Reaper HPC OCZ2RPR800C42G
GPU NVIDIA GeForce 7800GTX 512MB
Controller Cards NONE
Optical Drives Samsung SH-S223F
Hard Drives 2 x WDC WD740GD-00FLA0
Battery Backup Units NONE
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
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All but 2 of my rigs are gaming capable. From most to least powerful.

Core i7 920
4890 xfire (waiting on Fermi before going DX11)
12GB RAM

Core 2 Quad Q9400
8800GTS 512MB
4GB RAM

Pentium D 3.2GHz
9600GT
2GB RAM
 
ill go with 3 and half

My main PC listed in sig. My media PC, my wifes PC and my laptop counts as the half. The 8600 in it just doesn't really cut it. The other two PCs have 9600s which are more than adequate to play games well.
 
I only game on 1.
Q6600
4 gig ram
ATI 4870

It does every game i've thrown at it so far.

I have too many pc's to put them on here but at least 3 more are capable of gaming. Might be games before 2007 or 08. But they still do it.
I played on my laptop while i was gone.
AMD Turion somthing another, i forget
2 gig ram
Onboard video

My favorite rig has been what is now my server.
AMD 2800
Asus A7N8X-E deluxe mmmm
2 gig ram
Nvidia 6800

And if you count the PS3.
 
Not counting my kid's computer, I have three capable of Crysis in a reasonable fashion:

Opty 175 / 4gigs ram
x1900xt (formerly had 2 x 8800GTS I removed them to make room for a PCIE raid card)
19" TN from BenQ
1 x 32gig SSD, 5 x 1TB (raid 5)
PC P&C 1Kw / Xp 64 (this PC is used as a NAS/game server but could still play games OK)
Old version of the Lian-Li V1200b

Q9300 @ 3.2Ghz / 8gigs ram
4870 / 9800gtx+ (I need to yank the 9800 out since it is now a power sucking paper weight with out hacking drivers or using old drivers, and I only own 2 games that actually use GPU PhysX anyway)
Sony G520
1 x 500gig, 1 x 1 TB
PC P&C Silencer 750 / Win 7 64 / Xp 32
New version of the Lian-Li V1200b

I7 920 / 6gigs ram (recent build, a little over a month, still on stock cooling, buying either a True or Corsair H50 b4 any serious OC attempts)
5870 /
Viewsonic P220f b / Dell w2409s
2 x 640gig, 1 x 1TB
Corsair HX850/ Win 7 64 / Xp 32
Corsair 800D (formerly a V1200b, yes I have 3 of them)

I have an Opty 165, DFI SLI mobo, 2 x 8800Gts, 4 gigs of ram, v1200b, a Dell branded g520, and a Xp 64 license, I could toss together as a 4th gaming system but feel no need to do so. The Opty 165 does not OC for shit anyway.
 
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C2D e8400 / 6gb of ram
GTX 275
24" Samsung 2493hm
Thermaltake Big Typhoon
1tb Samsung Spinpoint F1
400gb WD Caviar

C2D e6300 / 2gb ram
8800gts 320mb
2x160gb WD Caviar
200gb WD Caviar


Honestly, though, I want to sell off that secondary box. The 8800 is more or less sold. I really wanted to have a secondary computer again, but as I upgraded my main rig and found myself with one, I realized that I won't actually do anything with it. There are things I COULD do with it, I just don't have time to fool with it most of the time. Maybe once I'm done with school
 
2, one is capable of playing much older games and one is capable of playing the latest games.......
 
My main desktop (Amd64x2 (dual-core 64-bit) @ 2.66 w XP64, 256 Radeon (dont remember model), and 3gb Ram) has had no problems with any games except The Witcher (which I understand a LOT of people have issues with)

My laptop can handle most games... cant get Portal, TF2, or Peggle to work worth crap on it though (AMD Tureon2 (dual-core 64-bit) with Vista64, 64-mb dedicated VRAM (I think) and 2gb RAM)
 
If you can't get peggle to work, I'm not sure how "game capable" it could possibly be.
 
RamonGTP said:
If you can't get peggle to work, I'm not sure how "game capable" it could possibly be.
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Everquest, Everquest II, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Guild Wars, Any emulator I can throw at it minus Dolphin. For me and my mostly-mmorpg gaming it's great. I can even run Maya (3D rendering/animation program) at full throttle on it wihtout any lag.

I think Steam's games require a really good graphics card + VRAM while the others require a really good processor and system's ram
 
Ashton said:
Everquest, Everquest II, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Guild Wars, Any emulator I can throw at it minus Dolphin. For me and my mostly-mmorpg gaming it's great. I can even run Maya (3D rendering/animation program) at full throttle on it wihtout any lag.

I think Steam's games require a really good graphics card + VRAM while the others require a really good processor and system's ram
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I couldnt imagine playing all those MMOs at once. When do you have time to eat/sleep/work/other fun stuff?
 
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