how much fun will this be?

[GMoney42392]

wasap [h]orde! hopefully, im going to be building a new pc over the course of the next few weeks. im going to be getting a dell e207wfp monitor with a native res of 1680 x 1050. i was wondering what kinds of frames i would be getting at this res and high-highest settings with the following rig:

e6400 @ the highest speed i can go without changing volts (had a BAD experience on my p4 )
evga 680i
2gb ddr2 800
evga or pny 8800gts

i plan to play mostly company of heroes, oblivion, and quake 4 on this rig, so if any of you that already have 8800s can tell me what to expect, that would be fantastic.

 

[GMoney42392]

bump

 

[Chernobyl1]

I'd read a few of the million reviews to get a good idea but you can be sure that the GTS with C2D will cope admirably with that resolution.

 

[Arashi]

sounds good, and when it slows down later next year you can throw another 8800gts in for sli fun!

 

[NulloModo]

The 8800 with that resolution should have absolutely no issue caping with that resolution.

As for the fun of the system, lacking quad-core CPU power would mean I wouldn't have as much fun doing DVD rips on it as my planned build, but if gaming is your thing, looks like a solid setup, I would recommend a couple changes though:

bump to a 24" monitor, that resolution on a widescreen sort of sucks for desktop stuff, I am getting cramped with my 1600x1200 4:3 which has overall more pixels than yours, and with an SLI board you can always add a second GPU down the road when games need it.

Also, go for an X-fi LiveMusic soundcard, you can pick one up for less than $100 and it is a lot better than onboard sound.

 

[GMoney42392]

The 8800 with that resolution should have absolutely no issue caping with that resolution.

As for the fun of the system, lacking quad-core CPU power would mean I wouldn't have as much fun doing DVD rips on it as my planned build, but if gaming is your thing, looks like a solid setup, I would recommend a couple changes though:

bump to a 24" monitor, that resolution on a widescreen sort of sucks for desktop stuff, I am getting cramped with my 1600x1200 4:3 which has overall more pixels than yours, and with an SLI board you can always add a second GPU down the road when games need it.

Also, go for an X-fi LiveMusic soundcard, you can pick one up for less than $100 and it is a lot better than onboard sound.

perhaps i should have posted the rest of the build:

x-fi xtrememusic
320gb seagate
lite-on 16x dvd burner w/ lightscribe
logitech x-530 5.1 speakers

the dell is the best sizerice ratio ive seen. 20.1" at newegg are $260 at the absolute cheapest, and this dell is a pretty good monitor, especially for $246. besides, i only have so much desk space. my current 17" 4:3 ratio barely fits the way i have it set up right now, so i'll need to rearrange everything to fit a 20.1".