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buckeyeshane

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I bought an BFG 8800gt yesterday at bestbuy ($246 after 12% off ;) ) in anticipation of putting a new rig together. In the mean time I replaced my 7900gt in my P4 3.6ghz, 2gb ram system with the new card. Now I don't know if I should just wait to put together a core duo system or not, since the 8800gt seems to performing very well. How do you think crysis will run (XP direct x9) with my current system? Also I have been wanting to get supreme commander but have stayed away since I didn't have a core 2 processor, do I have any chance at running this game reasonable well (1680x1050) now with the 8800gt?
 
Crysis on a Pentium 4 ? :rolleyes: forget about it !!!! :p

u have to get a Core 2 Duo ASAP, those games NEED the horsepower !
 
Probably not but try it anyway. See what happens.
 
leSLIe said:
Crysis on a Pentium 4 ? :rolleyes: forget about it !!!! :p

u have to get a Core 2 Duo ASAP, those games NEED the horsepower !
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A Pentium 4 @3.6 with a 8800gt should not be that bad. I had a Pentium 4 2.4c and it ran games just fine. Add a 8800gt and it will play Crysis, maybe not at the same settings as if you had a C2D, but I bet it plays Crysis better then the system in my sig with the 7600gt.
 
ok, to put it graphically:

Core 2 Duo
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Pentium 4
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u see, both cars are red and have a little horse, both cars get u to your destination, but in which one would u like to be in? :p
 
In the demo the lowest fps I get is around 18, while it is normally between 20 and 30. This is with everything set to high except shadows (medium) at a resolution of 1680x1050.
 
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