What games will my system run???

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Lyquist

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I just bought a new system and want to test it. The most recent game I have is Doom3. I want a game that will really show it off. Below is my system specs...

E6300 @2.8GHz
Gigabyte DS3 motherboard
2GB Patriot DDR2 667 RAM
120GB Seagate SATA HDD
Gigabyte X1600Pro (I bought this video card because it uses heat pipes instead of fans, I am a musician and wanted to minimize noise).
NEC DVD Burner
Sony DVD Reader
Antec Sonata II case with 450Watt power supply
Three m-audio soundcards

What would be a good game or demo to show this off? I am particularly interested in something where I can download a demo a first and then buy it if I like it. Thanks for the feedback. I've jsut been out of the gaming loop for a long time.

Lyquist
 
I was asking a serious question. I would like to hear from people with similar systems so they can tell me what they run on them. Maybe I'll look for a half life 2 demo or something like that.

Lyquist
 
well you have a pretty damn good system but that video card puts it all to shame :(

Your video card cant keep up with the rest of the system which in turn makes everything slower. You should try and upgrade it to a 7800 or 7900 series card or a basic 1900
 
I got the card becuase it is passively cooled. THe primary use of this system is music recording, so I wanted to keep noise down. I didn't notice any better cards that were passively cooled. I'm also not a major gamer. The newest game I have is Doom3, and I just bought that to benchmark my old Socket A system that I had before this one.

LYquist
 
Lyquist said:
I just bought a new system and want to test it. The most recent game I have is Doom3. I want a game that will really show it off. Below is my system specs...

E6300 @2.8GHz
Gigabyte DS3 motherboard
2GB Patriot DDR2 667 RAM
120GB Seagate SATA HDD
Gigabyte X1600Pro (I bought this video card because it uses heat pipes instead of fans, I am a musician and wanted to minimize noise).
NEC DVD Burner
Sony DVD Reader
Antec Sonata II case with 450Watt power supply
Three m-audio soundcards

What would be a good game or demo to show this off? I am particularly interested in something where I can download a demo a first and then buy it if I like it. Thanks for the feedback. I've jsut been out of the gaming loop for a long time.

Lyquist
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Pong and maybe pacman
 
Lyquist said:
I got the card becuase it is passively cooled. THe primary use of this system is music recording, so I wanted to keep noise down. I didn't notice any better cards that were passively cooled. I'm also not a major gamer. The newest game I have is Doom3, and I just bought that to benchmark my old Socket A system that I had before this one.

LYquist
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Your system seems to be good enough, but the graphics card is really its weekness.
As chris.putertech, a 7600 GT is a much better choice than a X1600 Pro and there are versions around, that are passively cooled. If you really want to switch graphics card, it's an excellent choice.
 
Yep. If you had a decent graphics card, then you could check out Oblivion, but the one you have seriously cripples your gaming performance.

It seems like you wanted a different answer. Sorry.
 
I may try out a different card eventually...maybe when DirectX 10 comes out or seomthing like that. I got the best card I could afford at the time:)

Lyquist
 
do us all a favor and benchmark it using 3dmark 03/05. The numbers will help you get a better understanding the capabilities of your system. Fast CPU + Slow GPU = probably not so good frame rates but probably good enough for what u use it for.
 
Don't the fans on video cards spin slower when in 2d mode? So it would only be louder when in 3d mode playing games? I could be wrong..
 
You shouldve gotten 2 x ATI X1950XTX for crossfire, overclock them and watercool. I promis you can play Pong, Liesure suit larry and Pacman for sure.
 
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