I'm going to buy new computer

[EmRA]

Okay so, I got 520e.

And well, how good computer can I get with it? What do you recommend?

I don't know anything bout computers, so yeah. Halp :C

[Mayco]

What do you want to play with it? On what settings? What resolution do you play at?

[Clavus]

If you don't know anything I think we can't recommend you to build it yourself, unless you want to. It's cheaper.

[EmRA]

With this computer, I play on 1024 x 768, and my settings are medium/low. I sometimes (often) have some nasty lagspikes, but I guess thats cuz of my internet connection.

The resolution is fine with me, but it would be great to run even gmod on highest settings without lag or crashes

And well, if with that money possible, I recently started playing my far cry 2 again, but I have to play is on lowest settings and it still has pretty low fps, so it would be kickass to play it on the highest

[Botervloot]

ATI Sapphire HD 3870 1 GB does a good job at it.

I had it myself

It's only about 90 now.

[Mayco]

ATI Sapphire HD 3870 1 GB does a good job at it.

I had it myself

It's only about 90 now.

Yes, but we need the remaining parts too

EmRA, what are your current specs?

[EmRA]

uh. what? D:

specs are the stuff that are on game system requirements, but are my comp's stats?

where can I see em? :C

[Darkstar]

there are a few ways:

click run, type in dxdiag

or

use a program called 'System Information for Windows'

it tells you EVERYTHING about your computer

but the first way is easiest

[Hundred2]

There is this awesome video card that isnt that expensive but you can run TF2 on highest.

A 8800 GT geforce or somethin around the 9000 series if you have enough cash.

[Nico]

I prefer ATI.

The Radeon HD 4850 Sapphire is pretty good, you can play even Crysis with it on highest Graphics, but remember that you need 2GB RAM and some other things.

[Mayco]

Looking at your budget, I'd go with ATI too. It's pretty much just as good as NVIDIA but cheaper.

But we still need your specs! Maybe just a new GPU will do the trick

[Darkstar]

a processor might help, but thats hard to install if you dont know how, and can be expensive

but just upgrading the one you currently have might be best

[Botervloot]

For a cheap pc:

ATI

AMD

ASUS Case (or Coolermaster)

Glaciertech powersupply (A)

ASUS motherboard

Edited June 14, 2009 by Botervloot

[EmRA]

Checked how error told me, now I have biiig list of all that stuff

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System Information

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Time of this report: 6/14/2009, 15:31:36

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.090206-1233)

Language: Finnish (Regional Setting: Finnish)

System Manufacturer: NVIDIA

System Model: AWRDACPI

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz

Memory: 1024MB RAM

Page File: 445MB used, 2015MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 7600 GS

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_02E1&SUBSYS_82371043&REV_A2

Display Memory: 256.0 MB

Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Plug and Play -n

[Mayco]

Judging from your current system specs, you're better off buying a completely new PC.

[EmRA]

Thought so. After all, it is like 4-5 years old :-)

[Karlicious]

I'm probably going to buy *this* after this summer. It's only

[deathbycrowbar]

I'm probably going to buy *this* after this summer. It's only