[robinho060]

In general would a intel pentium dual core processor e2180 2.0 GHZ, 1mb L2 cache, 800MHZ FSB run most pc games. Thanks

[Insomnia]

Maybe, but it depends what games. Some games are CPU intensive, while others hardly use it at all. The most important thing in games is the GPU (graphics processing unit) or graphics card. What graphics card do you have?

[robinho060]

256mb nvideo geforce 8300gt, i generally like games like, fear, battlefield 2, far cry, cod etc.

[Insomnia]

I'll go check it all out on Futuremark.com. and get back to you in a minute...

[robinho060]

cheers

[Insomnia]

Well from what I can see that processor wouldn't do too much good with gaming, and neither would that graphics card. I think the 8300GT only came out recently because I can't find a single thing about it, but from what I can see it's probably only as good as a 7600GS or GT... FEAR would probably destroy it...

Do you currently own those products, or are you looking at buying them? If you are thinking of buying them, I'd suggest you wait and save up a little more, then buy something better. FEAR is a very tough game, and if your going to want to play any of the games that will come out soon your going to need one hell of a card, and CPU. With the release of Nvidia 9800 GPU later this month, you should be able to expect all older card prices to fall, which should be good.

[robinho060]

yes i was thinking of buying them, i havent actually bought the computer but i am very close, what budget do you think you would need to be on so that you could run most games like battlefield 2 for example

[Insomnia]

Well, if you went bargaining you could get a good computer, able to run newer games like Oblivion and F.E.A.R for about AU$1350.

How much are you willing to spend?

[robinho060]

well i was looking at dell and that deal was $1360, i see you live in australia, what are your reccomeended shops or sites.

[Insomnia]

Dell computers are ripoffs in Australia, as I generally tend to believe.

If your daring enough you could build your own PC, with the help of the good people here at The Computer Forums. You would get a lot better value for your money...

[alex]

The "GT" at the end of the "8300" stands for "Genuinely Terrible"

Okay, I'm kidding about that but you get the idea.

Unfortunately you can't just be quoted a card as some cards will be awesome at a certain resolution but woefully underpowered at another resolution.

What size monitor are you intending getting or do you already have one?

[robinho060]

19 inch