Yo Null, more questions for you ¦¬Þ

[Null]

Actually, RAM and CPU will be fine to play games for quite a while.

Games dont jump up in requirments that much. its said HL2 min required will be 700 to 800mhz

of course to keep games running at thier utter most top level you have to upgrade a lot, but most generally dont run everything at top level even if they have the power. many things just arent noticable.

And games generally dont need more then 512 RAM, thats plenty and over enough for any game out. the extra game comes into play when closing the game are starting it up. but during it its not as big of a deal.

but yea. it looks good.

[ominub]

oops i ment ram and video card

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by Null

but yea. it looks good.

Wonderful, thanks for the check-over and info.

And Jonbo, not sure about $200 more for greater-than-necessary video card. That's like another paycheck, heh.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection

Wonderful, thanks for the check-over and info.

And Jonbo, not sure about $200 more for greater-than-necessary video card. That's like another paycheck, heh.

meh, just staying ahead of the curve....

[Null]

Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection

Wonderful, thanks for the check-over and info.

And Jonbo, not sure about $200 more for greater-than-necessary video card. That's like another paycheck, heh.

depends.... If the one they have in it uses the nv30 chip, i'd recommend the 5900 which uses the nv35. But not sure what chip the one it has uses.

not like a major thing tho, graphics cards are easily updated later down the road when needed.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by Null

depends.... If the one they have in it uses the nv30 chip, i'd recommend the 5900 which uses the nv35. But not sure what chip the one it has uses.

not like a major thing tho, graphics cards are easily updated later down the road when needed.

The graphics chip wouldn't slow down gameplay though, just make it not as appealing to look at?

[Null]

processor usually controls how well the game would run.

you can run a new game on a fast CPU with a old old geforce 1 card and it would run fast look ugly.

thing with the nv30 chips was that the cards were louder.

[Jason1]

I downloaded that FFXI benchmark thing just for kicks(I doubt I'll be getting the game) Anyways, I got 5255 on my Radeon 9500pro. Im running at 2.67ghz. I guess thats pretty good...it satisfies me at least.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Jason1

I downloaded that FFXI benchmark thing just for kicks(I doubt I'll be getting the game) Anyways, I got 5255 on my Radeon 9500pro. Im running at 2.67ghz. I guess thats pretty good...it satisfies me at least.

You guess that's pretty good? 5255 is an outstanding score. Anything above 2000 can run FFXI smoothly. Also, when the game comes out for PC at the end of October, the clan will be taking in game screens (because you can), and we'll show it to GT. You'll want it then.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Jason1

I downloaded that FFXI benchmark thing just for kicks(I doubt I'll be getting the game) Anyways, I got 5255 on my Radeon 9500pro. Im running at 2.67ghz. I guess thats pretty good...it satisfies me at least.

You and ominub are getting the same score but yet your computer is better then ominub's. Here is a comparison

Jason1
P4 2.66ghz
512Mb's DDRAM
80Gig HD
Saphire ATI Radeon 9500PRO

ominub
AMD 2500+XP Barton
768 Megs DDR PC2700 ram
40Gig HD
Geforce FX 5200

Now I can only think of one reason why you (Jason) might be getting a score that should be higher for what you have. You probably have not so good ram. Like PC-2100 ram from a generic company. But I could be wrong. And maybe something else caused it.....