Rate my new machine

[aneeshm]

I'd ask some of the wiser forum members here to judge my new machine

ASUS A8N - E motherboard
Athlon XP x86_64 3000 +
1 GB DDR core memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 with 64 MB dedicated memory , extensible upto 256 MB shared with core
Creative 4.1 Inspire speaker set
Philips headphones and microphone
One cd-drive , another DVD + CD R/W
Standard FDD
Mechanical keyboard
17 inch Samsung Samtron 75 E
Samsung optical mouse
Cabinet

The monitor , printer , cd drives , and hard disks are carried over from my previous setup .


Will the machine be OK on Civ 4 ( or even Civ 3 ) giga maps ?

The price is Indian Rs. 34,900 ( approx. $ 800.00 ) . How's the buy ? And how's the machine ?

 

[Zakharov]

The graphics card could be better, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem unless you are intending to play Half-Life 2, Doom 3 etc. at high resolutions. Apart from that it looks like a nice rig.

As for civ3 and civ4, it should be more than enough.

 

[Zelig]

Looks good for something in that range.

 

[dragokatzov]

Sounds like a great machine! But I am going to agree Zakharov, I would suggest a better video card if possible.

 

[oldStatesman]

Video card is extremely weak ... 128 is the minimun I would recommend. If you are using shared video memory I would also recommend at least another 512 RAM - especially if that is a 64 bit board.

Can't rate the buy without the power supply and case type - how's the cooling? That rig is going to like a lot of airflow...

 

[Zelig]

Video card is extremely weak ... 128 is the minimun I would recommend. If you are using shared video memory I would also recommend at least another 512 RAM - especially if that is a 64 bit board.

Can't rate the buy without the power supply and case type - how's the cooling? That rig is going to like a lot of airflow...

Actually, both the video card and processor are some of the least heat producing models available, so it should be fine with any normal case.

 

[Zakharov]

Actually, both the video card and processor are some of the least heat producing models available, so it should be fine with any normal case.

Agreed. Especially if you don't plan to overclock anything (which most people don't).

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

It should smoke civ4, but i'll concur with the others that the video card is weak. You would start to choke playing doom at any of the higher settings.

 

[HAND]

Go for a X800 or X800XL ... or if u want to go nvidia a 6600GT minimum, for your graphics card.

 

[anarchywrksbest]

Go for a X800 or X800XL ... or if u want to go nvidia a 6600GT minimum, for your graphics card.

I've got the PCI-E nVidia 6600GT, I can't recommend it enough. It's really good considering it's the "budget" option.

 

[Zelig]

I've got an nVidia 6600gt... it's suites me well, as i barely play any games anymore, but the X800XL is really a step up from it... they're both good prices for their performance point.

 

[FriendlyFire]

1 GB DDR core memory

yeah 1gig is way to go
I never will go back to 512