I want to buy a desktop PC also but to be honest I am overwhelmed with all the information and figures.
Below are the recommended specs for 3 games I like the look of and each is different so naturally I am looking at a 2 / 3GHz Pentium 4, 500GB HD, 4GB RAM, 256MB DirectX 9c compliant Video Card.
What I really want to know is what Spec would give the best performance possible from the game without over kill, for example I know a 3Ghz machine would be better but would a 2Ghz machine perform with no noticeable difference and 256MB RAM Video card, would a 512 Card make a difference.
I just want a machine that will play Silent Hunter 4 at maximum resolution with maximum frame rate possible for the game with minimum crashes.
Dangerous Waters
Pentium II 550Mhz - 128 MB RAM
Direct 3D compliant Video Card with 64MB Video RAM
Desktop Resolution of 1024X768 @ 32 or 16-Bit.
850MB hard-drive space
Flight Simulator X Deluxe
1 GHz or faster
Hard Disk:
14 GB
Memory:
256 MB RAM for Windows XP with Service Pack 2
512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
Other:
32 MB DirectX 9 compatible Video card
DirectX 9 hardware compatible Sound Card and audio board with speakers and/or headphones
Silent Hunter 4
Processor: 2GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon (4 3GHz Pentium or AMD Athlon recommended)
RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
Video Card: 128 MB RAM DirectX® 9–compliant, video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (256 MB RAM recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 –compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c or later (included)
Hard Drive Space: 6 GB
*Supported Video Cards: ATI® RADEON® 9600/9700/9800, X300 to X850, X1300 to X1800 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200/6600/6800/7800
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