what is everybody's pc spec?

[pixel]

i was wondering, since while my machine is perfectly capable of playing quake 4 etc but seems to fail at playing most of the newer stuff - what is everybody's pc spec and what sort of games do you play on it?

mine is:

shuttle sn25p chassis+motherboard
amd x2 3800+
integrated sound
geforce fx7800 gt
1.5gb of ram (ddr2)
pair of western digital raptors (75gb) in raid1

outside of the box ive got:

maudio studio monitors
pair of cheap 17" monitors
logitech mx518 mouse
random keyboard

i would post a pic but its nothing special :p

the games i generally play:

quake series of games (3,4, other things based on id tech3+4 engines)
neocron (its still installed, haven't played it for a while)
eve runs ok on it but i never got through the free trial
fallout 3 runs ok at 800x600 :(
mass effect
call of duty 4
c&c3

[Carl]

I got some random case.
a gigabyte mobo, forgot which one, has an onboard raid controller.
2 320gb drives on RAID 0
Geforce 8800GTX
3.25 gigs of ram hyperX?
3.00ghz pentium dual core processor
creative XFI card

Samsung syncmaster 22"

2.1 creative speakers
Razer Krait mouse.
some 10 buck logitech keyboard.

played Crysis, COD4, neocron, EVE.BF2, BF2142. IL2. Lock On. STALKER.Oblivion. Planetside.

Something to keep in mind about fallout is that its based on the oblivion engine, which is not very well optimized and uses a lot of stealth loading. Mods and graphics patches for oblivion really sped it up a lot, as did official and unofficial patches. Using a soundcard really speeds it up, especially in areas where there are lots of people walking around and such.

[hinch]

4GB (2x2GB) CorsairTwinX XMS3, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600),240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, DHX

EVGA 132-YW-E180-A1, NF790i SLI, S 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1066/1333/600, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.5 GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 7.5x, Retail

320gb Deskstar HD for windows boot rest, 3x 300 GB Western Digital WD3000HLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 300, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms, NCQ for games storage/videos/mp3's

1GB XFX GTX 280 XXX, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 2500MHz GDDR3, GPU 670MHz, 240 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV

Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

720W Enermax Infinity EIN720AWT Modular Quad SLi Quad Core Xfire EPS12v CoolGuard 80%+ Eff' PSU

Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme 120mm Heat Sink Fan for Intel CPU

24" widescreen lcd (single monitor)

Creative 2.1 speakers + plantronics DSP-500 headset for TS/Comms

G15 Keyboard and a MS intelli explorer mouse

Crappy coolmaster case thats really too small for the actual hardware in it

[pixel]

would have been sensible to mention my processor, so edited original post with that info :P

[vampire]

Uh

I'm stoned

Basically its A

Intel Q6600 @ 3ghz
2gb GeIL Ram (yes i bought it for the brand name: Geil means horny in Dutch/German) 2x1

Shitty shitty shitty ASrock motherboard, only one that had agp and quad core support at that time

X1950 pro radeon (just bought that and then my old processor fried on me)

2x 500gb samsung spinpoint F1 sata2 drives and
1x 200mb Maxtor Diamondmax 10 ide drive

Samsung Syncmaster 940bw x2
Logitech G15 (old good one)
Razer Deathadder mouse + Razer mousepad
Creative X-FI the best one cost me like 200 euro at the time.

BLUE NEON IN CASE Y0 to up my 3dmark score!

[giga191]

e6600 @ 2.44ghz (or whatever the stock is)
2gb geil ram
Gigabyte 965p s3 motherboard
9600GT 512mb
500gb HD

I don't plan on buying any new stuff for at least a year, I've just built 3 computers and I hate fiddling around with that shit.

[vampire]

2gb geil ram


You are one horny guy!

[Ghost]

Inside the Box
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
EVGA NForce 680i Platinum Addition Motherboard
3gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
1TB Hard Drive
Nvidia Geforce 7950GTKO (probably upgrading this to a Radeon 4870 next paycheck)
Sound Blaster Live X-Fi Extreme Gamer

Outside the Box
2 22" Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Monitors
Logitech Z4 2.1 Speakers
Razer Copperhead Mouse
Logitech G15 Keyboard
WACOM Bamboo Medium Tablet
Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 Scanner
Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Printer
MacBook Pro 17" (not the new model, old one is better.)

[Micky]

EVGA NForce 680i SLI
Intel core 2 E6600
2 GB of some ram geil or some shit.
GeForce 7600 GT =/
Creative XFI extreme gamer
250 GB hardisk just the one.

Everything else attached to a computer...

It basically runs everything I need it to like a dream, its also sat in this cool looking case made by antec.

[Micky]

You are one horny guy!

LOL I have the same ram as him GEIL! I remeber that in neocron I think as being an emote and oh its pretty good cheap ram.

Heh and you have the same ^^

[Ghost]

lil t your specs are almost identical to mine when I first built my desktop. The extra gig and new hard drive were the only upgrades. I had 250 to start. You have a better processor though.

[Pete]

amd x2 4200+
ati x1900 crossfire edition
160 gig hdd
creative audigy gamer, old ass sound card(like 5 years I think?), but I don't see a reason to upgrade it if it, since it's just sound
2.5 gigs of ram, can't remember what type, it's Corsair though, I remember that
19" accusync 900, a cheap generic monitor I'm assuming
Logitech z-5500 505 watt 5.1 speaker(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121120), bought this when I was still living at home, can't use it now else neighbors call and complain. If you can hear neightbors knock(not banging, just knocking normally) on your door, while you have it on, it's not that loud in my opinion.

This pc is three years old, I would upgrade, but I got a xbox 360, so I'm just going to do my gaming on thatkiss

[Avoch]

Inside the box:
EVGA 680i SLI Mobo
QX6700 @ 3.5 Ghz
nVidia 8800 GTX OC
4GB Corsair DDR2 @ 1066.7
160GB & 500GB SATA II Seagate HDDs
Creative XFI Extreme Gamer

Outside the box:
Logitech X-540 Speakers
22" LG Flatron Wide LCD Monitor

What can/do I play?:
Can comfortably play CoD4, UT3, Crysis, WAR, EVE, STALKER:SoC, STALKER:CS, HL2 Franchise, TF2, C&C3, C&C:RA3.

Probably going to upgrade the graphics card next year, as the next decent upgrade for me would be to change mobo and memory to go for DDR3 and a higher FSB for future upgrades.

[Micky]

lil t your specs are almost identical to mine when I first built my desktop. The extra gig and new hard drive were the only upgrades. I had 250 to start. You have a better processor though.

I bet yours is just as speedy as mine, I don't see any reason to upgrade to the best hardware untill I run into games it can't run, though a solid state disk would be nice.

[Pete]

I don't see any reason to upgrade to the best hardware untill I run into games it can't run.

That's why most people upgrade you gay genius.

[Micky]

What I really meant is I don't see the need in buying the most uber expensive hardware ever just for the sake of getting and extra few frames per second.

[pixel]

time for me to upgrade i think, i wanna see fallout 3 in all it's glory

[ZoneseeK]

Intel core 2 extreme qx9770
4gb low latency ddr800 :(
asus en8800gts 640meg video

thats really the important stuff, computers about 2~ years old, upgraded the processor, 2gb-4gb ram and added vista64/readyboost over teh last 2 years, everything plays smooth no issues with any new game on max gfx.