Need your feedback - my new pc 'probably'

[scaleopdriver]

I've changed my mind and want to drive TDU and GRID since i got the 911 Porsche wheel in my mail today.

Now i've been on a lookout for a pc that will run these games on high quality, and i found this one;

 

 

• Cooler Master Mystique 631, Sort
  
• Corsair Powersupply 550W Bulk, black,
  
• MSI P35 NEO-FI, P35, Socket-775, DDR2,
  
• Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Socket
  
• Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5,
  
• USB2 multikortleser 3.5" sort for
  
• Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB SATA2,
  
• Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-5200A,
  
• Asus GeForce 9800GTX 512MB GDDR3,
  
• Logitech Media Keyboard 600
  
• Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse,
  
• Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer
  
• Creative Headset HS600
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
  
• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
  

 

Will this be good enough for TDU and GRID? Anyone familiar with this setup for TDU and GRID?

 

Thanks for any feedback i might get. :cool:

[Iced_Bullet]

You'll get TDU and GRID on full nVidia settings. Well up to 16xAA etc at least. I don't know if the 9800GTX goes higher ...

[scaleopdriver]

do you know if it will be easy to upgrade to QuadCore from that base?

[HavockJoker]

Yeah. This is a very good comp. GFX card is really good. And your CPU is decent. Best normal status CPU is Q6600 quad core. 2.44 Ghz

[Guest RB26DETT]

looks like a pretty solid rig there. ;)

 

your motherboard supports 45nm so you can switch to the current lineup of quad core processors out now like the q9450, etc etc...

[The Queen]

Sounds good. Looks like a very good system.

 

Seeing as you are getting a headset you can join me and others on teamspeak for daily chatting when playing games ;)

[Iced_Bullet]

do you know if it will be easy to upgrade to QuadCore from that base?

Well as RB says, you are able to buy Quad for it yes. But as I found out, this will only really help you when you're in games and using FRAPS. For mundane tasks such as copying files, Dual Core is best price/performance, as it only goes the speed of the CPU. So a Dual Core 3.5Ghz for the same price as a 2.4Ghz Quad, the Dual will be much better at copying files. At this stage, programs aren't programed to take advantage of all 4 cores, but then you can set programs to use specific cores, like (1)TDU (2)TDU (3)FRAPS (4)FRAPS + iTunes for example.

 

It's up to you. Weather you want less time encoding things or the ability to have programs running on multiple cores. You wont tell a difference on GRID or TDU between at £150 Dual or a £150 Quad.