Are these PCs specs good enough to run any New PC game out on high graphics , very smoothtly?

Question

Specs:

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-920 Mainstream 2.66GHz 8MB Cache

Power Supply: 750 Watt Alienware® Approved Multi-GPU Power Supply

Graphics Processor: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GT PCI-E

Memory: 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 3 x 1024MB

Motherboard: Alienware® Approved Intel® X-58 Chipset Motherboard- Socket 1366 Core i7 Ready, Triple Channel DDR3 Memory

System Drive: 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM

Optical Drives: 20X Dual Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Writer

Ports: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports, High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard

This is from alienware, and it's costing me £1, 355 which costs $2,000 in the U.S

Is this a good enough PC to give me high graphics smoothly without any stickyness?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Well, the resolution you run your games at is very important as far as performance goes. This system, while being somewhat powerful, is a little light in the graphics department. You will not be able to run games like Crysis and Bioshock at 1920x1200 smoothly. If you plan on getting a 24" monitor this could be a problem.



If you're getting a 20" or 22" monitor (1680x1050 native res), most games should run without any issue although games like Crysis, Bioshock, and Oblivion will lag a bit at high settings. The 9800 GT is nowhere near as powerful as some of the newer GPU's available. It's slower than the 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTX, 9800 GTX, 9800 GX2, GTX 260, and the GTX 280. ATI's newest GPU's are also faster (Radeon 4850, 4870, and the 4870 X2) by far.



Installing another 9800 GT to run in SLI mode would definitely help, but I think you should look for a system that uses the GTX 260 or Radeon 4870. These cards are newer and much more powerful. They'll give you the performance you desire at around the same price.



This system your considering is a little overpriced for what you're getting, even though the CPU is very good. The GPU matters the most in modern games so that's what you need to worry about most.

Answer 2

First off, your getting ripped off, that computer is not worth $2,000. As for your question it should run them decently, maybe not very high, but close to there.

Answer 3

Yes you will able o play games but I would suggest GeForce GTX 560 Ti it easily renders 40-60+ fps on absolute max/ultra (tessellation +) for games like Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Half-Life 2 (DOD, CS), Age of Empires 3, and others.

Answer 4

hi steve

in a word mate,yes,as with all alienware computers the build quality is second to none and ok the price may be a bit steep but hey,its the alienware name and package your paying for(do you still get a t-shirt?)

as for the specs the cpu is a excellent model and well capable of anything you care to throw at it and combined with the 3gb of ddr3 ram this equates to a system thats pretty well smack bang up to date

the 250gb sata hard drive seems a bit small for such a top pc, i would of expected a minimum of 500gb if not 1tb however its still a massive amount of storage space

and the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GT is a excellent gaming card(the gtx would of been even better) and has some excellent specs,it also supports quantum physx,s which have been included in several nvidia cards since they bought out "ageia" this year

also with alienware i would of expected to see a soundblaster dedicated soundcard however the onboard audio these days are light years ahead of the onboard audio a few years ago

so in a nutshell you should be able to run most games without any problems,however i would add another geforce 9800gt to really experience full throttle gaming(i presume at this price level you should get a sli based motherboard)

at the end of the day steve if the pc meets your requirments then thats all that matters,whats your performance index in windows vista?

also why not take a look at my blog " TRIBUTE TO THE AMAZING "ALIENWARE" P.C " at http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-1YOXA_kzaa_fNqZG74cFzdccTzO3_tHN?p=89

great pc though mate !

good luck steve !

Answer 5

I agree with every one else.. But the 9000 series are rip off...



Most of the time 8800GTX and some 8800GTS beat the 9200 and the 9800....



So look in to the specs of vsing models...



But if you really didn't want to hassle finding a different machine- look in to gateway-



http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668196.php



the only thing you would have to do is spend 200 bucks on a graphics card.. which is still cheaper then 2000 bucks.

Answer 6

Eh, it will run everything just fine but you may just be getting ripped off.



Especially since that geforce isn't the greatest. Its high end of the medium range. The 9800GTX would be better.



I'm building a rig with a Q6600 overclocked to 3.0 HZ 8MB cache, the Geforce GTX260 with core 216 (overclocked to run at almost a GTX 280 standard), 8 GB 1066MHz (4 sticks DDR2) RAM, and a Western Digital Velociraptor HDD. I haven't decided if I'm willing to spend the money on an Omega Claro sound card or if I should just buy a Creative Titanium instead. I do know that I'm buying the Lycosa keyboard and my MX518 gaming mouse (widely considered the best on the market) should be arriving sometime this week.



And I'm doing it all for about $1700 from newegg.com.



I'd suggest that you not buy the Core i7 just yet. Its only been out a week and they're ripping people off. Give it 6 months and any computer with the i7 will cost at least 25% less.

Answer 7

not to bad, but id shop around.



alienware do cater for gamers but you can get better specs for a better price.



example:

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/index.php?page=spec&&spec=gaming1000



or if you got a few more £'s



http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/index.php?page=spec&&spec=gaming1500



might be worth lookin on pcspecialist, you can custom build the pc to your own spec.



personally id go for an ATI 4870 graphic card and quad core processor. 4gb memory and vista 32bit. also at least 500gb hard drive

Answer 8

Its a good system, but I would later on try and get a 9800 GTX+ graphics card, but save up first. It should be able to give you a lot of performance from the Core i7, it is an okay price, it could be a bit lower, but it still is using a new processor. I would say you could play Crysis on a High and maybe even on Very High settings, without AA.

Enjoy your system.

Have a nice day

Ken

Answer 9

DEFINITELY!

Answer 10

If I was going to spend 2 grand on a computer I would want a lot more processor speed. But other than that it looks good. There are games out now that recommend higher processor speads than 2.66 GHz. If you do not get the faster processor now you will regret it later.

Answer 11

Yep I think they should work great although I like mac's more my self but there are a lot better and more easily accessibly games for pc. Some of the really old games might be hard to work with but all the new games should work great!