Looking For some hints

On Tue, 02 May 2006 22:45:44 GMT, "AcidTrip" <u21458@uwe>
wrote:

>I am a gamer and wish to build a machine purley for that. I already have and
>average speed pc but find it is lacking when I play games like battlefield 2,
>the issue I have is I only have minimal knowlage of hardware, but i refuse to
>buy a package pc. I have ask a few people but they never give me a straight
>answer, if anyone has any suggestions I would appreicate greatly

First I suggest posting the specifics of your current
system. Only then might we know what is lacking, it might
be upgradable rather than scraping whole thing.

Generally speaking, you'd get an Athlon 64 CPU (possibly
around 3200 or higher, depends on the total budget), at
least 1GB but preferribly 1.5GB of memory (if not 2GB, since
dual channel boards may like 2 x 1GB sticks), and a
mid-range or better video card (typically $150+, depends on
the budget again... a cheaper card can play the game but to
buy new today for a "purely for that" purpose, the video
card is definitely going to be one of the (probably THE
most) costly items.

That's about it, any budget-grade semi-modern HDD will do,
but of course you'd want a DVD (or at least CD) drive as so
many games require the CD in the drive to play.

IF the budget doesn't allow for a fairly high(er)-end video
card, don't use an LCD monitor with a high(er) resolution,
with a mid-grade card you would get better long-term results
sticking with an LCD with no more than 1440x900 or 1280x1024
resolution unless you don't use much FSAA.