[Anilyst]

Wondering if this Rig that I'm building soon can run GTA IV and if so, on what settings? Medium? High?

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) 77W Quad Core
GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 128-bit 1GB GDDR5
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
MB: ASUS P8B75-M/CSM Intel B75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.8 Micro ATX

Note: I do realize that this isn't the greatest GPU but I'm only planning on spending 800$ at first, EVENTUALLY I will upgrade the GPU.

Also I was thinking of instead of a Radeon HD 7770 I was thinking of getting a Radeon HD 6850.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by Anilyst on Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:45

[luceberg]

It would play GTA 4 at medium settings, limited by the graphics card.

Also, the micro ATX motherboard is questionable, not normal in a gaming pc.

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (luceberg @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:49)

It would play GTA 4 at medium settings, limited by the graphics card. Also, the micro ATX motherboard is questionable, not normal in a gaming pc.

What kind of motherboard would you suggest? And would I be better off with a Radeon HD 6850?

[monster875.]

u're better of with a 6900 series GPU than that one. as u might know, AMD sometimes f*ck up the GPU series, so only the *800 and *900 is for gaming, and rest is worse than a whole older series

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:51)

u're better of with a 6900 series GPU than that one. as u might know, AMD sometimes f*ck up the GPU series, so only the *800 and *900 is for gaming, and rest is worse than a whole older series

So a Radeon HD 6850 would be better than a 7770?

[monster875.]

yup, it's a little better than the 7770, but u'd better of with a 6900 series, tho it's a little more expensive, but it's worth the price

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:05)

yup, it's a little better than the 7770, but u'd better of with a 6900 series, tho it's a little more expensive, but it's worth the price

Don't have that extra money

http://www.hwcompare.com/11925/radeon-hd-6...radeon-hd-7770/

[monster875.]

well, where do u come from? i might be able to find u a perfect GPU for ur budget.

btw, what's ur budget? and how much has been used for the stuff? (except the GPU)

EDIT: u shall remember to choose PSU and stuff too:P

This post has been edited by monster875. on Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:14

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:10)

well, where do u come from? i might be able to find u a perfect GPU for ur budget. btw, what's ur budget? and how much has been used for the stuff? (except the GPU)

My budget is 800$, Here's everything in my build at the moment.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...Number=20590766

Oh and I'm in the United States btw.

This post has been edited by Anilyst on Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:19

[luceberg]

QUOTE (Anilyst @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:51)

QUOTE (luceberg @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:49) It would play GTA 4 at medium settings, limited by the graphics card. Also, the micro ATX motherboard is questionable, not normal in a gaming pc. What kind of motherboard would you suggest? And would I be better off with a Radeon HD 6850?

I suggest a normal sized ATX motherboard. I wont name one , but hopefully our resident build expert, yojo2, will advise you a build for your budget.

Yes, the 6850 is better than 7770, getting on for high settings, depending on the resolution you want.

[monster875.]

The Zotac GTX 560 Ti is 8% better than the 6850, and it might even be in ur budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814500217

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:26)

The Zotac GTX 560 Ti is 8% better than the 6850, and it might even be in ur budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814500217

It's 8% better? The 6850 is 256bit. o_O

[monster875.]

the GTX 560 rapes the 6850 too hard: http://www.hwcompare.com/8891/geforce-gtx-...radeon-hd-6850/

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:33)

the GTX 560 rapes the 6850 too hard: http://www.hwcompare.com/8891/geforce-gtx-...radeon-hd-6850/

The card you showed me was a 550 Ti not a 560. o_O

Also would It be better to throw out an extra ~$20 and get the 2GB version from EVGA? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130652

Edit: Looking at hwcompare.com shows that the 550 Ti is worse than the HD 6850

[monster875.]

lol, i'm really tired XD i mistaken took 560 as 550.

well, at there the 6850 is better.

f*ck, the 550 is 51% worse than the 6850 .

i guess i gotta find another GPU for u XD

EDIT: ok, 184 to use then:P

EDIT2: ok, looked around and found several good GPU's in that price range:

Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102948
PNY GeForce GTX 560 1GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133397

there r alot more, but they're kinda the same GPU over and over again.

btw, this might be the 560 i had in mind XD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814500229
tho, u'd have to expand ur budget even more to get this

This post has been edited by monster875. on Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:48

[Anilyst]

QUOTE (monster875. @ Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:40)

lol, i'm really tired XD i mistaken took 560 as 550. well, at there the 6850 is better. f*ck, the 550 is 51% worse than the 6850 . i guess i gotta find another GPU for u XD EDIT: ok, 184 to use then:P EDIT2: ok, looked around and found several good GPU's in that price range: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102948 PNY GeForce GTX 560 1GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133397 there r alot more, but they're kinda the same GPU over and over again. btw, this might be the 560 i had in mind XD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814500229 tho, u'd have to expand ur budget even more to get this

Looks like I'm going with the PNY GeForce GTX 560 1GB

Only made my price increase by 30$, Thanks for the help monster.

Edit: Now just to find a good motherboard.


Edit 2: Found this, seems good. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128488

This post has been edited by Anilyst on Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 23:13

[mkey82]

For the mobo, I'd go with something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131781
And with the GPU, if you ask me, you're saving on the wrong places as that solution is not very future proof. These, however, are:-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814161406 HD7850 2GB, very power efficient solution, $240 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127608 GTX560 2GB, 448 core, $250 after rebate

The first one is probably a bit slower (depends on the source and about a gazillion other parameters) but over time you'll save loads on the electricity and a lower power PSU will do. However, in this day and age it's getting increasingly difficult to recommend an AMD/ATI GPU product as their driver support is going anywhere but uphill. Their move to dismiss the monthly driver release doesn't sound very reassuring to me and it's very questionable what the future has in store for AMD GPU users.

This was my attempt at a build, it's over your budget a bit, but it has some free crap and $45 rebate on top of the total amount. I also went with 4GB RAM, maybe there are some special applications you use which would actually need more in which case you should add up that as well.

-	Item	Pcs	Price
1	SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM	1	$16.99
2	COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-SWN1 Silver Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case	1	$44.99
3	Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive	1	$99.99
4	MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...	1	$269.99
5	MSI Gift - NBA2K11 PC GAME	1	$0.00
6	Thermaltake TR2 Series TR-600P 600W V2.3 & EPS 12V 2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply	1	$94.99
7	CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M2A2000C10	1	$54.99
8	ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS	1	$124.99
9	Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K	1	$229.99
-	Subtotal	-	$936.92

This post has been edited by mkey82 on Friday, Jun 15 2012, 06:38

[yojo2]

Good build, though IMHO a mobo with cooled VRM would be more suitable, like MSI Z77A-G45 (or even Z77A-G43). Also why GTX560Ti, not HD7850?

//edit: just looked through PSUs on newegg and I found this OCZ: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817341051
It's a newer design than Thermaltake, it's fully modular and more powerful. Definitely a better bang for the buck.

This post has been edited by yojo2 on Friday, Jun 15 2012, 11:23

[mkey82]

QUOTE (yojo2 @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 13:18)

Also why GTX560Ti, not HD7850?

QUOTE

The first one is probably a bit slower (depends on the source and about a gazillion other parameters) but over time you'll save loads on the electricity and a lower power PSU will do. However, in this day and age it's getting increasingly difficult to recommend an AMD/ATI GPU product as their driver support is going anywhere but uphill. Their move to dismiss the monthly driver release doesn't sound very reassuring to me and it's very questionable what the future has in store for AMD GPU users.

IDK really what are they doing over there.

[yojo2]

Still, it's not like nVidia releases new drivers every month either. Last stable drivers were released in May, in March, in February, and... in October.