Is this a good pc for gaming

BoneBone Canadia
edited August 2007 in Gaming
So I have decided not to get a laptop, so I was gonna get this desktop. what kind of gaming performance can i expect out of it?

Intel Core2 Q6600 Quad-Core
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX

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  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Assuming the other components in the computer case were at least standard quality, I would assume a computer with that configuration would be quite a strong gamer! It will make a difference in gaming performance on what speed and quality the DRAM is, but not much of a difference. If you have the option to select a Core 2 Duo instead of Core 2 Quad, you might consider that. The CPU you are considering is very powerful for sure, but at this time, four cores are no better than two in gaming.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited August 2007
    it is costing me hardly any extra money for the quad core instead of duo so I figure I shall just take quad.

    and the ram is

    Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

    I want to be able to run most new games on high settings at a decent framerate.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    I would get DDR2-800 ram if it can be had for similarly "not much more" like the quad.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
    That's just fine as long as that's what the motherboard supports. Many of the new motherboards now start at DDR2 800.

    [Edit] What Ryder OCZ wrote about DDR2 800. Exactly. If it's only a little bit more, 800 over 667 is worth a slightly higher price.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited August 2007
    well I am ordering ti from dell, because sadly I can not build my own system like last time because the only local computer store closed down like last year and I do not have a credit card to pay online and my parents are un trusting people.

    but I assume thier not putting in ram that is not going to work.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    No they are not going to put ram in that won't work.

    667 will be just fine.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited August 2007
    am i going to be getting a chunk taken out of my performance for having 667 instead of 800 though? and if so is it going to be dramatic like a 10 fps loss.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    As far as I know...none of the Dell's support DDR2-800, so you may not get anything out of it.

    If they have the option of ordering DDR2-800, then I would get it, if they don't have a big price tag on it.

    No, I can't say that you will lose 10FPS, how much, I do not know but I am over 90 percent sure it will be less than 5 FPS.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited August 2007
    they have the option of 800, and also oc'd ram that is at 1066mhz but it adds quite a bit more to my price. I can always buy 800mhz ram later and take the 600mhz out and put the 800 in correct?
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