Borderlands + CoD 6 -- Specs

[huntarus]

I am planing to buy Borderlands . My specs are Core 2 Duo @ 2.39 GHz (clocked at 3.56?), GeForce 8600M GT 256mb, and 6 GBs of RAM, and I am running Win7 Home Premium. My processor barely meets the specs for Borderlands. Will a be able to play with a good framerate? Can anyone give an estimation?

[huntarus]

nvm about CoD 6

[Jerich0]

You could always submit to a console. Yes a gaming computer can be more powerful you have to be rich though. Unless you make a super quad core or dual core. AMD runs smoother an Intel at equal specs.

[huntarus]

At 10/27/09 04:38 PM, Jerich0 wrote: You could always submit to a console.

Prefer CPU for the modding and Steam, but I have no plans to buy a 360 or PS3 at the moment. Maybe for the holidays, if there is a price cut again. Missed the 360 rebate.

[Makeshift]

At 10/27/09 04:38 PM, Jerich0 wrote: you have to be rich though.

no, you just have to be not poor

[DirtySyko]

Those specs should be able to run it. I don't know what resolution you play it, that kind of determines the performance you're going to get too. You may not be able to push all the graphics to the limits, but at medium graphic quality you should get a decent frame rate.

At 10/27/09 05:12 PM, Makeshift wrote:

At 10/27/09 04:38 PM, Jerich0 wrote: you have to be rich though.

no, you just have to be not poor

Yeah, no joke. You silly console gamers never believe that it's really not that expensive to maintain a good gaming PC, if you actually know how to build it yourself. Sure, if you have to buy pre-built overpriced bullshit, then yeah, PC gaming is expensive. You have to take into affect the many variables.

Assuming you don't pirate anything, PC games are generally less expensive than console games. A good PC monitor is a fuck load cheaper than a nice HDTV, and if you aren't playing a 360 or PS3 on an HDTV, you're really missing out. PC doesn't have to pay for an online service. Extra peripherals like more controllers, recharge kit, microphone, wireless adapter, HDD (for the 360, anyways,) is all usually more expensive than any PC counterparts. Also, your PC is more than just a gaming device, and obviously you use a computer for other needs if not gaming, so why not spend a little more money and build it for gaming, as well as your other reasons for using one?

My PC when I first built it, cost $1,250. Since then I've put about another $700 or so into it (which I really didn't need to, I only did it because I was having major PC problems and I couldn't figure out what the deal was, and I ended up finding out it was my video card, AFTER having replaced the CPU, motherboard, and PSU, so I just kept all my new parts so I'd have an even better PC.)

I didn't need to upgrade, even before upgrading my PC was capable of playing every new game, and most at high settings. Now I can play anything all maxed out, which is pretty sweet too. The point is, it's still going to last a long time as it is right now. PC's don't need to be upgraded yearly like they used to in the early 2000s.

[huntarus]

At 10/27/09 07:17 PM, DirtySyko wrote: Those specs should be able to run it. I don't know what resolution you play it, that kind of determines the performance you're going to get too. You may not be able to push all the graphics to the limits, but at medium graphic quality you should get a decent frame rate.

At 10/27/09 05:12 PM, Makeshift wrote:

At 10/27/09 04:38 PM, Jerich0 wrote: you have to be rich though.

no, you just have to be not poor

Yeah, no joke. You silly console gamers never believe that it's really not that expensive to maintain a good gaming PC, if you actually know how to build it yourself. Sure, if you have to buy pre-built overpriced bullshit, then yeah, PC gaming is expensive. You have to take into affect the many variables.

My PC when I first built it, cost $1,250. Since then I've put about another $700 or so into it (which I really didn't need to, I only did it because I was having major PC problems and I couldn't figure out what the deal was, and I ended up finding out it was my video card, AFTER having replaced the CPU, motherboard, and PSU, so I just kept all my new parts so I'd have an even better PC.)

1. I plan to play at 1280x800, but will lower to 1024x720 to get a better framerate (my max is 1440x900).

2. I was actually planning on learning some Comp Science and engineering so I could build a desktop. While my laptop is very powerful, and is a very good gaming machine, I want to purchase a DX 11 graphics card, and I suspect a mobile one won't be due till late 2010. Your information was very helpful, and I thank you.

[Aigis]

At 10/27/09 07:17 PM, DirtySyko wrote: My PC when I first built it, cost $1,250. Since then I've put about another $700 or so into it (which I really didn't need to, I only did it because I was having major PC problems and I couldn't figure out what the deal was, and I ended up finding out it was my video card, AFTER having replaced the CPU, motherboard, and PSU, so I just kept all my new parts so I'd have an even better PC.)

My Xbox 360 cost me $450 NZD ($330 USD?) with four games, and I have bought one extra controller for it, and a so-cheap-it's-negligible HDMI cable. That is all I have had to pay for my Xbox 360.

Now that's cheaper, AND I can play games with friends on the same television.

[H-A-X-O-R-Z]

At 10/28/09 05:56 AM, Aigis wrote: My Xbox 360 cost me $450 NZD ($330 USD?) with four games, and I have bought one extra controller for it, and a so-cheap-it's-negligible HDMI cable. That is all I have had to pay for my Xbox 360.

Now that's cheaper, AND I can play games with friends on the same television.

Xbox - $330
Xbox Live - $50
HDTV - $500
10 new games - $550ish

That's some $1500 right there for your gaming career.

PC - $800
Monitor - $250
10 new games - OH MY GAWD FREE

[H-A-X-O-R-Z]

You should be able to run them both easily.

However you can always go and check on Can You Run It?

[Crumption]

If you have any other games that run on the current unreal engine, borderlands will run like they do.

[huntarus]

At 10/28/09 03:07 PM, Crumption wrote: If you have any other games that run on the current unreal engine, borderlands will run like they do.

Well, I play UT3 on medium quality with a good framerate, but that's kind of old.

[Aigis]

At 10/28/09 02:58 PM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: Xbox - $330
Xbox Live - $50
HDTV - $500
10 new games - $550ish

That's some $1500 right there for your gaming career.

I didn't get an HDTV for games.

I got it to watch television on.