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will these systems work?

Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:00 am

hi, im buying a new system since my old system dont work. im deciding between 3 new systems.
i wanted to know if these systems would run NBA 2K9?

1.
AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70
2.0 GHZ
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M with up to 1407MB
160GB hard drive

would NBA 2k9 on that system work great, good, ok or not at all?

or how about this system

2.
AMD Sempron(TM) Processor for Notebook PCs SI-40 (2.0GHz)
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
– 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

would NBA 2K9 on that system work great, good, ok or not at all?

3.
AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor QL-62 2.0GHz
nVidia GeForce 8200M
160GB (5400 RPM)

would NBA 2K9 on that system work great, good, ok or not at all?

Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:00 am

1. and 3. should perform very well, but how many RAM do these systems have? The 2nd is notebook so Im not sure but looks good

Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:52 pm

There is already a thread for this

Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:02 pm

i'm not sure if you're the person from last night about wanting to run the game on 1280x768.

if u plan on run it on that res, those systems should be able to run the game in medium in 1280x768 with ok but not great fps. it should be playable.

if you want to max out the game and get the most out of it, this is not even close.

game requires at least 2.4ghz Dual core to be able to run the motion jerseys properly. 2GB of ram at least and 8800GT and above should be able to max out the game

Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:29 pm

can you answer to me too? i'm buying a new system, and will this run the game on max details and resolution?

intel core duo e8400
ati hd4870 1gb
4gb ram
????

would overclocking help if this isnt working?

Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:13 am

Of course you don't need to do any overclocking with a system like that, it'll run everything on max settings. Come one man :roll:

Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:01 am

i'm buying a new system and i'm not really familiar with hardware...this is what my friend set me up, so i'm just checking because nba 2k9 is the main reason why i'm buyin it

Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:15 am

What is your monitor's dimensions? 17" , 22" , or what?
That 4870 with 1gb. memory isn't needed for medium resolutions such as 1280*1024. So if you have a 17" LCD, you will not be able to set resolution above 1280*1024. Then go buy a 4870 with 512mb. memory and invest your money to suitable hardwares.

BTW, you will also need a minimum of 500 - 560 watt PSU to get the maximum performance and stability. Do not forget to choose known and quality brands for the PSU.

Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:54 am

#3

why are you buying a laptop to play games on anyway?

an even better question why are you buying a low end laptop to play games on you'll just end up disappointed

Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:26 am

Beatboxer wrote:What is your monitor's dimensions? 17" , 22" , or what?
That 4870 with 1gb. memory isn't needed for medium resolutions such as 1280*1024. So if you have a 17" LCD, you will not be able to set resolution above 1280*1024. Then go buy a 4870 with 512mb. memory and invest your money to suitable hardwares.

BTW, you will also need a minimum of 500 - 560 watt PSU to get the maximum performance and stability. Do not forget to choose known and quality brands for the PSU.


yes,yes, i'm buying lg 22'' monitor... first i thought about 512mb radeon, but they recommended me this because of my wish of playing on high resolutions and 22 inches monitor.

this is the full configuration ( sorry for store serial numbers and prices, i'm too lazy to remove them hh)

3792 Power Supply FORTRON BlueStorm 500W, HQ, PFC, 2x12V, 12cm fan 560,00

22420 Thermaltake CL-P0114, Big Typ 120 AlCu Cooler, scK AM2/478/775/939/754/A 1300 rpm, 16 dBA 329,00

1010143 MB Gigabyte EP45-DS3, s775, iP45, DDR II, SATA II, FW, GLAN 760,30

1050031 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 BOX, 2×3.0GHz, 1333MHz, 775-pin, 6MB 1.299,00

1080066 HDD Seagate ST3500320AS, 500 GB 32MB, S-ATA300, NCQ-II, 7200.11 478,00

1113112 Monitor LG LCD W2241S, 22'' wide, 8000:1, 5 ms, crni 1.199,00

1120030 DDR2 2GB (2x1GB kit) PC8500 (1066MHz) OCZ, nVidia XTC, SLI ready 347,00------------- 2x

1130320 Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5, PCIE, TVout, DVI 2.199,00

1160056 *DVD+RW/-RW Pioneer DVR-212D, SATA, Dual Layer, 18x, bulk 170,00

7790001 Gigabyte mid tower GZ-X2BPD-100, bez PS, crno, USB, Fire wire, 2×120mm fan, airduct 333,00

Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:05 am

Good rig. ;)

Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:34 pm

[quote="sven"]can you answer to me too? i'm buying a new system, and will this run the game on max details and resolution?

intel core duo e8400
ati hd4870 1gb
4gb ram
????

would overclocking help if this isnt working?[/quote]

e8400 is more than enough for CPU
4870 is wayy more than enough for the GPU

to run the game at max

4870 is badass!

Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:13 pm

@steam 03

yes it can run in max settings and also since you have a 1gb vc might as well buy a 22 inch monitor to get the best performance of your vc

Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:55 am

this is kinda stupid question.. but do you think i will be able to play 2k10 on max without overclocking too?

after 2 years of playing on this conf, i plan to buy one more hd4870 and overclock e8400 to 4,4.2 ghz to gain maximum of it.

Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:19 pm

@sven

dont overclock your pc to much you might be dissapointed of the outcome of it..

Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:15 pm

ok, that's what they told me to do... now i'm thinking should i buy 1066mhz ram which will allow me overclocking or should i buy 800mhz ram which is more than two times cheaper?' what is your opinion?

Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:58 am

I have 4GB of 800Mhz and certainly don't have to complain about it. With the rest of your system, it's not like you need slightly faster RAM.

Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:30 am

ok, it's good to hear that because i will save about 70 dollars :D
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