Is the CPU good enough?

[Hamza Noman]

Hello Everyone,
I am Hamza. I have a friend who is offering me a Computer. Its a Dell Optiplex 780. I want to ask that is it good enough for games like Battlefield 3, NFS World, COD MW3....etc at medium settings.
The Specs are as follows,
Processor: 3GHz Core 2 Duo (6MB CACHE)1333 FSB
RAM: 4GB DDR3
HDD: 500GB SATA
Chipset: Intel® Q45 Express Chipset w/ICH10DO
Graphic Card: GeForce 1GB GT 430
Will the FPS drop at Medium settings? Is it good enough?
Regards,
Hamza Noman

PS: I am a beginner

 

[Vexillarius]

The graphics card isn't going to do well with the games you mentioned, even at medium settings.
The processor will do but it's kinda pushing it.

 

[Hamza Noman]

The graphics card isn't going to do well with the games you mentioned, even at medium settings.
The processor will do but it's kinda pushing it.

Fair Enough,
I have an option. He has many cards including AMD HD 7470 , Amd radeon hd 6450 and Nvidea 630 1 and 2GB.
Can you give any suggestion and Rank the cards i mentioned above.

 

[Vexillarius]

GT 630 > HD 7470 > HD 6450

Even the GT 630 2GB will still struggle with those games though.
You'll want to be looking at something like this for medium settings:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $129.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[mlga91]

How much is your friend asking for that system?

 

[Hamza Noman]

How much is your friend asking for that system?

Im in Pakistan and he is offering 18k RS or 180$ including some extra items
I think its a good deal because the specs and the grapgic card are not bad.

 

[Hamza Noman]

GT 630 > HD 7470 > HD 6450

Even the GT 630 2GB will still struggle with those games though.
You'll want to be looking at something like this for medium settings:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $129.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 13:48 EDT-0400

If i go to Youtube, i find people playing BF3 at Medium to High and COD:GHOST at Low Resolution.
And will the game be playable at Medium? And is Medium resolution that bad?
Also, which is preffered 1024X786 or 1920X1080?

 

[Hamza Noman]

Also, I think Medium will work just fine on 1024X786? Isnt it so?

 

[Vexillarius]

At 1024x768 and Medium settings you'll be fine, even with the GT630 I think. There's a massive visual difference to 1920x1080 though.

 

[Hamza Noman]

At 1024x768 and Medium settings you'll be fine, even with the GT630 I think. There's a massive visual difference to 1920x1080 though.

Thankyou for your help. One last question, he gave me two other options.
So what do you recommend, GTS 250 or GT 630 or GT 440.
Thanks

 

[Vexillarius]

The GT 630 and the GT 440 are the same card with a different name. The GTS 250 performs better but doesn't support DirectX 11 so you may lose some graphical features in some games. Most games don't use DirectX 11 features yet so you should be fine.

My recommendation, go with the GTS 250.

 

[Hamza Noman]

The GT 630 and the GT 440 are the same card with a different name. The GTS 250 performs better but doesn't support DirectX 11 so you may lose some graphical features in some games. Most games don't use DirectX 11 features yet so you should be fine.

My recommendation, go with the GTS 250.

But let me remind you that the GT 440 is 2GB and the rest are 1 GB.
Thanks

 

[Vexillarius]

But you could also choose a 2GB GT 630 right? I should have mentioned the memory sizes anyway, sorry for that.

Anyway, for 1024x768 you won't need more than 1GB, and you'll notice the GTS 250's extra performance even at higher resolutions.
The GTS 250 also has a 512MB version, which is still fine for 1024x768 but it'll have problems on higher resolutions.