Question about F.E.A.R and Oblivion

[troy88]

hey guys, im gonna be building a new PC in May and i was wondering if you guys knew what kind of PC Specs i would need to run FEAR and Oblivion on max settings at about 30-40 fps? I know there both very graphicly demanding, so any help would be great.

thanks much

 

[troy88]

the resolution is 800x600, and the budget is $800(processor, GPU, RAM, PSU, MB, and HD), but hey if i can get 30-40 fps on max setting for less im all for it

 

[yas]

Well good luck trying to play fear on maz settings with that budget. But then again at 800*600 you might just be able to. I have a 1950pro and i can play oblivion with everything max including resolution but in fear I have to disable soft shadows and some other settings for it to run at max res.

 

[Supergoal]

I have to say that, the resolution you intend to play at is not going to look all too pretty with max settings, say compared to a system with low settings but a higher resolution. Perhaps a mix inbetween would be better? Higher reslution but lower settings?

 

[racingman24]

F.E.A.R Recommended System: Pentium 4 - 3.0 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 1024 MB
Video Memory: 256 MB
Other: Radeon(R) 9800 Pro, GeForce(TM) 6600 or equivalent DirectX(R) 9. Sound Blaster(R) X-Fi(TM) series sound card.

Memory is the more important thing to play fear so part list in newegg
HD 250 gb
MB Biostar 550 Series
AMD 4800+ X2 2.5 Brisbane Core
Saphire 1950PRO 512
1 gb geil ddr2 800 PC6400
PSU CoolMAX 550 watts

something like cost almost $700.00, the most important part are memory and video card