would this be good for gaming?

wilson44512 · #1 February 10th, 2007, 07:23 PM

i plan on getting a pc with these specs. and would like your opinion if it will be good for gaming?

Windows Vista™ Home Premium (32-bit)
Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 (2.40GHz 1066MHz FSB 4MB cache, non-HT
2GB memory
NVIDIA® GeForce 7600GS 256MB
500GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive w/ Raid 0 (2-250GB hard drives)
16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer (DVD±/R±RW/CD-R/RW) and 48x/32x/48x CD-RW/DVD combo drive
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1
9-in-1 media card reader
700WATT PS

this is my old one im using now.
Gateway 510S
Intel Pentium 4, 3200 MHz
2048MB Memory
120GB HD
Sound Blaster Audigy II
NVIDIA GeForce 6600/256M

Jimmy420 · #2 February 10th, 2007, 07:53 PM

Yeah, thats a good gaming pc.

cHiNgY1788 · #3 February 10th, 2007, 10:07 PM

i would put xp on aswell
vista still has driver issues, my friend cant install it, he cant find his SCSI drivers for his motherboard, not on the CD, nor the gigabyte website
and xp is slightly faster in gaming, just slightly

do you really need the SB X-Fi?
if its just sound quality, onboard would provide enough quality
though everything else aint as good (voices, CPU processing, etc)

l337_GuY · #4 February 10th, 2007, 10:49 PM

As said above, Stick to XP and you don't really need a flash sound card. Use the money to get a better video card.
Your going to be dragging behind with a 7600GS.
I was reading a review of vista and it said "vista ruins gaming" and to stick to XP. Not sure of the details though, But I would keep away from it for now.