Will my PC play new games well?

[Phreak]

I just ordered a PC off the internet and it's almost here, but I know little about hardware. It's my first computer and i want to know what my limitations are.

Case: thermaltake armor jr.
MOBO: EVGA 780i SLI 3PCIex, 4xddr2 1333fsb
CHIP: Intel 2.83Ghz Quad core cpu 12mb cache
4GB RAM
Video: XFX Nvidia 9800GTX
Audigy 7.1 sound card
1 320G HDD
1 20x sata DVDrw
(2) extra case fans
Windows xp Pro sp2

[naives]

That is a good configuration. 4 GB of RAM. That is wow. Great man. I think your system will play almost all games. This is a dream configuration man. Lucky........

[heritagerail]

Super computer! Yeah that's more than fine for gaming. Better than mine;
Octigen case
Asus P5KC mobo
Intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.40GHz
4GB RAM
nVIDIA 8800GT 1GB
2x500GB HDD
2x 48x Super Multi DVD-RW drives (SATA)

[Jace]

4 GB of RAM. That is wow. Great man.

4GB of RAM is pretty much standard you know... RAM is damn cheap. Even PC8500 isn't all that expensive. Got my 4 Dominator modules for just 110 EUR (initially had bought them for 160 EUR, but then they dropped in price.

And it also depends what type of RAM he bought. If it's RAM at 667MHz, it's actually crap.
No offense at all, but it doesn't seem you really are a hardware enthusiast. Seeing the dream config and all games statement. Not that you have to be, of course. But then it would be better not to say it, of course.


Anyway, looks pretty sweet. Planing to run SLI, cause you've got the mobo for it. And overclocking too. Personally I'd have taken a E8600 for gaming, but for overall use you've got yourself a very good CPU there.

If you haven't received it yet, you might want to change your graphic card. I've got that card, but in the mean time other cards based on the R700 and GT200 have arrived. For the same price you can get a GTX 260, which is a bit faster.