will this computer play CSS?

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

5- 36GB Raptors

Raptors are lame - overpriced and overrated. He'd be better off buying a 250GB drive that could store more games. He wouldn't even notice any difference in speed whatsoever.

[simple_inhibition]

actually the integrated 6150 will play css, but i wouldnt want to with only 512mb of ram. put a gig in it and it would be ok at 800x640, maybe even 1024x768 with medium/low i know it will cause ive played it on a 939 board with a 6150, A64 3200 and 1gb of ram. gets about 30FPS or so.

oh, heres the monitor i got for my baghdad build LINKY 8ms pixel response (i see no ghosting) and a DVI connection (no cable though) and the one i got had 0 dead pixels. pretty nice monitor at $167

oh also why not just go with a 939 system similar to what i built? (i was dumb and went 754 but oh well lol) get that biostar tforce-939 mobo, throw a 3200 in it with 1gb corsair vs dr400, 80gb sata hard drive and a 7600gs. i put a 7600gt in mine and the total cost including monitor was $815 and it can play games damn good

[Tyreal]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

My daughters athlon64 3000+ and 7600gs play CS:S just fine.

Exactly. You could probably go even lower. But with those components it's already very affordable.

If you want to "futureproof" it a little, change the Athlon to Conroe. Make sure you go with an Antec bundle as well, they will save you tons of money.

[simple_inhibition]

why "futureproof" to a conroe when your only gonna notice a difference in encoding or benchmarks. he wants inexpensive pc's that can play CSS. theres no need for 15s superpi times here. besides CSS was released back in the P4/Athlon XP, 9700PRO days.

[yurimxpxman]

I'd muster up something along these lines:

AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
Asus nForce4 SLI
2x 512MB Corsair XMS
250GB Seagate Barracuda
EVGA nVidia GeForce 7600GT
Lite-On 16x DVD-RW

[fps justin]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

I'd muster up something along these lines:

AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
Asus nForce4 SLI
2x 512MB Corsair XMS
250GB Seagate Barracuda
EVGA nVidia GeForce 7600GT
Lite-On 16x DVD-RW

no need for a SLI mobo, i think thats just wasted money. Otherwise, that build looks great. Its pretty much my rig right now.

[simple_inhibition]

heres what i would build if it were me.
Sonata II case $89.99
BIOSTAR TForce6100-939+A64 3200 combo $118.99
evga 7600gt $129.99 ($109.99 after $20MIR)
OCZ EL DDR400 2-3-2-5 $103.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $52.99
NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner $29.99
Tyris T701DB Black 17" 8ms DVI LCD $167.99
TOTAL W/3 DAY SHIPPING -$20 MIR = $715.64
im assuming you have XP Pro at the shop (cause you cant hook up more than 4 pc's in a lan with XP Home) if thats not the case, then XP Pro adds another $139.99 + $4.99 S&H brining the total to $856.93. 5 such systems would cost $4284.65. throw in 5 cheap keyboard, mouse combos and speakers/headphones and were talking 5 complete systems for under $4500 (leaving $500 for other games or beer)

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

No, it will not. Those integrated graphics would run just about as well as Vista on a Commodore 64. You should look into building the PCs yourself.

Originally Posted by stinger608

I have to agree with Yuri on this one, that would be the first time hu yuri

But really, integrated graphics just suck man!!!! Also it ISN'T a 3800 dual core, which really doesn't matter all that much, but it sounds like you are setting up a "internet cafe" type of gig!

Know one will want to play CS:S with choppy frame rates!!!

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

actually the integrated 6150 will play css, but i wouldnt want to with only 512mb of ram. put a gig in it and it would be ok at 800x640, maybe even 1024x768 with medium/low i know it will cause ive played it on a 939 board with a 6150, A64 3200 and 1gb of ram. gets about 30FPS or so.

I disagree with all of you. I ran CS:S on the exact same MoBo and CPU (he got it from me) Simple is talking about with 512ram and I got about 35FPS in CS:S. You have to tweak the settings and turn off all eye candy. Its ugly, but it runs.

I wouldn't suggest running it that way though. Throw in a gig of ram and buy some 7600gs cards and then those computers will play it fairly well.

[JazzyJake]

i'll just build em.
i like simple's idea.
one of the guys that brings his pc has a similar rig just the 3800+ x2 and it runs beautifully
and yea, we have one of those college licenses with xp pro at the shop = ]

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

heres what i would build if it were me.
Sonata II case $89.99
BIOSTAR TForce6100-939+A64 3200 combo $118.99
evga 7600gt $129.99 ($109.99 after $20MIR)
OCZ EL DDR400 2-3-2-5 $103.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $52.99
NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner $29.99
Tyris T701DB Black 17" 8ms DVI LCD $167.99
TOTAL W/3 DAY SHIPPING -$20 MIR = $715.64
im assuming you have XP Pro at the shop (cause you cant hook up more than 4 pc's in a lan with XP Home) if thats not the case, then XP Pro adds another $139.99 + $4.99 S&H brining the total to $856.93. 5 such systems would cost $4284.65. throw in 5 cheap keyboard, mouse combos and speakers/headphones and were talking 5 complete systems for under $4500 (leaving $500 for other games or beer)

this is pretty much my suggestion as well. I have a A64 3000+ on that Tforce6100-939 board and it runs my linux box great, I did play a little CSS on it and it ran fine (tested with XP Pro), somewhere around 30-35 fps average...
No need for SLI or Crossfire or any super high end items, this setup mentioned here should do it beautifully