A brand new Quake 4 rig.

Post by **Ganemi** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:00 am

I'm trying to get a computer that would run Quake 4 very well, and possibly games like F.E.A.R.

That's what I came up with, and other people have told me that it's a pretty good setup. Opinions, anyone?

BTW, I'm not going much over 1300, since I'm not the one buying this computer.

Post by **Underpants?** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:18 am

seems a hair high but otherwise solid choices.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:07 am

I'd be looking for a better motherboard, more RAM and a 16m cache hard drive.

But otherwise it looks good.

Post by **Cooldown** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:02 am

Perhaps getting the cheapest RAM option, and buying it separately like fron NewEgg.com will save you money.

Post by **Ganemi** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:33 pm

Blargg! I forgot to ask. What's a good 120hz monitor? I have a monitor with a max of 60 at 1280 1024, so it looks pretty ugly, regardless of what I'm playing.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:20 am

get a LCD monitor

Post by **Ganemi** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:27 pm

An LCD? Hmmmm...I thought those were weak and gave lower framerates compared to the big fat ones. CRTs?

Post by **Tormentius** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:37 pm

Ganemi wrote:An LCD? Hmmmm...I thought those were weak and gave lower framerates compared to the big fat ones. CRTs?

No, they don't. Get one with a decent response rate (8ms or lower) and you'll be fine.

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:42 pm

Tricky question that, Ganemi.

I'm not really up on how LCDs work, but they don't have quite the same behaviour as a CRT (regular) monitor... they don't 'refresh' in the same way.

For example, I have an LCD advertised as 8ms response (apparently there's a good chance it's actually 16ms and higher = worse) and while it feels more responsive compared to a regular monitor running at 60Hz, it's nowhere near as responsive as a CRT running at 120Hz.

Additionally, the colours on a fresh/decent CRT always look more vibrant than on any LCD I've seen... although that tehds to wear off over time.

So in summary - if you're obsessed over tweaking the hell out of quake and play for the competition, you may find a CRT capable of 120Hz is your best option. On the other hand for anything other than that minority, LCDs are probably a better choice.

Post by **Ganemi** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:53 am

Cool. I'm saving up lunch money for a new monitor, since I don't want to bother my mom and raise the price to 1500 or something.

Is a monitor with such a high refresh going to be staggeringly expensive, and where can I find one? : D