longbough

What are the most graphically intense PC games out there?
I just had a wicked-fast PC built for me and I want to see its limits.

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Lian-Li P7 Aluminum Case
Asus P5B Premium LGA775 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz
Aegia Physx Accelerator
4 Gigs of RAM
GeForce 8800 Ultra 758MB
2x 250 GB SATA Hard Drives in striped RAID configuration

Eizo Color Edge CE240W 24" LCD Monitor
Microsoft/Razer habu mouse
Deck Legend keyboard

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I ran it through 3DMark03 and it scored over 37,000!
I'm maxing the settings for everything I play. So far, it's eating up every game I throw at it without slowing down - I love it!

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Dilbert1234567

you could play oblivion, and replace the default textures with the hi res versions, that would stress it.

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Wait for Crysis!

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You could throw supreme commander at it with everything maxed if you like strategy

You'll probably get some slowdown when you hit the unit max. My system is a little slower than yours and when i hit ~150 units it starts to slog

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Jeez, that's a GREAT machine (and this coming from a Mac addict). That graphics card is a beast.

Cynthetiq

nice setup...

are there any games that actually use the Physx card yet? last looks showed that they weren't all that where the card was actually doing work.

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longbough

There are still only a handfull of games that use it. GRAW is one that I'm playing that does.

I thought for once to get a system AHEAD of my needs. That's why I went for the Physx card, 4 Gigs of memory and the Eizo monitor.

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Willravel

I've always been partial to Samsung monitors (2ms can be VERY fun). Which Eizo monitor are you using, if you don't mind my asking?

xepherys

longbough-

Oblivion, set to it's highest settings (including 16x AA) will tax your system. Also 3DMark03 isn't really good at measuring newer cards. You may want to try a more recent version. ;-)

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longbough

I was looking at the Samsung monitors - almost got one but then I decided on the Eizo Color Edge CE240W 24" LCD Monitor after reading reviews.

yeah but I played Oblivion on the XBOX360 already -
noted.
will do.

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Willravel

The Eizo Color Edge CE240W is a nice piece of hardware. Good choice.

shakran

Flight Simulator X with all the graphics options maxed out will tax your system - Mine's almost as powerful as yours and it stumbles a bit if everything's maxed.

If you have the patience to learn to play it, and then to get to the final mission, X3 will tax the CRAP out of your system. Literally hundreds of fully rendered space fighters in a huge dogfight complete with plenty of particles from lasers and missiles flying all over. Yeah, that got slow.

longbough

I have X3 fired up and ready to go. I bought it a while ago but put it on the shelf when it overwhelmed my last computer if I had the settings too high. That's one I'm definitely looking forward to seeing. I just installed it today.

Did I mention the aluminum Lian-Li case? I like it because it's just a little flashy. Other cases are either obscene alien sculptures or look cheap.

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YaWhateva

I am building a system like yours minus the PHYSX card. people tell me it's not worth it. I was thinking of a 24" samsung monitor but I will have to check out that Eizo. Nice case, I am gonna be getting this sweet ass case :Antec P182 Gun Metal Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel mid tower, but that lian li looks sweet too. The P182 is slick as hell, super quiet and supposedly keeps everything inside really cool.

Since I am in about the same boat as you in your system could you please let me know about the performance of your machine in taxing games?

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longbough

The Antec looks quite handsome.
I like the Lian-Li cases overall - check out the designs on their website:http://www.lian-li.com/product/produ...x=1&sc_index=1

The Lian-Li PC-7s case has a nice internal layout of my case:








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but I also considered these:

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xepherys

longbough-

good choice on the lian li case. I have a rather older lian li aluminum case, and it's still gorgeous (though I now have an Antec 900 that I'm debating moving too for cooling options).

As for the Phys-X card, I'm curious to know how that works out for you. I was itchin' to get one when they were first announced, but decided to wait a bit for the game selection to increase. Sadly, they had "over a hundred" games in the bag for soon-to-be released supporting PhysX when it came out, now well over a year later, very few have materialized and fewer still are even still on board. Granted, the price of the cards has dropped from $300 to $150, but I just don't know, especially since HavocFX middlewear does almost as good of a job without additional hardware. I'd like you to convince me it's worth it I think :-p

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longbough

Y'know, after spending the price of a small Hyundai on this computer the extra $150 for the Physx card was no big deal to add. I won't convince you that it's a necessity, though.

When I installed G.R.A.W. on my earlier system and encountered some text saying the game was optimized for the Physx card - I suddenly felt like I wasn't getting the most out of the game. I'll be damned if I'm going to see that message again.

You don't need a whole ton of games that require the Physx card - just one or two games you really like will convince you.

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shakran

Install the patch. That's all I can say.

The game is GORGEOUS on the 8800. You'll find yourself just flying around near the stations and the jumpgates just to look at the detail. They also got the sense of scale right. No other spaceflight game I've ever played has made me feel like I was flying near anything truly huge, but approach a jumpgate slowly and get right up next to the ring (and fly between the ring layers) and you'll be astonished.

longbough

it's already breathtaking!
Maxed out settings viewed at 1920x1200 ... beautiful! The sense of scale is grand!

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biggilo

Stalker would be worth having a go, though as already said Crysis will rock

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longbough

I'll look out for it

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Cynthetiq

damn.. okay i wasn't sold on the ideas of DX10 until I saw these vids

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12150

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12151

the weather and smoke effects on the hunter vid are what sold me.

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xepherys

I'm sold on DX10 no question, I'm just not sold on Vista's driver support/lineup. *sigh* I suppose we'll just have to see how that plays out...

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Cynthetiq

I guess I should better quantify my statement. I wasn't sold on UPGRADING my 1 year old hardware for DX10, since supposedly DX10 will be supported for the legacy hardware as well eventually.

If I have a few bucks laying about, maybe thats an upgrade I can live with.

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longbough

Holy cats! I see what y'all mean by Crysis ...

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Mondak

Nice work on the Beast. I have had my Lian Li for 9 months or so and LOVE it. I got one of their higher end cases that is just insane, however, I received the A-08 yesterday from Newegg for the new comp I am building my wife. The case is more expensive, but once you build a system with one, you appreciate all the things that they thought of that you just can't get in other cases.

As for taxing the system, Oblivion is what Tom's Hardware uses to beat up their test cards. I also agree that you should use a newer version of 3dMark. Your system might not even notice it was running 03. Mine doesn't and yours is faster.

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longbough

Well it's working nicely with Doom 3 set on "Ultra" (requires a minimum of 512 of video RAM) and x16 antialiasing.
Looks quite nice.

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zxello

So now Ive just gotta wonder..... how much that run ya? =P

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longbough

ballpark ... $5k (including the monitor and peripherals)

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I WISH I HAD YOUR COMPUTER LUCKY !

Cynthetiq

curious.... what makes him "lucky" to have purchased this computer? It's not like he said he won the money or the PC.

He's worked for it, either now or in the future, meaning he either saved for it, or financed it. How is that "lucky"?

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