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[Phoenix Gray]

ATI Radeon X1300

Other specs:

3.4GHz Pentium D Dual Core CPU Processor, 3GB DDR2 HighPerformance Memory, 160GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive,

[Kay Oss]

Not at all, that was the low end ATI video card 6 generations ago.

[stoph]

Neither the card or processor are anywhere near capable of running MWO, sorry.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

I hate to break it to you, but not only is your rig incapable of playing mwo, it's incapable of being upgraded to play mwo.

If you've got a budget in mind for a replacement let us know and we'll try and figure something out for you.

[Heat Seeking Civet]

Quad Core and the Ati Radeon HD48XX series are probably the cut-off line.

I know a a couple dual cores can run MWO, but that was before 12v12, and even then they suffered during large amounts of LRM fire.

[Dragoon20005]

http://mwomercs.com/...is-pc-play-mwo/

do read up this guide which i have compiled

it pretty much explain the requirement for MWO now

[Phoenix Gray]

I'm trying to keep it around $500, so I've been looking at used or refurbished. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Dragoon20005]

ok try this

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1wI69

might be slightly above the 500 bucks budget

but one of our forum members has a similar build and it can play MWO on 720P




http://www.newegg.co...N82E16883113263

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16883265544

or get either these 2 but junk the stock RAM for faster RAMs

Edited by Dragoon20005, 26 August 2013 - 08:28 PM.

[Phoenix Gray]

This was HUGELY helpful. Thanx!

Now all I need is advice on building an unbeatable Cicada 3C MG boat...j/k...

[Alekzander Smirnoff]

You'd be supprised the performance you can squeeze from $500... A system equiped with an AMD A10-6800K, 8GB DDR3-1866 RAM and the bare necesities of of windows, an optical drive, a mechanical hard drive, an approximatly 400 watt power supply, and a microATX case to shove it in. Will net you around $600. Should be sufficient to run MWO at 1280x1024 on low maybe medium settings.

Edit: Dragoon you beat me to the punch but ironically most of the things you picked out are what I picked out on newegg... O_o

Edited by Alekzander Smirnoff, 26 August 2013 - 08:55 PM.

[Goose]

http://www.tomshardw...ng-pc,3513.html

[Dragoon20005]

Alekzander Smirnoff, on 26 August 2013 - 08:53 PM, said:

You'd be supprised the performance you can squeeze from $500... A system equiped with an AMD A10-6800K, 8GB DDR3-1866 RAM and the bare necesities of of windows, an optical drive, a mechanical hard drive, an approximatly 400 watt power supply, and a microATX case to shove it in. Will net you around $600. Should be sufficient to run MWO at 1280x1024 on low maybe medium settings.

Edit: Dragoon you beat me to the punch but ironically most of the things you picked out are what I picked out on newegg... O_o

lolz im not called the PC manic for nothing

Actually 2133MHz DDR3 will make a lot of difference compare to 1866MHz

It been proven that faster memory for the A10 will net faster framerate

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Phoenix Gray, on 26 August 2013 - 08:18 PM, said:

I'm trying to keep it around $500, so I've been looking at used or refurbished. Any advice would be appreciated.

Oh honey, your silicon needs a rad makeover. Don't worry, I'll make you completely Ghetto fab!

OEM Beige ATX case from mid to late 90s. + Drill to add fan mounts and ventilation. Free including extra fans typically (assuming you can beg, borrow, or steal the drill) Plus no one will steal it.
MB: Whatever is on sale (atm, ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970)+$80
HD: Use what you've got $0.00!!!
RAM: 1600 MHz DDR3: $40-60
PSU: Corsair CX500 $40
Windows 8: $80-100

Total for non performance stuff: $260-295

So $200 for CPU/GPU.
CPU: Phenom ii x4 965 $90
GPU: GTX560Ti $100

Left over cash: Better CPU cooler

Now if you don't care about upgradeability because you're poor like I used to be, I have an even more ghetto fabulous rig for you.

MB: Asus F1 A75 V Pro FM1 motherboard (That's right, Llano mother*******) $50
CPU: Athlon ii x4 651k $50-60 on ebay and it's very nearly as powerful as the top phenom ii x4 chips and it overclocks well

That leaves $170 for the GPU.

GPU: HD6970

Left over money/upgrade: better CPU cooler

That's right, your rig is balls to the wall powerful. You'll be maxed out on CPU in a good number of games of course but your GPU will be powerful enough to do the job in all games on pretty darn high settings. Plus if you overclock the ever loving {Scrap} of your athlon ii you'll find it's just as powerful as the phenom ii x4 965 OC'd so you'll be able to play everything out at the moment. You do lose upgradability of course but you'll be 100% absolutely ghetto fabulous!

*Disclaimer* My build is not for someone who is afraid to use power tools or equipment that will get them laughed at or who wants a pretty machine.

*Edit* I should really stop drunk posting. The info is good still but the intro is complete fail.

Edited by Narcissistic Martyr, 27 August 2013 - 01:04 PM.

[Night Fury76]

Phoenix Gray, on 26 August 2013 - 08:18 PM, said:

I'm trying to keep it around $500, so I've been looking at used or refurbished. Any advice would be appreciated.

I'm using 2 second hand GTX460's with the SLI hack, but was running on just one 460 before 12 v 12.
I just had to run shadows on low, medium to high for everything else

[EyeDie I]

aside from amazon i would check prices for computer parts on

newegg, microcenter and tigerdirect they tend to have better prices.and sometomes youll find a cheaper motherboard cpu bundle.