Motherboard

[Matthias]

Right, I think I'm gonna build my own PC, since I don't know a thing about motherboards, I have no clue how expensive mine should be or what one. Any advice?

[[SWK]Dacads]

What CPU you getting?

[Matthias]

Socket 1156 one probably

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/CPU...0/382023/?

Would that one run GTA IV @ medium/low with res @ 800x600 & shadows off?

[[SWK]Dacads]

Socket 1156 one probably

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/CPU...0/382023/?

Would that one run GTA IV @ medium/low with res @ 800x600 & shadows off?

Yes it would, depending on gfx card probably on high

Motherboard wise I would go for P55 chipset I have managed to find my way through

http://www.alternate.nl/html/categoryLis...et=1073943

[Blackbean]

I just ordered my mobo(MSI 785GT-E63) and i´m getting AMD Athlon II X4 630 for it, should run GTA IV smooth on medium.

[Hitman]

Dacads link=topic=25816.msg329884#msg329884 date=1281095033]
Yes it would, depending on gfx card probably on high

No. GTA IV needs massive CPU power, and to get really stable fps above 30 on high/very high settings you simply need a quadcore.

medium should be fine though

[[SWK]Dacads]

No. GTA IV needs massive CPU power, and to get really stable fps above 30 on high/very high settings you simply need a quadcore.

medium should be fine though

Even on low res? oll:
I got 30 fps on 1280x1024 medium settings and I have AMD X2 2.8GHz and 9600GSO

[Danny]

I get around 25 to around 35 FPS, 1600x900, with most things on high (not shadows)
I have an AMD II X2 3.0Ghz and ATI HD4850.

My brother had a HD4890 2GB, 4GB of ram and a quad core 3.0GHz processor. 50-60FPS. He's running Win 7.
But he gave me 2GB of ram, and now he gets a hell load of lagspikes.

So basically, you can run GTA IV just fine with a dual core, almost everything maxed out if you get a good graphics card. But if you're running Vista or Seven then you need at least 4 GB of RAM to not lag.


Anyway, Matthias, what is your budget for the motherboard and what type of RAM are you getting? (DDR2 or DDR3).

[[SWK]Dacads]

Socket 1156 only supports DDR3

[Maka]

I don't know shit about motherboards apart from the fact that mine is rather great.
ASUS P6T SE. It runs great with my Core i7 CPU.

http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/productdb...US_P6T_SE/

Never had complaints.
Oh, and it does run GTA IV. I used to play it on 1920x1200, and seeing your res is smaller, it should be no problemo.

Btw, extra notes, get DDR3. Fuck DDR2.