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hey guys im new to gaming
I got kinda a problem. I dont know what to do. Here is my computer specs...

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD3870XT 512MB GDDR4 HDMI/DVI
SILVERSTONE TJ07 Black CASE
Antarctic Cooling (3-5 Fans digital controlled+VGA/HD Cooling)
Enermax Galaxy Modular 850W PSU
Supermicro X7DWA-N Dual XEON 771 1600MHz
2 x Intel Xeon 5440 (4x2.83Ghz 1333FSB 2x6Mb) Passive
2 x Stock Heatsink with fan
2 x 2048Mb DDRII 667MHz CL5 ECC Fully Buffered (Kingston)
150Gb WD Raptor 10000rpm 16mb SATA
500Gb Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ 7200 16mb Cache SATA II
SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203S SATA 18x DVDRW Black OEM
SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203A 20x DVDRW Black OEM
Icy Box 16-in-1 internal/external USB Card reader

i need to know what i need to upgrade to play
resident evil 4 n 5
call of duty 4
far cry 2
need for speed shift.
im thinking is to upgrade my gpu to Radeon 5870 1024MB GDDR5
please post your thoughts. thanks

Message edited by newtogaming on 09-27-2009 at 04:13:41 AM

Reply to newtogaming

add 4 GB of ram @ 800 Mhz. i believe u can do better with another cpu, seems u have xeon, right? the vga seems ok, maybe add another 3870 and go sky high.

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Reply to jimishtar

The Xeon is not a bad CPU, the one you have is still a good processor. What Jim has missed is that memory is ECC, this being a server motherboard so the Ram is not as cheap as most consumer stuff. Noise normally results from heat and might be due to dust, have you cleaned the fans and heat sinks?? Maybe it's time for some new thermal compound and an all out clear-up.

I suggest that you re-post this thread up in the HW section and then do some reading on the answers you get. If it's just noise then I suspect it's the first time you have really stressed the system and it's just the cooling. Are there any real performance issues? I'm guessing only the Graphics card would make sense to upgrade as the rest seems really rather nice, you would struggle to build a much better video editing box for sensible money.

Reply to Audiovoodoo

i think the 5870 is better, furture proof yourself 4 a while

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Reply to sirkillalot

You shouldn't have to ugrade anything to 'play' the games. Everything seems fine to me. If you want to turn up the settings then you'll need a better GPU - something like a 4850 would do, although a 5870 would be awesome. Stupid question but you do have two xeon chips right?

Reply to emyyhh

redeon 5570?

Reply to robin banks uk

if you are not considering price go for the hd 5970

Reply to julianminnow

I Would Say upgrade the Graphics Card, and get 2 GB more ram.

Reply to ak22

I would say "get the (bleep) outta the graveyard!", but that is just me.

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