Very First PC Game

I'm looking for forward to play a PC Shooter for the First Time since my 360 is in the shop. But I don't know if my PC is up to it I don't want deep graphic like the 360 I just want a good speed without slow downs. I was looking at these 3 games:

1. Soldier of Fortune Payback
2. Crysis
3. Vegas 2

I Hope this is detailed enough:

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name
System Manufacturer Compaq Presario 061
System Model RE468AA-ABA SR2013WM NA680
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+, 2400 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.00, 6/30/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
User Name
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.05 GB
Total Virtual Memory 4.23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.21 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

Your processor isn't that good.

What's your graphics card?

 

Thats so funny that you say that because i'm looking for a upgrade cpu My card is a GeForce 7100 GS

I just got better Stats from everest.com.

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000
DirectX DirectX 10.0
Computer Name -PC
User Name
SMTP E-mail Address
Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Date / Time 2008-05-20 / 20:34

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 3800+
Motherboard Name Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM) (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA GeForce 6150, AMD Hammer
System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DIMM1: Aeneon AET760UD00-370A98S 1 GB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM (5-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM2: Aeneon AET760UD00-370A98S [ TRIAL VERSION ]
BIOS Type Award (06/30/06)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS (128 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller A1DQH6VC IDE Controller
Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Storage Controller Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y060P0 ATA Device (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive WDC WD50 00YS-01MPB0 SCSI Disk Device (465 GB)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 ATA Device (DVD+R9:6x, DVD-R9:6x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:40x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 ATA Device (DVD+R9:6x, DVD-R9:6x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:40x/24x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive PLEXTOR DVDR PX-740A ATA Device (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) [ TRIAL VERSION ]
G: (NTFS) 58635 MB (50124 MB free)
J: (NTFS) 152627 MB (35150 MB free)
Total Size [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:
Primary IP Address [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Primary MAC Address 00-18-F3-4B-75-1C
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192. [ TRIAL VERSION ])

Peripherals:
Printer HP psc 2400 Series
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
FireWire Controller ULi/ALi M5253 P1394 OHCI 1.1 Controller (PHY: Agere FW801/802)
USB1 Controller nVIDIA nForce 430 (MCP51) - OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA nForce 430 (MCP51) - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB2 Controller ULi/ALi M5273 USB 2.0 Host Controller
USB Device Office Keyboard1
USB Device Office Keyboard1
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
DMI BIOS Version 3.00
DMI System Manufacturer Compaq Presario 061
DMI System Product RE468AA-ABA SR2013WM NA680
DMI System Version 0nx1411RE101NAOS 00
DMI System Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI System UUID [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ASUSTek Computer INC.
DMI Motherboard Product NAOS
DMI Motherboard Version 1.05
DMI Motherboard Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Manufacturer
DMI Chassis Version 1111
DMI Chassis Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Asset Tag [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 2 / 0

 

If you have a PCI Express x16 slot on your motherboard then look to upgrade your graphics card, it won't run Crysis or Vegas 2 as it is (Even at mininum - i once tried Crysis at minimum with a 7300 LE, it runs at ~20FPS, so there's not much hope). What would your budget be?

 

On Vista Base Score Vegas 2 require 5.0 mininum, Recomemded 5.5

My Base Score Rating is 3.0 Because of my Video Card here's my list.

Processor: 4.2
Memory (Ram): 5.6
Graphics: 3.7
Gaming Graphics: 3.0
Primary Hard Disk 5.6

So is it possible to upgrade my Processor CPU.....

 

I forgot to mention my power supply is 585w because I change my case to a (Cool Master) and Power supply (HEC HP585DR 585w Orion) and HD 500gb.

 

If you're willing to spend a bit of money on your PC then i'd suggest you get an nVidia 8800GT, or an ATI HD3780. As for a new CPU, i'm guessing since you have an AMD at the moment your motherboard wouldn't support an Intel, and without sounding like an Intel fan-boy, AMDs kind of suck... Go for either a 6000+ or a Phenom.

 

What is a 6000+ or a Phenom and how would I know if my motherboard can support it.

 

You know whats funny Crysis play smooth on low setting on my other HD with XP installed and vegas 2 is choppy here and there. What about a Geforce 8600 GT 512mb

 

I found out my Motherboard supports:

Socket: AM2
Supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, and Sempron processors

Will this Work "AMD ATHLON 64 X2 5600+ CPU Socket AM2 Dual Core"

 

Yes, it would, it's slightly worse than the 6000+ but it wouldn't bottleneck a good graphics card. The 8600GT is quite a lot worse than the 8800GT (The 3DMark06 score for the 8600GT is ~5,000, whereas the 8800GT is ~12,000) and the price to performance ratio is worse.

Though, if you don't want to spend that much money on a card and are fine running new games at medium settings then it's not that bad. If your budget can stretch then the 8800GT would be the better choice as it will last you longer; you can max settings in present games (I max Crysis (2xAA) and World in Conflict (4xAA) at 1440x900 with a good framerate) so the card should last for the next few years.

Here are some good prices;

UK - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=693200

US - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125088

 

I just upgraded my bios and i'm trying to find out if my motherboard can handle anything above 3800 I see different Versions "A8M2N-LA nodus m3" Mine only say A8M2N-LA nodus m. So i'm confuse.