help with buying a gaming pc

Collins26897

Hey im looking to get a gaming pc that will run arma 3 , im a noobie at this so I need as much help as possible , Im looking for a cheap pc/laptop that will run arma 3 with good quality in the price range of 400 euro

Nody

That means PC and not laptop for starters and even at 400 you'll be pushing it. Do you need monitor on top as well?

Here's an example PC for 489 plus shipping with an AMD FX-6100 and an Radeon 7770; here's another for 459 GBP with an i3.

muppetkiller

If you're getting it for ARMA 3 I think the Nvidia cards are a better way to go , but I might be wrong.

cherryghost

muppetkiller wrote: »

If you're getting it for ARMA 3 I think the Nvidia cards are a better way to go , but I might be wrong.

You're definitely wrong :P

Both AMD and Nvidia cards are very well optimized for Arma 3. It all boils down to performance to price ratio in the end. AMD cards generally tend to be a bit cheaper.

muppetkiller

cherryghost wrote: »

You're definitely wrong :P

Both AMD and Nvidia cards are very well optimized for Arma 3. It all boils down to performance to price ratio in the end. AMD cards generally tend to be a bit cheaper.

Really ? Arma 2 on my AMD 6950 is terrible. lots of glitches everywhere.

Genghiz Cohen

cherryghost wrote: »

You're definitely wrong :P

Both AMD and Nvidia cards are very well optimized for Arma 3. It all boils down to performance to price ratio in the end. AMD cards generally tend to be a bit cheaper.

ArmA3 implements PhysX physics, current Nvidia cards have PhysX processors, so you will be taking load off your CPU by using an Nvidia card.

Genghiz Cohen

So, you will probably need to up your budget a bit, but start here

Item|Price
ASRock FM2A75 Pro4, FM2, ATX|€70.71
AMD A10 5800K Black Edition mit AMD Radeon HD 7660D Grafikeinheit, Box, FM2|€112.80
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€49.29
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€58.79
BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower USB 3.0 black, ohne Netzteil|€53.03
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€55.93
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€419.54

Magill

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMDM5-FX-6200-Six-Core-Gaming-Pc-Computer-500Gb-4Gb-Nvidia-GTX-650Ti-1Gb-Mars-R-/140826451220?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item20c9e91d14

marco_polo

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

ArmA3 implements PhysX physics, current Nvidia cards have PhysX processors, so you will be taking load off your CPU by using an Nvidia card.

Has Arma3 been confirmed to be using any GPU accelerated Physx effects yet?, as most games that use Physx only use CPU based physics. I can't see it on the official Nvidia GPU accelerated list currently

Genghiz Cohen

marco_polo wrote: »

Has Arma3 been confirmed to be using any GPU accelerated Physx effects yet?, as most games that use Physx only use CPU based physics. I can't see it on the official Nvidia GPU accelerated list currently

Seems they have moved to PhysX 3, supporting multi-threading on CPU. you can probably ignore my statement then

marco_polo

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Seems they have moved to PhysX 3, supporting multi-threading on CPU. you can probably ignore my statement then

Mmm thats not so bad actually at least multithreaded physx is a win for everybody

dizzywizlw

I hope OP is gonna save himself a bundle and self-assemble/order.

Collins26897

Well i have a monitor but dont know if its any use for gaming and thanks for the help guys