is this system decent enough?

[F4D1NG3CH03S]

I was planning on buying parts to build a new computer, since my computer currently sucks, but I don't know if it will decently perform. the specs are :

AMD A8-3870k

8 GB ram

500 GB hard drive with 7200 rpm

Is a computer of that spec range decent to play new vegas on high settings in a decently playable way?

Also windows 7 64 bit.

[chevalierschiff]

You should be fine.

[mushroom2506]

more that enough fallout new vegas does not require much in the way of computational power.

[F4D1NG3CH03S]

Thanks! :D

[dangman4ever]

It's really the video card that you have to worry about. Some of those texture packs can eat up a lot of VRAM and GPU power.

Edited March 15, 2013 by dangman4ever

[qwasyxedc123]

<p>The speccs are ok, but if you run it with a onboard card (seems like this because you dont write one) you gonna have a bad time. Then even the best cpu wont be able to play a game. If you have a graphics card equivalent to the rest of the system youll be fine with nearly every game. Btw, why do people need a 500gb ssd? For games its a waste. Better spend more money for the graphics card then saving 1s loading time. I mean SSDs are great but for OS and Programms there is 120gb enough. Thats just expensive. My opinion...</p> Edited March 20, 2013 by qwasyxedc123

[F4D1NG3CH03S]

<p>The speccs are ok, but if you run it with a onboard card (seems like this because you dont write one) you gonna have a bad time. Then even the best cpu wont be able to play a game. If you have a graphics card equivalent to the rest of the system youll be fine with nearly every game. Btw, why do people need a 500gb ssd? For games its a waste. Better spend more money for the graphics card then saving 1s loading time. I mean SSDs are great but for OS and Programms there is 120gb enough. Thats just expensive. My opinion...</p>

Its integrated into the processor, but I will get a new one after I get the money, also I slightly changed the specs overall ,but only increases.

Also, its a regular hard drive

Edited March 29, 2013 by F4D1NG3CH03S

[Zorkel]

<p>The speccs are ok, but if you run it with a onboard card (seems like this because you dont write one) you gonna have a bad time. Then even the best cpu wont be able to play a game. If you have a graphics card equivalent to the rest of the system youll be fine with nearly every game. Btw, why do people need a 500gb ssd? For games its a waste. Better spend more money for the graphics card then saving 1s loading time. I mean SSDs are great but for OS and Programms there is 120gb enough. Thats just expensive. My opinion...</p>

He did write 500 GB hard drive with 7200 rpm so clearly not a ssd. :)

 

But on a side note, I have a 120gb ssd and have my os system on it, and only install the games I currently play on that partition like crysis 3, ME3.

user files has been moved to my 500gb regular drive which is where I installed steam, and run steam games under that library.

 

If I had a fortune I would have bought a 500gb ssd or perhaps 2 160-200gb drives. :)

[JimboUK]

VRAM is very important, New Vegas falls apart if you run out of it.