Media pc to play games

mitchb

Thinking of buying a media centre pc that will also allow me to play pro evo 5 / 6.

The graphics card in the machine im looking at is a ATI RADEON X600.

Reccomended spec is NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti, ATI Radeon 9600, or higher.

I dont understand graphics cards and how to work out if one is better than the other so could someone please advise or point me in the direction to this info.

Thanks

fox2319

X600 will probably do for PES5, not sure about 6 though.

Out of curiosity, what sort of spec / budget are the other bits of the PC?

Cheers

Jeff

mitchb

Specs as below


Processor

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630
3 GHzwith HT Technology


Memory cache

Level 2 cache 2 MB


Memory

1 GB

DDR2-SDRAM
4 DIMM sockets


Storage

160 GB
(7200 rpm)


CD-ROM / DVD

DVD writer -


Graphics card
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200SE Turbocache

TV (analog and DVB-T) and FM radio tuner card with remote control

Video memory

256 MB video memory


Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio 7.1


Connectors


10/100BT network interface



Floppy drive
Not included

Keyboard / Mouse
Included

Extension slots

2 external optical drive bays, 1 internal HDD bay, 1 external HDD bay


Extension connectors

1 PCI-Express 16x


I/O interfaces

6 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front); 2 FireWire-IEEE-1394 ports (1 in front); 1 parallel port
9in1 memory card reader
VGA port, TV-out
3 front audio ports, 6 rear analog audio ports & 2 rear digital audio ports


Size and weight

192 x 420 x 385 mm
13.8 kg


Monitor/Screen
Not Included

External speakers
Not Included

Preinstalled software
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

DVD player software
CD and DVD burner software

I would like a card that would be able to play 6 and 7.

Does anyone know of any graphic card comparison sites?

gaming_guy

turbocache 'borrows' main system memory, so the card may only have 64mb onboard memory and gets the other 192mb from the system memory (ram)

reviews/comparison: take your pick