Whats The Diffence In A Gaming Computer And A Regular Computer?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:45 am
ok I’m a person who loves playing the Sims and Sims 3 will be released in June. So I have put me a computer together so that I can run the new Sims when it comes out!!! So what I want to know is: (1) Whats the difference in a gaming system and a regular system? (2) I am putting the gaming systems specs and specs from the system that I have customized which one is better? Oh and I will be using my customized one for more than just games I just want it to be able to play many games if I want too load them!! Oh and can a gaming system be used like a regular computer too like for surfing etc ( I’m a Realtor)
Heres the specs for a gaming computer:
General Features
Operating system
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Processor
Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo SP7500 Processor (1.6GHz, 4MB L2 cache)
Display
13.3″WXGA High-Definition Widescreen LED Backlit Display (1280 x 800); Ambient light sensor
Dimensions
Width (cm): 32.2 = 12.65 inches; Depth (cm): 23= 9.04 inches; Height front & rear (cm): 1.79 = .70 inches
Weight
Weight starting at: 1.53Kg=3.373 lb.(with SSD & battery)
Memory
2GB
Total memory slots
1
Maximum memory expansion
N/A
Graphics card
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100(shared)
Networking
Integrated Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN & Bluetooth|RJ45 integrated in Voodoo Power Adapter with wireless personal access point
Broadband wireless
N/A
Primary CD/DVD drive
External slot-load eSATA Super Multi drive; Dual format DVDRW,including both +R and -R in double layer:24x CD; Read/24x CD-R Write/24x CD-RW Write/8x DVD Read/8x DVD+R/R/RW Write in single layer,6x dual layer. 5x DVD-RAM Read and Write.
Hard drive
64 GB Solid State Drive [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes,accessible capacity may vary]
Primary battery
3-Cell, 33 Whr Lithium ion polymer, user replaceable
Personalization
N/A
Front-side bus (processor dependent)
800MHz
AC adapter
56W Voodoo AC Power Adapter with wireless personal access point + RJ45 (ID coordinated)
PCI expansion
34mm ExpressCard
I/O ports
Video: HDMI video port (max resolution 1920×1080) |Audio: Headphone out shared with Microphone in digital array microphone with beam-forming and noise cancellation capability |Additional I/O: DC 1 USB 2.0, 1 x e-SATA / USB 2.0 combo
Speakers
Two speakers
Software, full versions
Voodoo IOS – Instant On Solution; Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe; Cyberlink YouCam
Software, introductory versions
Grisoft AVG Professional (1 year base standard)
Trial Internet service
N/A
Basic warranty
One year parts/labor warranty,90 day software warranty.
ENERGY STAR Qualified
N/A
ok heres the one I’ve customized (but have not bought yet):
g system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz) edit
Memory 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) – For 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics edit
Hard drive 500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection edit
Graphics card 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT edit
Display 18.4″ diagonal High Definition HP Ultra BrightView Infinity Display (1920×1080p) edit
Primary DVD/CD drive $50 OFF!! Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer edit
Personalization Webcam + Fingerprint Reader with HP Imprint Finish (Fluid) edit
Networking Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card with Bluetooth edit
TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner w/remote control edit
Keyboard HP Color Matching Keyboard edit
Primary battery 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery edit
Productivity software No Productivity Software
This is whats required to run the sims 3
* Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
* 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1.5 GB RAM
* At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280
ATI Radeon™ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850, 4870
Intel® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3×00 series
Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not
Category: Audio Surf
February 24th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Just to be shure, we are talking laptops here right? You are shure that you need a laptop, and that that 18.4″ monster won’t be a tad big for you to carry around?
The difference between a gaming PC and any other PC is pretty much just the video card. You need a good video card for 3D rendering, but for almost any other task than gaming it doesn’t really matter what video card you have.
Your customized system looks like a top notch gaming laptop, still, an equivalent stationary gaming PC would only be considered middle-good, and would probably cost less than half of the laptop.
February 24th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Sounds good.
And By the way, Sims 3 is released 20th February 2009.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
for the difference in computer question:
gaming computers have very high specs. specifically designed for computer intensive graphics and normal computers are for the ordinary user willing to search the internet and use word processing programs while gaming computers can run the best games it doesnt mean ordinary computers cant if your going to use and “ordinary” computer for sims im sure it will be fine.
oh and gaming computers can do anything normal computers can do but better and faster
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February 24th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Hi ms nyla, my name is Rick and I work with the Windows Outreach Team, and I think your computer is more than enough to run most games out there, especially the Sims Games you have mentioned. There isn’t really a difference between a “gaming machine” and regular computer, accept that most games demand a bit more memory (RAM) and a dedicated Video Card to play optimally. Usually a gaming systems has a Video Card with lots of Ram, usually 256gig or 512gig, for best performance. Your choice of Vista 64 bit is perfect for games, and you should be able to run most of the big name titles out there as well as anything that will be coming out in the future. The Large display you have chosen will certainly be great for viewing the game, but not necessary. I would say you have gaming, plus anything else you have in mind covered by your proposed build.
Rick, Windows Outreach Team
February 25th, 2010 at 1:56 am
I may be wrong, but i’m pretty sure that the Sims isn’t generally particularly demanding on the hardware, and you could play it on quite a low-spec computer. I don’t think you need all that stuff, but i couldn’t be specific and i couldn’t swear to it.