Specs good enough for games?

Just download and play the demo to see how well it runs.

get the 9600. powersupply min 350w. suggest 450-500 as numbers are "fudged" a bit.

cpu is addequete relative to video card. They will both bottle neck near same times, Cpu will overclock very well if you have a good motherboard very easy to get min 2.4ghz... even eaisier to get higher overclock with good ram and aftermarket cooling.

Look up the specs for the game. Usually there is listed the minimum computer requirements to run it and the recommended specs to run it at higher settings. See how your computer compares. Also do what dpe8598 said and get the demo for free and try it out.

I doubt the nvidia 7500LE will be enough graphics card to run it at higher settings.

Oops, think I posted a few minutes ago in your other thread.
Anyhow, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes

With recommended settings it means you should have a great experience playing the game (with the specs stated) . minimum settings are the ones where low would be about all your gonna get.

with recommended in my experience, you may not be able to max everything out but everything should be fairly smooth on high (though you may have to tweak)
and no you will not be able to run crysis very well at high/max with the resolution of 1980x1080.
Right now I have a 24' lcd (res 1920x1200) and 2 8800gts 512's both oc'd to ssc speeds and although you can run crysis on very high It's still alot better on high because it's a very demanding game. You would have to do alot to your system to get crysis on high.

The higher your resolution the more your gonna have to turn down the goodies. at my res on very high the fps can dip in the low 20's and even the teens on crazy parts. although I don't really play crysis,I'm more of a COD4 kinda guy. (and it runs fine at max everything)

although I can't speak for Company of heroes, almost all my new games support the higher resolutions (crysis, COD4, orange box, UT3, bioshock) though there is a few you still have to hack to get it to run properly.

The 8800 doesn't take up two slots, it can be had for $235 now. Be a better choice.

PCI express 2.0 is meaningless. Don't worry about it.

I recommend an EVGA 8800GTS 512. It has the performance of a GTX (in some cases beats the GTX) for around $260. It also runs cooler than the 8800GT which allows for more overclocking. If you don't need the absolute best of the best the GT will definitely get the job done as it can keep up with the GTS in a lot of benchmarks. it can be had for around $220 or so. Either card offers tremendous bang for the buck.

Go ahead and google some GPU benchmarks and see if the GTS is worth it to you or maybe the GT is even more than you need in which case look for an ATI 3850, which are also a great bang for the buck.

8800GTS>3870~8800GT>3850

Not really. Esp at higher rez's. The GTS 512 is almost the as good as the GTX but not at higher rez's. The 8800 GTS 512 is prob the best buy right now. For HTPC uses the GTS is better then the GTX. But for gaming the GTX/Ultra's are still top of the Nvidia food chain for now. But is worth the extra over the GTS...IMO....no.

It is true the GTX holds the crown in the High rez arena (but just barely), however, the extra price DEFINITELY does not match extra performance. We agree the GTS is the way to go...

GTX GTS benchmark summary from Tom's Hardware -These are numbers from an unoverclocked GTS too.

Nobody has mentioned this...but you really should overclock your processor. At 2ghz, you won't be getting the full benefit of an 8800GT because the CPU can't keep up with what the card is throwing at it. You should be able to get a 20% overclock = 2.4ghz without breaking a sweat...and if you have a decent motherboard, 2.8-3ghz isn't out of the question.

here are some guides..take an hour and learn how to OC. You'll be glad you did.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=515316
http://www.overclockersclub.com/pages/overclock_faq/
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...ad.php?t=79266