Personally after many years in IT (both sales and support) I always have=20 advised people to buy a games machine (i.e. Xbox 360) for playing games on= =20 and a PC for doing work on. The problem with using a PC as a games machine is that the newest software= =20 always seems to be pushing for the latest hardware. The latest hardware=20 always seems to cost at least as much as a good games machine ! At least with a dedicated games machine, the software has to make the most= =20 of the hardware available to it. Highly unlikely that the latest hardware will be supported effectively in X= P=20 either as it is an aging OS and support is being dropped by Microsoft for i= t=20 in the near future. Just my 2c / 1.3p Dom ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "PICdude" To: Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:12 PM Subject: [OT] PC recommendation for gaming? > Perhaps an odd place to ask, but I suspect many of you will know > still... I'm not a gamer, but I need to get a PC for setting up a > racing simulator game. However, I'm out of touch with current PC > hardware, especially graphics cards, sound cards, etc. > > I'm looking at one of a few racing games, such as LFS. I expect I'll > go with an i5 processor, perhaps 4 or 8GB RAM, and WinXP, but can any > of you recommend a decent graphics card and sound card for this? I > understand some mobos come with 5.1 sound on-board nowadays, so > perhaps that enough, but I expect I'd need way more than anything > on-board for graphics. > > Also, though I'd prefer individual components (no case) so I can mount > directly into the simulator seat/dash, would I be better getting > something COTS/consumer from a chain store, etc? > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .