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Id really suggest you get a sandybridge i5/i7, they will perform even better. That hexa core does not see any advantage in games. An i5 system should not cost much more but the performance increase will be noticeable.

feel free to PM me if you need help choosing a system.

Not yet,but down the line in another couple of years games will start to take advantage of CPU's with 6 cores,guess what then the hexa core will surpass the the I5/I7 quad and have better results in the new upcoming games that will use all 6 cores from the AMD.

But as far as for right now, AMD hexa will be behind,take the same setup he posted from the link,add the I5 or I7 quad and you will see only 10% better performance from the Intel CPU because its lil stronger and can push the game and the GPU lil further...

If you dont care how better can your PC get in future games with hexa cores then go for the Intel CPU and enjoy the 10% (max) boost,but when games start utilizing hexa cores your intel quad will be behind vs the AMD hexa in performance.

*Make a wise choice because both systems will run the game smooth and with great FPS,but down the road 2-3 years from now Intel quad will show its age while the AMD hexa will stretch the other 2 legs that were not uzed by todays games,so iven if you have to upgrade will be only adding another 6970 or alltogether new GPU,but if you want to upgrade the intel setup,you have to get the GPU,new mobo,new CPU,most likely new RAM........
 
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If you get an AMD CPU, better get an AMD video card too so you can utilize AMD exclusive APU stuff and get an AM3+ mobo so you can easily upgrade to Bulldozer if you want

That would be an option too,but dont make sence of getting the AM3+ motherboard with Hexa AM3 CPU in it,its wasting money,if he go for the bulldozer it would be wiser to waith for the bulldozer 8(octa) core to come out sometime in august.

AMD x8 Bulldozer + ATI 6970 + RO2 = great match,future proofing with the CPU & not breaking the bank savings.
 
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That would be an option too,but dont make sence of getting the AM3+ motherboard with Hexa AM3 CPU in it,its wasting money,if he go for the bulldozer it would be wiser to waith for the bulldozer 8(octa) core to come out sometime in august.

AMD x8 Bulldozer + ATI 6970 + RO2 = great match,future proofing with the CPU & not breaking the bank savings.
At least he would have the upgradability.
 
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Hammer and Sickle is a symbol of USSR, game name is Red Orchestra : Heroes of Stalingrad, Stalingrad is a city in Soviet Union that was invaded by Nazis, but was not taken. Even having Stalin picture in this art would be logical, though it would cost a lot of nerve cells for revanchists, but swastika or german cross? What is the point of this 'balance'?

Because its the symbol of the Germans. Since the game is about both sides story.
 
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Not yet,but down the line in another couple of years games will start to take advantage of CPU's with 6 cores,guess what then the hexa core will surpass the the I5/I7 quad and have better results in the new upcoming games that will use all 6 cores from the AMD.

But as far as for right now, AMD hexa will be behind,take the same setup he posted from the link,add the I5 or I7 quad and you will see only 10% better performance from the Intel CPU because its lil stronger and can push the game and the GPU lil further...

If you dont care how better can your PC get in future games with hexa cores then go for the Intel CPU and enjoy the 10% (max) boost,but when games start utilizing hexa cores your intel quad will be behind vs the AMD hexa in performance.

*Make a wise choice because both systems will run the game smooth and with great FPS,but down the road 2-3 years from now Intel quad will show its age while the AMD hexa will stretch the other 2 legs that were not uzed by todays games,so iven if you have to upgrade will be only adding another 6970 or alltogether new GPU,but if you want to upgrade the intel setup,you have to get the GPU,new mobo,new CPU,most likely new RAM........

Before I being, here are some quick specs that i have...

9800 Gt

2.2Ghz AMD Phenom

6 GB RAM


Should I opt for buying a new Graphics card? or a new CPU? (I can't buy both right now, I'm only a teen lol, and need to save up for College)...

Do CPU's do that much in gaming? as compared to Graphics Cards? I was looking at this:

Graphics Cards:

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130664[/URL]

(That's about the only one I could find right now, that looked good for games of Todays Standards, I know my 9800 GT is old...Anyone Recommend any other Graphics Cards that are under $250)?

P.S...I'm an nvidia type guy...so any Nvidia cards you can find that are good I'd recommend you send me their links over ATI. :) (don't mean to be rude).


OR

Should I go with a new CPU?

I was looking at these:

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913[/URL]

or:

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131708[/URL]

Plus (this ^ and the one below combined)

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211[/URL]

(Probably stick with the AMD processor, if someone tells me to get a new Processor instead of a Graphics Card...I have a mobo for AMD...so I'd save about 100-200 bucks if I bought the AMD one)...
 
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Before I being, here are some quick specs that i have...

9800 Gt

2.2Ghz AMD Phenom

6 GB RAM


Should I opt for buying a new Graphics card? or a new CPU? (I can't buy both right now, I'm only a teen lol, and need to save up for College)...

Do CPU's do that much in gaming? as compared to Graphics Cards? I was looking at this:

Graphics Cards:

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130664" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130664" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130664

(That's about the only one I could find right now, that looked good for games of Todays Standards, I know my 9800 GT is old...Anyone Recommend any other Graphics Cards that are under $250)?

P.S...I'm an nvidia type guy...so any Nvidia cards you can find that are good I'd recommend you send me their links over ATI. :) (don't mean to be rude).


OR

Should I go with a new CPU?

I was looking at these:

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913

or:

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131708" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131708" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131708

Plus (this ^ and the one below combined)

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211

(Probably stick with the AMD processor, if someone tells me to get a new Processor instead of a Graphics Card...I have a mobo for AMD...so I'd save about 100-200 bucks if I bought the AMD one)...

you should listen to Yoshiro since he knows best what the game will ask for most out of ut hardware.

since ur on a budget,can you tell me if you'r motherboard can support the quad series CPU's from AMD? if it can which ones will it support,phenom's or the lower models from it? How much RAM memory you have currently?

If your mobo is good to go with the CPU upgrade,I would go for this setup without spending tons of money and have both the CPU and GPU upgraded.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

As for the GPU,there is one link of ATI 6870 and Nvidia 460 GTX,these 2 are below $200 price tag but they also offer less than the GTX560 especially the gtx460,while the ATI6870 is close in performance to the gtx560.



<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130566" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130566
 
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will my computer be able to run it??
Win 7 32bit
4gb RAM
GTX460 1024mb
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz

Just felt like putting my 2cents on what I think of the minimum requirements.

To answer Winters, I am pretty sure you will be fine, even on CPU with the exceptions of some lag spikes on large maps or serious physics going on.
GPU in is more important than cpu in videogames so most of the stress if off the cpu. I still recommend overclocking a bit... (bios, move fsb up by a few mghz) It's a really cool chip, just make sure your fan and heatsync is not clogged

I would like to add details to CPU requirements. It would be nice to see more details because giving a clock speed should not and does not cut it anymore.

To Clarify.

A user with for example a PentiumD 2.8Ghz (Smithfield / Presler) its 500Mhz above the minimum requirements yet will not have better performance then the user with the Core2Duo 1.86 6320

This is because the Core2 has a superior architecture and pushes many more instructions per clock cycle. This is due to CPU instructions, Amount of Cash memory, speed of the bus...



So for the fun of it, I will make a more detailed list of CPU and Video minimum recommendations based on my knowledge as a tech, experience as a gamer and the general specs provided.

Intel CPU Minimum in performance order.
Core2Duo 1.86Ghz (E6300, 6320)
Pentium D 2.8Ghz
Pentium D 3.0Ghz to 3.4Ghz
Intel Pentium E2200 E2210 – 2.20 GHz (1 MB L2, 800 - 1033MHz FSB)
Core2Duo 2.13Ghz (E6400. 6420)
Intel Pentium E5200 – 2.50 GHz (2 MB L2, 800 MHz FSB)
Core2Duo 2.33GHz (E6550)
Core2Duo 2.40Ghz (E6600)
Core2Duo 2.67Ghz (E6700) and up are recommended.

Q6XXX Quad Core processors are great as the game appears to be well threaded. Props to TWI.

E8XXX Dual core cpu's are perfect due to the high amount of L2 Cash. Dual core performance crown of it's time.


AMD Processors.

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2Ghz. Playable but slow.
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz Playable but slow.
Phenom X3 8450 2.3Ghz
Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6Ghz Good
Athlon X2 7450 2.4Ghz Should be good
Phenom X4 9350e 2.0Ghz should be fine due to extra cores.
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.7Ghz Good
Phenom X4 9650 2.3Ghz
Athlon X2 7750 Good


X2 5600, 6000, 6400 don't need detailing. All good
All Athlon II's are good.
All Phenom II's are good



GPU Nvidia

8600GT Should work,low settings, low fps
9600GT Same
7800GTX - Minimm
8800GTS should be fine (320M version on lower details to save memory)
8800GT will be good.

ATI
3650 Should work slowly
2900GT
3850-3870 should be good.
4650-4670 will work just fine. (I Mafia2 runs perfectly on a 4650)




Ram Memory
2Gigs XP
3Gigs+ Windows Vista/7 (PF Usage of

Taking into account that XP is running below 600MB of usage and Windows 7 below 1gig of usage.
 
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TodaysKiller, I think if you have a quad, it should run alright on low to medium. So no rush.

Intel is more expensive but will give you the best performance.
I recommend an I5 with a decent motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073
209$ Highest performing cpu for the $ an AMD Killer.
But you need
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121506

And then you need DDR3 Ram 1600 recommended.

The 9800GT if a good enough card and will work quite well. You can wait an extra 6 month before dropping a new GPU



Install CPUZ (google it) and post your motherboard.
If it's an AM2+ there are chances you can just drop in a Phenom X4 955

This would be a big money saver so you can concentrate on your 560Ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
120$ One of the best bang for your buck.

If the motherboard doesn't cut it, this will save you new ram costs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157226

The money saved on these 2 make a full system upgrade with videocard.

All depends on budget.

Also AMD will release a new chip soon so it's worth the wait because if it performs well, Intel will lower Sandy Bridge (1155 socket) CPU prices.
 
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If I buy this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227361

: from that website, is there any chance I get sent faulty products or have a problem with returns?
Is it a good computer for the money?
Will it MAX out RO2?
(I know it needs sound card)

Newegg is a highly reliable company. If something breaks, they will replace it without hassle if it's still under warranty.

That system should be able to max out RO2, however you can probably build a much better system. If you bought parts separately. If you've never built a PC, there is always a first time for everything.

I would suggest heading over to a PC hardware specfic website like Overclockersclub or HardForum and making a thread in the System Build section and post the Recommended Specs for RO2. They will help you pick parts and how to install them.
 
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@PermenentMarker: I see that you listed Phenom II's in general as 'good'. I have a Phenom II X2 560 3.3Ghz. Do you think this will slow me down as a dual core, should I unlock to X4? My mobo has AMD core unlocker, I think I would need some better cooling first though.

Should be good for medium to high graphics depending on GPU.

If you have a good aftermarket cpu fan and if you can unlock to an X4... by all means, it will give a big difference for multitasking...

But considering the specs TWI listed, you are already good to go on the game.
 
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Because its the symbol of the Germans. Since the game is about both sides story.

so in what part of story Stalingrad became german? how Red Orchestra associates with swastika? its already not enough to be 'both sides story', its necessary to glorify and rehabilitate one certain side, while opposite ought to be blackened with help of dusty propaganda from 'deutsche wochenshau' and under excuse of... 'hammer and sickle is forbidden in several european countries' that were most active collaborants of nazi germany in past.
 
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so in what part of story Stalingrad became german? how Red Orchestra associates with swastika? its already not enough to be 'both sides story', its necessary to glorify and rehabilitate one certain side, while opposite ought to be blackened with help of dusty propaganda from 'deutsche wochenshau' and under excuse of... 'hammer and sickle is forbidden in several european countries' that were most active collaborants of nazi germany in past.

Im not quite sure what your trying to say. But the game covers the Germans story, when there invading the city up until they get surrounded, then it will cover the Russians. I was saying if they have to keep the sickle and hammer, then they should at least have an Iron Cross or Swastika, so it will have a symbol for both forces that fought there, and so it doesn't look like they favor one side or the other. Also the sickle and hammer isn't just banned in countries that were Axis collaborators, Poland for example has it banned.
 
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