A good video card and stronger power supply. Slimline computers are terrible for gaming because the small chassis cannot accept full-size video cards, and the power supplies are often low-wattage proprietary models which cannot be upgraded. They also overheat more and suffer component failure more often (not enough room inside the case for proper cooling and airflow).
Nowadays most computers come with plenty of processor power and RAM- you see plenty of high end quad-core CPUs on systems sold at Best Buy which have crappy video cards and cheap factory psus and therefore, are worthless for gaming.
gaming desktop are designed for overclocking. Usually they are built with liquid cooling and vented to make maximum efficiency for heat disbursement to allow you to max out your video graphics card(s) and processor. Just having a good vid card doesn’t mean much when you cant maintain the heat.
it’s like sayings why cant you put a hemi engine into a ford escort. It will prob blow out of the car.
The key difference between a gaming computer and a regular PC is a good 3D video card.
If you’re a hard core gamer – overclocking everything in sight and adding tons of lights & fans gives you bragging rights, even if it doesn’t improve actual gameplay.
(Once you reach 30 fps even in the most complicated sections of the game, additional speed is more for benchmark purposes than actual gameplay improvement)
Faster processor/more cores.
There is usually more RAM, and its speed is usually faster.
Possibly fancy hard drive configurations for speed (RAID) and hard drives that work faster, either 10k RPM or an SSD.
Sometimes dual Gigabit LAN.
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
A good video card and stronger power supply. Slimline computers are terrible for gaming because the small chassis cannot accept full-size video cards, and the power supplies are often low-wattage proprietary models which cannot be upgraded. They also overheat more and suffer component failure more often (not enough room inside the case for proper cooling and airflow).
Nowadays most computers come with plenty of processor power and RAM- you see plenty of high end quad-core CPUs on systems sold at Best Buy which have crappy video cards and cheap factory psus and therefore, are worthless for gaming.
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
More ram/ better processor/ more hdd space/ higher wattage power supply/ better cooling..etc
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
Not a whole lot more than what you’ve described.
Thank you.
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
gaming desktop are designed for overclocking. Usually they are built with liquid cooling and vented to make maximum efficiency for heat disbursement to allow you to max out your video graphics card(s) and processor. Just having a good vid card doesn’t mean much when you cant maintain the heat.
it’s like sayings why cant you put a hemi engine into a ford escort. It will prob blow out of the car.
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
A better procressor,good amount of ram,cooling,power supply.
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
The key difference between a gaming computer and a regular PC is a good 3D video card.
If you’re a hard core gamer – overclocking everything in sight and adding tons of lights & fans gives you bragging rights, even if it doesn’t improve actual gameplay.
(Once you reach 30 fps even in the most complicated sections of the game, additional speed is more for benchmark purposes than actual gameplay improvement)
September 3rd, 2010 on 2:01 pm
Faster processor/more cores.
There is usually more RAM, and its speed is usually faster.
Possibly fancy hard drive configurations for speed (RAID) and hard drives that work faster, either 10k RPM or an SSD.
Sometimes dual Gigabit LAN.