Good desktop for gaming/blending?

looking at buying a new computer. this is a studio xps. i would like to be able to play games such as....





1. WoW


2. Prototype


3. Dragon Age: Origins





and so on, hopefully at full graphics with very smooth gameplay.





also i would like to be using the 3D animation program "Blender" to create games, movies etc.


im not sure what it really takes to use blender. im currently jsut ona macbook that my school provided, so probly not very high, but im hitting problems. when i Animate, it will play fine IN BLENDER but as soon as i open it in like quicktime or something it starts to skip





so anyways this is just a comp i threw together on dell. this is the specks that is given to me on the side bar





Software %26amp; Services


Genuine Windows庐 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English


Intel庐 Core鈩?i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz)


2 Year Basic Service Plan


8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs


750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive


ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3


21.5" Dell ST2210 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable


16X DVD+/-RW Drive


No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)


Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio


Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card


Dell Studio Consumer Multimedia Keyboard


Dell Laser Mouse


No Modem Option


My Accessories


No Productivity software pre-installed


McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months


Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year


Also Includes


Studio XPS 9000


Adobe庐 Acrobat庐 Reader 9.0 Multi-Language





so let me no and thx in advance.|||This is a very good confifuration that should meet your needs. I just have one recommendation that will definately help out your system. The 5470 is an okay card but it is very mediocre. It might do blender but you may run into playback issue, etc. It's a very weak card that retails for only about $50. Plus, if you upgrade, you have a capability to play some basic games like Sims 3 if you really want to. Go with whatever the next size up is.





Actually, I beleive the next one up is the GTS 240. Buy the cheapest card from Dell and you'll see the GTS 240 is $130 more. Instead or buying through Dell, get an ATi 5750 on your own for about $130 off Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect, etc. The 5750 is much better than your current card and the GTS 240 as well. Dell has to mark up the prices to make profit so just buy the 5750 yourself and install it for best results with a mid-range card for the cheapest price.|||If you don't have much of a budget limit, try Alienware, their computers are wicked looking and are known for being extremely fast.


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