might be building a new pc so i have a few questions.
core2 duo or amd am2x2
ati or nvidia
ive always prefered pentium and ati but which chip is better?i know nvidia have dx10 so is it worth while waiting for ati to release a dx10 card?
cheers
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:12 pm ] |
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might be building a new pc so i have a few questions.
core2 duo or amd am2x2 ati or nvidia ive always prefered pentium and ati but which chip is better?i know nvidia have dx10 so is it worth while waiting for ati to release a dx10 card? cheers |
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| Author: | elbow=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:34 pm ] |
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C2D all the way baby - get the 6300 and a decent cooler and overclockage ftw As for graphics cards - sure, see what comes out, but it depends on your budget (8x00 will be cheaper than x12x00) and timescale. |
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| Author: | Goldie [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:04 pm ] |
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I will go for Core2Duo 6300 (6400 or 6600 if you can spend more money) about graphic card i am using nvidia Quadro FX1400, just becuase it is much better with 3d software. For gaming i know they are both good, so depends for what you need and of course how much you can spend 
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| Author: | Caspius=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:16 pm ] |
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This is what I ended up with, seems to work fine with my DDR333 and AGP video Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Socket 775 
and ASRock 775DUAL-VSTA PCI-E and AGP 
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:23 pm ] |
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well heres what im getting so far : Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel ATI Crossfire Series DDR2 total £539.29 i can order that on tuesday.then im gonna sell my pc in bits on ebay and put the money towards one of these : ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X ***Crossfire/Master Edition*** SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 (PCI-Express) - Retail = £258.49 then all i need to do is find the money a new psu and a 36gig raptor. do you think this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-043-GW or this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =GX-051-CO would be a beeter card?i dont think i could afford anything more. cheers |
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| Author: | elbow=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:26 pm ] |
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the Gainward Bliss cards are supremo goodo...thingy.... and remember - get an antec (  ) PSU and get it modular if you can - will extend its useful life by a few years poss...
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| Author: | Tjolbi=GCHQ= [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:43 pm ] |
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i'd go for the 8800 instead of the x1950xtx
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:19 am ] |
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you read this and it makes up your mind for you
http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=35604 |
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| Author: | Scorchedbee =GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:30 am ] |
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an 8800gts will be more future proof and with these gpus on some of the game bechmarks theve cranked up the af an aa to rediculus levels and itll outperform the 1950 xt pro whatever, lol |
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| Author: | simon [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:32 am ] |
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the 8800 |
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| Author: | Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:51 pm ] |
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Scorchedbee =GCHQ= wrote: an 8800gts will be more future proof and with these gpus on some of the game bechmarks theve cranked up the af an aa to rediculus levels and itll outperform the 1950 xt pro whatever, lol
I have maxxed out all settings on my 8800GTS playing HL2, including 8xaa, 16xAF, they wont go any higher and at 1680x1050 im getting about 110 fps on the HDR maps, looks v nice as well. They will be releasing a cheaper version of the 8800GTS soon that has half the memory. But dont count on installing Vista as Nvidia have 'officially' released beta drivers so they don't look like numpties who couldn't get the drivers out for the vista launch even though the cards been out for 2 months and they've known about Vista for how long!!! |
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:04 pm ] |
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whats the full spec of your pc sleeper? |
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| Author: | Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:31 pm ] |
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OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 BFG GeForce 8800 GTS Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 overclocked to 2.56 GHz Seasonic S12 500W Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 The Asus board has its ups and down but has been very stable although you have to set memory timings manuall as it balls them up. Most of Asus's latest boards seem to have this problem. All the above cost me 770 quid |
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:54 pm ] |
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OCZ 8800GTX 768MB 384bit DDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123934 WD Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115410 Hiper Silver 730W Modular PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116339 thats ordered on buy now pay in 9 months
on monday/tuesday ill be ordering Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112706/rb/24944432265 OCZ 2GB (2x1024MB) DDR2-800 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114728 would this board be ok with an nvidia gpu even tho the mobo supports crossfire? http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113951 cheers for your help 
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:20 am ] |
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in the end this is hwat i ordered. 
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113951 £134.03 -------------------------------------------------------- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112706/rb/25043608399 £191.49 -------------------------------------------------------- OCZ 8800GTX http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123934 £379.92 -------------------------------------------------------- WD Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115410 £73.60 -------------------------------------------------------- Hiper Silver 730W Modular PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116339 £104.58 -------------------------------------------------------- Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MY-000-TG £193.86 -------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL = £1077.48 i got the mainboard and cpu today and the memory is coming tomorrow.i will finally be able to play css with no fps lag
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