I think you are right. Maybe I should just get an E6600 then... Splendid performance for the next 2-3 years (hopefully). Not sure about that Asus board because SLI is a luxury I can do without, plus the reviews on the MSI board appear to be good. I will look further into the Asus board though.... Im an Nvidia person as well. I mentioned ATI DX10 card-to-come purely as an economic variable in the pricing of Nvidia DX10 cards. Getting the 320MB card is already stretching my budget man! Cheers!I know what your feeling -trust me -- the waiting game ?!?! its a killer , hehe . wait now for something later .
and so on and so on ..... problem is , it never ends . As for Quad Core - I doubt any game companies will use it anytime soon , = 2 yrs or more= and even though I just bought this 2.4 duo core , im alrdy thinking about getting
Quad core ;-) ... But since I wanted to try and give good advice - I said go with the Duo Core . wich I still think is good advice, unless your power hungry like me ! , then go for Quad core !...problem is , its just unused power ,unless you plan on keeping your computer for the next 10 years or so ? . Or unless your doing some serious Cad work , running several versions of 3ds Max and other stuff .. Or maybe you just need a render farm ?.
As for the Mobo I reccomended - it supports Quad Core , that , plus Sli , Oh lord . Uber super power unleashed .
and best of all - it was only like 130$ . yow ! ... As for waiting on Ati ? noooo , Ive been a rabid-avid Ati fan for more than 10 years now , but since they have been aquired by Amd -- I decided to move on to nvidia . History shows -in cases like Ati being bought out : like other companies : , they dont last long . atleast not like they wer. they go from being good powerfull companies to shells of what they once wer . -- just my opion -.
Soo you'll buy a Quad Core ? but not a 640 mg vid card , cause the only diff is the ammount of mem ??. huh ?.
the card I bought was only 50$ more than the 320 mg version . -- slightly future proofing in my opion .since the current 256 meg cards can hardly run the newer up coming games . 320 isnt much better .... oh and back to Quad Core for a second -- no one supports it right now . As being able to use all 4 cores .unless your doing what I stated above .
memory ---Â I have nothing against Patriot , but I know for a fact that Kingston has been around since the Dino-ages and is Notoriously awesome quailty . meaning just good stuff .... But having said that , Ive always used Corair mem
atleast for the past 5 yrs. Kingston has always been expensive untill recently .. I always try to buy the highest quailty at cheap prices .
i'll follow up in a min . with a new post .
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sorry, dude get out, not out more, just get out who puts in that much effort into a post!bangthedoorIm caught in bind here: do I waste effort in teaching some manners? Or do I ignore? Maybe you arent mature enough to appreciate what I ask of here...?
[QUOTE="Saddam_Hussain"]Kingston or Patriot? Any reason why the former?therealFrek
The Patriot stuff you have picked out above is much better than Kingston HyperX. The Patriots coming from newegg are confirmed micron D9's, as well it is $75 cheaper than the HyperX after the rebate. In every review I have read the Patriots also o/c far and above what the Kingstons can do.
As far as all your other questions on "value", I don't think anyone can answer those questions but you.
Really? I thought it was better than Kingston but that was just 'feeling'. I know kingston is a dependable brand and have been using their value rams with no problems for years but I wanted a change too... Thanks
to be honest, thats a pretty even system you got atm, with nothing loads slower than anything else. However, if you have a pentium 4 you may also only have an agp graphics port and ddr400 ram, in which case you would need to upgrade everything at oncecrazytom49I actually have a PCI-E card. I cannot afford to upgrade everything at once (I've got bills to pay so I cannot) so I need to find out what to aim for and in what order, give or take 2-3 months in between. And I want to make sure I get stuff thats gonna last me for at least 1.5-2 years and even then my system could hopefully be classified as medium (mediocre? :D) and would need an isolated upgrade here or there.
yeah make sure you have pci-express and not AGP. also dont get any ram cause its not transferrable from DDR to DDR2. I if I was you would just wait for a while.You know how it goes with waiting. One always waits. If the time comes to plunge, there'd be new stuff on the horizon that'll be worth waiting for. Imagine, I was waiting at the end of last year before I took the plunge with a 7600GS or a 7900GS but now that the 8800GTS 340mb is about the twice the price of a 7900GS and could last me almost 2 years (perhaps), Im aiming for it. I suppose the strategy Im working with is to upgrade a part (or two) that would give the most significant, immediate impact and after the r& r period (from the financial wounds) of 2 months or so, what could have made sense waiting for would be (nearly) optimal for purchase. Thanks folks for your input, highly appreciated.
Cause whether ATI like it or not they have to release their dx10 cards at some point, when that happens we will probably see price drops from Nvidia or you never know ATI might blow Nvidia out of the water.
Also AM2+ or AM3 or whatever will come out at some point so again we will probably see marginal drops in C2D prices or AMD could blow Intel out of the water.
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i dunno, if i were you i would get a mobo + cpu first for about $300, then go for RAM and gpu in 6 months or so when youve saved up enough cash...crazytom49Probably what Im going to do. I just feel awkward running a C2D and a 6800XT. Thanks.
It's different when you name yourself after a war criminal though don't you think/MrMcPeachPerhaps, though it could be argued that several other 'emminent statesmen' can fit that description, but of a different flava. Back to the point, Saddam Hussein IMO is a catchy name, a provocative one as is evidenced by your response.
wait for nvidia's next dx10 batch, check my post somewhere down below on the main lobby, they look nice, and aren't huge hollow bricks like the 8800's the 8600 gt/s looks quite familiar....jfelisarioAre you saying performance-wise, the mid-range DX10 cards would be more capable than the 8800? I understand that they are using 128-bit GDDR3 as opposed to the 8800GTS's 256-bit GDDR3. Now, I dont know exactly what that means in terms of performance but one has been conditioned to look at higher numbers for better performance. Cheers!
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