The 6800GT is well worth the money now. It's a blazing fast card that has dropped significantly in price since the release of the 7800GT. With a card like that your resolution won't have much of an impact on the fps. I have my res maxed out and I get essentially the same fps as I would with the lowest res, mainly because the GPU...
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Need to upgrade puter (this sucks)
I heard you the first time. The reason for going with the video card setup is that the legacy support for AGP is going away in the next two years. The computer can be built with old school technology for today, or it can be built on a basis of having something that will be supported and upgradable for the next five years.
To me the choice is obvious. Pay now or pay much more later.
To me the choice is obvious. Pay now or pay much more later.
Yeah and in two years AMD will be switched to it's new socket so he will have to buy another mobo anyways.
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well thanks for all the info guys, I think I might get the Dimension XPS 600 Desktop, here are it's specs:
Processor Options: Intel® Pentium® D Dual Core Processor up to 840 (3.20GHz, 800MHz, 2MB cache)
Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition Dual Core Processor with HT Technology (3.20GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache) - user-overclockable in BIOS to 3.40GHz and 3.60GHz.
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology up to 670 (3.80GHz, 800MHz, 2MB cache).
Operating System: Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Genuine Windows® XP Home
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Graphics: NEW Dual 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards with SLI technology.
Storage: Up to 500 GB1 SATA internal storage (single drive) or up to 1.5TB2 (3 drives x 400 GB) internal RAID storage.
Memory: Up to 2 GB3 DDR2-533MHz SDRAM for multitasking multiple applications. Upgradable to 2 GB3 DDR2-667MHz SDRAM
Sound: Advanced Sound Blaster® AudigyTM 2 ZS (D)4 sound card delivers high definition audio.
Networking: Integrated Gigabit5 Ethernet. Broadband ready.
USB Ports: USB 2.0 (8 ports - 2 front, 6 back).
Processor Options: Intel® Pentium® D Dual Core Processor up to 840 (3.20GHz, 800MHz, 2MB cache)
Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition Dual Core Processor with HT Technology (3.20GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache) - user-overclockable in BIOS to 3.40GHz and 3.60GHz.
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology up to 670 (3.80GHz, 800MHz, 2MB cache).
Operating System: Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Genuine Windows® XP Home
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Graphics: NEW Dual 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards with SLI technology.
Storage: Up to 500 GB1 SATA internal storage (single drive) or up to 1.5TB2 (3 drives x 400 GB) internal RAID storage.
Memory: Up to 2 GB3 DDR2-533MHz SDRAM for multitasking multiple applications. Upgradable to 2 GB3 DDR2-667MHz SDRAM
Sound: Advanced Sound Blaster® AudigyTM 2 ZS (D)4 sound card delivers high definition audio.
Networking: Integrated Gigabit5 Ethernet. Broadband ready.
USB Ports: USB 2.0 (8 ports - 2 front, 6 back).
Piper is correct. Unless the software is programmed for dual core, then it may actually run slower on a DC-processor. Lock-On is currently not supported by dual core, so if that's what you're mainly after, I'd suggest a single core processor. In the future however, it will become more common to see dual core coding and eventually you may reap the benefits from it, but at the present time it's just merely a fancy word to sell more computers that really won't run the games any faster (since most software lacks compatibility).
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Corsa and all:
Here's a link to a review of the Athlon X2 +3800 CPU. On the same mobo, the X2 +4800 and +3800 dual core CPU's as well as the Athlon FX-55 single core CPU were tested against a P4-mobo P4 Extreme Edition and another P4 . The reason I'm pointing this review out to everyone and not just you is that you can see for yourself how the dual core technology doesn't do damn-all for performance especially when the cost is factored in. And of course, the P4 units seem to just fall flat on their faces.
Check it out and form your own conclusions.
http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_057a.html
Kev
Here's a link to a review of the Athlon X2 +3800 CPU. On the same mobo, the X2 +4800 and +3800 dual core CPU's as well as the Athlon FX-55 single core CPU were tested against a P4-mobo P4 Extreme Edition and another P4 . The reason I'm pointing this review out to everyone and not just you is that you can see for yourself how the dual core technology doesn't do damn-all for performance especially when the cost is factored in. And of course, the P4 units seem to just fall flat on their faces.
Check it out and form your own conclusions.
http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_057a.html
Kev
