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Dud - Jun 26, 2005

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  Dud Jun 30, 2005

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Pearl Jammzz@Fri, 2005-07-01 @ 12:05 AM



get an x800xt . I honestly would save the money and get a 3200+. not THAT much fo a dif. Depends if yo uthink the cost/performance ratio is good for you. Goodluck w/ this...



WHat PSU you using? What case? This shit matters as cheap stuff is bad for yer hardware and makes yer comp run like ass (my friend got a custom built PC from a local place...he was havin all sorts of slowness and whatnot. threw in a good PSU and it fixed it all).



And get a gig of ram, you'll love it, trust me. I'd do PC3200




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Everywhere I've gone people have been saying you get the best bang for your buck with a 6800GT. Plus I'm avoiding ATI products after all the trouble I've had with the 9800 pro. I might get a Cooler Master Centurion case with the deluxe 550 watt PSU, or I might keep my current case/PSU. I was planning on getting 2 gigs of ram (2.5 gigs when combined with my current ram). Then I'll more than likely get another Samsung CRT monitor, one that goes past 1280x1024 res (that's what I currentlly use), there's a really nice one for under $200 I think.

Hmm, I guess I didn't really need much help on this after all. I've been overriding almost every suggestion I get, except for mal's--good call on the socket 939 there.

 boom Jul 2, 2005

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Dud@Thu, 2005-06-30 @ 09:33 PM



Everywhere I've gone people have been saying you get the best bang for your buck with a 6800GT. Plus I'm avoiding ATI products after all the trouble I've had with the 9800 pro. I might get a Cooler Master Centurion case with the deluxe 550 watt PSU, or I might keep my current case/PSU. I was planning on getting 2 gigs of ram (2.5 gigs when combined with my current ram). Then I'll more than likely get another Samsung CRT monitor, one that goes past 1280x1024 res (that's what I currentlly use), there's a really nice one for under $200 I think.



Hmm, I guess I didn't really need much help on this after all. I've been overriding almost every suggestion I get, except for mal's--good call on the socket 939 there.




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ATI's x800 series is evenly matched with Nvidia's 6800 series. Depending on what games you play of course. If you want to play Doom 3 a lot, Nvidia performs better. Plus you get SM 3.0. Nvidia driver support is better, but have heard that ATI has improved a lot over the past couple of years. Oh, and the 6800 GT is a great overclocker if you are into that, should get you almost same performance as a 6800 Ultra at stock speeds if you push the clock speeds.

Hardocp.com has more info on both cards strengths and weaknesses, good site for card reviews.

 Pearl Jammzz Jul 3, 2005
get a brand name PSU.... remember Gallstaff's thread? Ya, his plethora of problems were due to gettin a cheaper 500 watt PSU. Some of the good ones I have had personal experience with are Antec and Enermax. Both very good. Antec also makes VERY high quality cases, they look good too. Up to you though, I am just tryin to save ya lots of trouble from a shitty PSU. a good 350 is better than a cheap 600, remember that.

 Zziggy00 Jul 3, 2005
The 6800 GT is a fantastic card.

I've got a standard 6800 to save on cost about 6 months ago and it is ture, these cards are great for overclocking.... Through Software I managed to unlock the remaing pipes and vector shaders and turned this card into a GT (difference being mine has 128 mb of ram)

 Dud Jul 3, 2005

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Pearl Jammzz+Sun, 2005-07-03 @ 03:23 PM-->
QUOTE(Pearl Jammzz @ Sun, 2005-07-03 @ 03:23 PM)
get a brand name PSU.... remember Gallstaff's thread? Ya, his plethora of problems were due to gettin a cheaper 500 watt PSU. Some of the good ones I have had personal experience with are Antec and Enermax. Both very good. Antec also makes VERY high quality cases, they look good too. Up to you though, I am just tryin to save ya lots of trouble from a shitty PSU. a good 350 is better than a cheap 600, remember that.




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Antec, that's the brand I was thinking of, good call. I'm going to look through some of their stuff now.