SVS Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Thanks SD, but I'd rather have a legit copy. Btw, from what I've found, you only get the free Vista upgrade if you purchase the Xp Pro Upgrade. I haven't found a Vista upgrade with a full version of Xp yet. Thanks for your blessing SVS, but what's wrong with that vid card? 1) It is several generations old 2) It isn't even the best card of that generation only a decent one. 3) You are basicly wasting money on buying that if you plan on playing games. You might as well spend a little bit more right now and buy a decent card from a more recent generation.
Mr. Right Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Thanks SD, but I'd rather have a legit copy. Btw, from what I've found, you only get the free Vista upgrade if you purchase the Xp Pro Upgrade. I haven't found a Vista upgrade with a full version of Xp yet. Thanks for your blessing SVS, but what's wrong with that vid card? 1) It is several generations old 2) It isn't even the best card of that generation only a decent one. 3) You are basicly wasting money on buying that if you plan on playing games. You might as well spend a little bit more right now and buy a decent card from a more recent generation. Depends if you are playing games at high res, and even at high res the GeForce 6800 (if that is the card in question) is capable of handling the latest games at high res w/o noticeable frame-lag. Unless one is willing to put more money into a computer, it might make sense to go for a better/newer videocard with the package.
SVS Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 I don't know what kind of games you are playing but I can tell you that no, you cannot play even recent games with decent settings at a high resolution with a 6800 GS. There are about 100 different websites that publish performance statistics and all of them will agree with me.
»1587200 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Posted January 19, 2007 (1) Asus P5NSLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard featuring:(2)(obviously)SLI compatible PCI-e slots(4)SATA hard drive connections allowing you to put them into RAID 0,1 configuration(1)Socket 775 CPU(1)Regular PCI slot(4)DDR2 667mhz (max) RAM slots capable of holding 8GB of ram (4x2gb)(2)IDE interface(1)6channel hi-def audio(1)10/100/1000 gigabit ethernet portrunning the cpu at 1066mhz FSB A Core2Duo 2.4ghz processor 1 Gb of RAM (1x1gb) PC4200 533mhz Ultra Wizard Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB and Firewire Portsincluding 500watt power supply and ultra cooling (1) SATA 250 GB harddrive (i chose this even though it's a tad more expensive so that you have faster data transfer rates) with a 16mb cache (1)EVGA GeForce 7600 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card(I paired it with an SLI compatible motherboard so that you could have that option if you choose to expand)a max resolution of 2560 x 1600 (Digital) Total: 780$ + shipping
Dav Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 now that sounds like a good machine. $750 = about £500 not a bad price either. I wish I could build a system like that for £500
»SD>Big Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 that's def a good machine, go for it! ps if you were willing to spend more before, i say throw on another gig of ram LETS GET CRAZY
Mr. Right Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 (1) Asus P5NSLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard featuring:(2)(obviously)SLI compatible PCI-e slots(4)SATA hard drive connections allowing you to put them into RAID 0,1 configuration(1)Socket 775 CPU(1)Regular PCI slot(4)DDR2 667mhz (max) RAM slots capable of holding 8GB of ram (4x2gb)(2)IDE interface(1)6channel hi-def audio(1)10/100/1000 gigabit ethernet portrunning the cpu at 1066mhz FSB A Core2Duo 2.4ghz processor 1 Gb of RAM (1x1gb) PC4200 533mhz Ultra Wizard Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB and Firewire Portsincluding 500watt power supply and ultra cooling (1) SATA 250 GB harddrive (i chose this even though it's a tad more expensive so that you have faster data transfer rates) with a 16mb cache (1)EVGA GeForce 7600 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card(I paired it with an SLI compatible motherboard so that you could have that option if you choose to expand)a max resolution of 2560 x 1600 (Digital) Total: 780$ + shipping That's a pretty good system. Which vendor did you build it from?
»1587200 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Posted January 19, 2007 That's a pretty good system. Which vendor did you build it from?A friend who resells for Tiger Direct.
PoLiX Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 EVGA GeForce 7600 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card Exact card I was lookin at. I know your an old CS 1.6 fan, and so was my buddy. He was pullin like 190 fps at 1024x768 in that !@#$%^&*, haha. CS:S pulls round 110 and I think at 1280x1024, he was pullin 70-80fps. but that does also depend on the hardware. But yours choices are right there with his. Sata I or Sata II hd? I myself decided to just be cheap, and by some Arctic 5 adhesive, Thermaltake cooler, and a P4 3.0ghz processor. Gonna just glue the heatsink to the processor, since the clip on the mobo broke. The mobo now honestly seems "stable", but eh. It is socket 478, so options are limited. They don't make any socket 478 mobos easily available anymore, and I'm not gonna just throw out the 4sticks/2.5gbs of PC3200 ram to get the LGA775; or even just downgrade to 2gbs of ram. I don't know any computer savvy people, so can't sell the !@#$%^&*.
»Blocks Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 SVS, give up on the graphics cards already. You're what, 45 years old now? You shouldn't be gaming anyway.
»SD>Big Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 argument over the gfx card split to spamstation... so syrus are you gonna get it, cause it nice, i like
»1587200 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Posted January 21, 2007 Pending my tax return, yes, I will be getting it.
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