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Peeka
post Dec 11 2008, 12:25 PM
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Whats good these days i dont have a huge budget would like to keep it under $1000
current spec is

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB DDR2
Hard Drive: 74 GB Raptor
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

dunno whats good these days ie bang for buck

AMD or Intel
ATI or nvidia

do i need to upgrade gfx card or will current one be ok for now till i get extra cash later
also need a new case with psu as this one is fubar
dont need hdd's

was aiming at intel Dual Core and nvidia cause there pritty much idiot proof and cbf stuffing around but amd and ati have seem to come a long way so dont mind giving them a try again
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R4N
post Dec 12 2008, 07:57 PM
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you could prob get a mid range Core2 duo E7300 or E7400 with an 9800GTX+ easilly for $1000
if i was to recommend something it would be

Asus P5Q or thereabouts
E7300 to E8400
9800GTX+
2GB+ ram

You could use your existing card for that PC if you wanted to...

Stear clear of AMD and ATI, because atm the bang for buck is pretty minimal
im sure a ton of people will disagree with me tho... tongue.gif


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post Dec 12 2008, 10:33 PM
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i disagree, best bang for buck combo imo is E7300 + 4850 bah


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post Dec 13 2008, 01:02 PM
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QUOTE (dead_man @ Dec 12 2008, 11:33 PM) *
i disagree, best bang for buck combo imo is E7300 + 4850 bah


yes and your an ATI whore tongue.gif


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post Dec 14 2008, 04:03 AM
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chuck a new gfx card (HD4850) in and be done with it imo. I'm running a 2y.o. Dual core opteron and an 8800GTS 512mb and it's fine for all current games on a 19" monitor.

Hardware is way ahead of software at the moment, it's simply unnecessary to have expensive hardware unless you have a 30" monitor or just want a big ewang.


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post Dec 14 2008, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE (TMM @ Dec 14 2008, 05:03 AM) *
chuck a new gfx card (HD4850) in and be done with it imo. I'm running a 2y.o. Dual core opteron and an 8800GTS 512mb and it's fine for all current games on a 19" monitor.

Hardware is way ahead of software at the moment, it's simply unnecessary to have expensive hardware unless you have a 30" monitor or just want a big ewang.

Hardware will never be ahead of software tongue.gif

Running a card like a 4850/9800+ on your 3800 X2 would be a huge waste. I did the same thing with an much older card 8800GTS (G80) and gained a significant performance boost when I upgraded to a Q6600.
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Peeka
post Dec 14 2008, 02:33 PM
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i leaning more towards new cpu and moterboard as its the bottle neck on my system atmo i no this for sure i will be upgrading gfx card few months after i get cpu and motherboard would like to get a 280gtx but price is so expensive atmo and i dont mind getting ati 4850 but still dont like the drivers
the new system will have winblows vista on it not sure if ill go 64bit just yet tho
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