Topic: Need Some Help/suggestions (Read 91 times)

tankertux · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2004, 01:56:00 PM »

Um, I have a no name Geforce 3ti with 128 mb ram which never has slowdowns on BF:1942 and a 2.4 GHz processor. I would say not to go with the latest video cards as they are expensive and not REALLY necessary. Maybe an ATI All-in-wonder version if you could get one cheap. Those have some nice features!

As for mobo, go to www.newegg.com or www.zipzoomfly.com and look for one with the specs you need. They have processors for good prices too. If all else fails, www.pricewatch.com, baby!

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2004, 02:41:00 PM »

ok, i have been searchign for my own stuff, but i was hoping someone could reccomend a motherboard, processor (AMD) and amount of memory

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #4 on:** April 05, 2004, 12:05:00 PM »

yea, ive been looking at the athlons, and i was gonan go with them, but one question

someone said that with AMD processors, the numbers after em (like 3000 or 3200) basically equal the amount of GHz a intel cpu has (so 3000 for a AMD would equal 3GHz on an intel)
is that true?

and about the memory, when you say gig, do you mean get (2) 512mb sticks, or get (1) 1024mb?

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2004, 01:47:00 PM »

hey, thanks MrCodeDude

so, lets say i think of getting a 64 bit Athlon FX (the new one that came out)
if it says its a Athlon 64 FX 3200 (just to use as an example), that would techincally mean it has 3.0ghz processing, or the equivilant to a Intel that says it has 3.0ghz processing?

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2004, 03:19:00 PM »

Dagoth · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2004, 11:51:00 PM »

Don't look into the Athlon FX route, as you have to purchase specially registerd Dimms to work with it and they work out very expensive.

I've just picked up an Atlhon 64 3200+ Asis KV8 Deluxe Mobo & Radeon 9800 and it runs like a dream

mcmikemc · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2004, 05:32:00 AM »

Spend the extra 20-30 bucks and get an Athlon 64 3400+. As for the graphics card wait one-two months. Nvidia and Ati just announced their new cards and the dates they will be out. The reason why I say wait is becasue you can either spend the money you were going to spend on the video card on the new ones or buy the same card just for alot less.

Here is the link with the release dates for the new cards.
http://www.anandtech...doc.html?i=2018

"ATI's R420 (AGP Radeon X800) will debut April 26 as Radeon X800 Pro. NVIDIA's NV40 (GeForce 6800) officially launches April 13th"

Dagoth · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2004, 06:50:00 AM »

67thRaptorBull · « **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2004, 01:06:00 PM »

yea, i found a good mobo, processor combo, and a good set of 1gb memory and a good ati card

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