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abit AX78 ATI 770 Chipset

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition 6400

4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 @ 800MHz

2X Radeon Diamond Viper 3870's in Crossfire

Cooler Master 750W PSU

Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler

abit AX78 ATI 770 Chipset

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition 6400

4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 @ 800MHz

2X Radeon Diamond Viper 3870's in Crossfire

Cooler Master 750W PSU

Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler

frosted210

Very nice system you got there and a crossfire setup, don't see many of those around here:P

[QUOTE="frosted210"]

abit AX78 ATI 770 Chipset

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition 6400

4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 @ 800MHz

2X Radeon Diamond Viper 3870's in Crossfire

Cooler Master 750W PSU

Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler

andyroo08

Very nice system you got there and a crossfire setup, don't see many of those around here:P

Thanks I love ATI and AMD for being so affordable..LOL ;) I see many nVidia and Intel machines around here I had to spice it up...:D

Im currently halfway through building my new gaming pc.

NZXT Hush case

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Stepping)

2Gb DDR2 ram

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

Michael_2171

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

[QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

frosted210

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Im not really a hardcore gamer, Im mainly using this for media-centre and moderate gaming. Besides that the only game I really play is Universe at War.

This is intended to be a step up from AGP of my old pc.

P4 Celeron 2.67Ghz

1Gb ram

Leadtek A7600GT

Some crap Acer motherboard

[QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

Michael_2171

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Im not really a hardcore gamer, Im mainly using this for media-centre and moderate gaming. Besides that the only game I really play is Universe at War.

This is intended to be a step up from AGP of my old pc.

P4 Celeron 2.67Ghz

1Gb ram

Leadtek A7600GT

Some crap Acer motherboard

[QUOTE="Michael_2171"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

firefox59

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Im not really a hardcore gamer, Im mainly using this for media-centre and moderate gaming. Besides that the only game I really play is Universe at War.

This is intended to be a step up from AGP of my old pc.

P4 Celeron 2.67Ghz

1Gb ram

Leadtek A7600GT

Some crap Acer motherboard

Can you recommend any GPU? HDCP and HDMI with digital audio pass through is manditory.

[QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

frosted210

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

so getting a 9600GT is gunna be a bad idea :Snish2280

But the thing is for just $50 more you can get 8800GTS 512MB which is substantially better.For a hardcore gamer $50 is not going to be a huge deal especially for a graphics card.

[QUOTE="firefox59"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

Michael_2171

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Im not really a hardcore gamer, Im mainly using this for media-centre and moderate gaming. Besides that the only game I really play is Universe at War.

This is intended to be a step up from AGP of my old pc.

P4 Celeron 2.67Ghz

1Gb ram

Leadtek A7600GT

Some crap Acer motherboard

Can you recommend any GPU? HDCP and HDMI with digital audio pass through is manditory.

[QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

luamhtrad

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

I understand what your saying but to upgrade its not really a plus for that rig he is building. Since this a gaming site I figured it's a gaming computer and to furutre proof it an 8800 or 9800 would be better.

But since he is not a 3870 (or smaller 3850) is best for his needs since it does have HDCP and HDMI compatibilty and if he chooses to get SLI you can use the Diamond Viper 3870 in an SLI setup with nVidia Chipsets cause of the XDNA which can run in both SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (ATI)

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

frosted210

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

I understand what your saying but to upgrade its not really a plus for that rig he is building. Since this a gaming site I figured it's a gaming computer and to furutre proof it an 8800 or 9800 would be better.

But since he is not a 3870 (or smaller 3850) is best for his needs since it does have HDCP and HDMI compatibilty and if he chooses to get SLI you can use the Diamond Viper 3870 in an SLI setup with nVidia Chipsets cause of the XDNA which can run in both SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (ATI)

Why would he not just get 2 9600GT's again?

[QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

luamhtrad

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

I understand what your saying but to upgrade its not really a plus for that rig he is building. Since this a gaming site I figured it's a gaming computer and to furutre proof it an 8800 or 9800 would be better.

But since he is not a 3870 (or smaller 3850) is best for his needs since it does have HDCP and HDMI compatibilty and if he chooses to get SLI you can use the Diamond Viper 3870 in an SLI setup with nVidia Chipsets cause of the XDNA which can run in both SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (ATI)

Why would he not just get 2 9600GT's again?

55nm process technology
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
Game Physics processing capability
Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
Unified Video Deoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology

For the stuff he actually wants in a card.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

frosted210

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

I understand what your saying but to upgrade its not really a plus for that rig he is building. Since this a gaming site I figured it's a gaming computer and to furutre proof it an 8800 or 9800 would be better.

But since he is not a 3870 (or smaller 3850) is best for his needs since it does have HDCP and HDMI compatibilty and if he chooses to get SLI you can use the Diamond Viper 3870 in an SLI setup with nVidia Chipsets cause of the XDNA which can run in both SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (ATI)

Why would he not just get 2 9600GT's again?

55nm process technology
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
Game Physics processing capability
Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
Unified Video Deoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology

For the stuff he actually wants in a card.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="luamhtrad"][QUOTE="frosted210"][QUOTE="Michael_2171"]

Gainward Nvidia Geforce 9600gt gs

Is this ok for a new system?

frosted210

Not a plus at all, only the cards that have in 8 as the second number are any good for hardcore gaming..ie. 8800 9800 with the exception of the 7950 for the nVidia cards which is pretty much old by todays standards though.

Easy there turbo. The 9600GT is a solid card. In fact, it goes toe to toe with the 3870.

I understand what your saying but to upgrade its not really a plus for that rig he is building. Since this a gaming site I figured it's a gaming computer and to furutre proof it an 8800 or 9800 would be better.

But since he is not a 3870 (or smaller 3850) is best for his needs since it does have HDCP and HDMI compatibilty and if he chooses to get SLI you can use the Diamond Viper 3870 in an SLI setup with nVidia Chipsets cause of the XDNA which can run in both SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (ATI)

Why would he not just get 2 9600GT's again?

55nm process technology
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
Game Physics processing capability
Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
Unified Video Deoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology

For the stuff he actually wants in a card.

The gainward card he listed will do all that just fine. Stop being a fanboy.

After some long hours of browsing i found a different card.

http://www.galaxytech.com/Product_Details.asp?id=163&class1=1&class2=

Is this better than the Gainward 9600gt?

Edit: Im not sure my PSU can handle this card though.

GreatWall GW550SEL 550 watt true power super silent power 2.2 ATX POWER SUPPLY

Features:
Comply with ATX12V V2.2
Support Vista operating system with high-end graphic card
Enhance dual +12V output capability to 18A
SLi Ready and support Intel & AMD Dual & Multi core
Super silent with intelligen-thermal fan control technology
80% high efficiency performance Active PFC with PF up to 0.99
100% Hi-pot and burn in tested
12cm sleeve bearing cooling FAN
FAN speed auto control by thermal sensor inside power supply
20+4PIN connector for M/B
SATA connector for HDD
Two 6Pin PCI-E provides more power for graphic card

Yea, just got all this for £280 second hand-custom built.Ill post pics some other time

Case - Not sure but it looks nice :D

MoBo - Asus M2N-X

Monitor - 19'' Samsung SyncMaster 1400x900

CPU - AMD 4400+ X2 ATHLON @ 2.3ghz

GPU - MSI 256mb 8600GT

RAM - 2GB Kingston (2x1GB)

HDD - Western Digital 7200RPM 400GB

DVD Drive - Not Sure:(

PSU - Not Sure :(

K/M - Just MS usual keyboard but some nice neon mouse :)

So all that for £280 then i can just get a new 8800Gt for £100 or so and maybe buy a Arctic Pro so i can safely OC the CPU to 3ghz. The best deal ever :D And i just found it on gumtree.com

What do you think of my killer rig:

P4 3.0Ghz (2.4\2.4) (It's actualy a good CPU)

HD 2600 XT AGP 8x

1.5 Gig RAM

XP

With my 'sweet' :cry: 17'' CRT

Realy, it's a good rig, I play Crysis on mid with 25FPS.

Here's my specs:

AMDx2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghtz

3Gb DDR2 RAM

Superclocked 8800GT with 512mb DDR3

500W Nspire PSU

500GB Hardrive

20" HP LCD Monitor

Case: HP Standard Tower

Basically it's a regular cheap HP with a juiced up PSU and GPU I shoved inside. Budget system, still great performance though.

Hey guys

what do u think of my rig please comment and rate out of ten

CPU: intel pentium 4 3.4 ghz

Video: Gigabyte 256mb 8500GT

PSU: dnt no but im sure its 460W

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3/S3

RAM: Kingston 1 GB sticks (2 for total of 2gb)

Case: coolermaster 5

HD: 1X 250GB WD 1X 150GB WD

Accesories: standard windows mouse and keyboard, logitech speakers

please rate, i know i got weak CPU and GPU, going to upgrade soon with new dual core cpu first then an 8800GT soon as well

My Gaming Spec:

MotherBoard : Intel D850

CPU : Intel P4 3.4Ghz

VGA : GeForce 7950GT 512MB DDR3 8X

RAM : 2 GB

HDD : 420 GB HardDisk

DVD AND CD ROM WRITEABLE

don't get a new CPU. Your p4 is good and dual core. (don't belive me: ctrl,alt, delete and go on performance, 2 charts) Angry_Bosmer

don't get a new CPU. Your p4 is good and dual core. (don't belive me: ctrl,alt, delete and go on performance, 2 charts) Angry_Bosmer

Some p4's have HT which means that they are a single core but act like a dual core. This does not mean that it is as good as dual core because they perform much slower (I used to have one and hated every minute of it). The p4 HT is basically a wannbe and is quite sad for gaming these days.

My future rig :P

CPU AMD ATHLON 64 X2 Dual-Core 5200+ (2.7GHz/2x512KB/AM2) Retail Box

Video card Gainward Geforce 8800GT, 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express, Dual DVI, TV OUT

Mother board Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2, 690G, FSB2000, DDR2, PCIEx16, VGA, HDMI, RAID, GbLAN, 1394, mATX

Memory A-Data 2GB Kit (2x1GB) PC6400 800mhz DDR2 RAM

Optical drive Lite-On SOHC-5236V-Black Combo Drive, 52x32x52 CDRW & 16x DVDROM, Black in Retail Box

Hard drive Seagate ST3320613AS Baracuda 7200.11 320GB 7200rpm SATAII/300 16mb Cache, NCQ

I dunno how well it'll be able to run games though :\ i just tried to make at powerful as possible, while still being cheap.

Grand cost of $869 (Network card, cooling and case included)

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4600 2.4 GHz (4.8 GHz) 2 MB Cache

250 GB SATA II Hard Drive 7200 RPM

2 GB DDR2 RAM 667 MHz

Nvidia GeForce 8300 GS 128 MB

16x DVD/RW Drive

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4600 2.4 GHz (4.8 GHz) 2 MB Cache

250 GB SATA II Hard Drive 7200 RPM

2 GB DDR2 RAM 667 MHz

Nvidia GeForce 8300 GS 128 MB

16x DVD/RW Drive

GodofKilling08

ouch what you playing on you PC? 8300gs.........get a gts they are amazing :D

My CURRENT rig ... ^

Q6600 @ 3.2 to 3.8 GHz (depending on the weather :P ) on external custom water cooling.

2 Gig Crucial ballistix 1066MHz DDR2

Evga 680i-A1 mobo

1 8800GTX

2 150GB raptors in raid0

Xfi platinum, 2 DVD burners,1 BD drive, 750W PCP&C silencer PSU, 22" / 19" TFT, 1080i HDTV, X530 speakers, G15, G5.

My rig, i think it's a decent gaming computer :

Core 2 duo E8400 3.6GHZ

Geforce 8800 GTS 512 core 750 mem 1100 shaders 1850

Asus P5N-D with 2GB of 800MHZ ram

600w SLi certified PSU

My rig, i think it's a decent gaming computer :

Core 2 duo E8400 3.6GHZ

Geforce 8800 GTS 512 core 750 mem 1100 shaders 1850

Asus P5N-D with 2GB of 800MHZ ram

600w SLi certified PSU

yetiHUNTER001

i would say its nice.what kind of ram are you using?

umm I'm sorta in the process of upgrading my mobo and going SLi so bear with me.

Q9450 Quad 2.6 (will OC to 3.2 before mobo upgrade)
8GB 1066mhz DDR2 Ram
Gigabyte 9800GX2 (When new cards out will run quad sli)
750GB Seagate HDD 32mb Cache
Soprano Gaming Case running stock cooling (will consider other cooling options when I upgrade)

That's basically it ! I should have waited a little longer for the next set of GPUs to come out, but my old PC died completely so this was a rush job. Will post piccies soon !

[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]don't get a new CPU. Your p4 is good and dual core. (don't belive me: ctrl,alt, delete and go on performance, 2 charts) Spybot_9

Whats this?:P

http://www.gamespot.com/users/Angry_Bosmer/view_image?id=NtNa5Bl17hqY7BnnlQ

[QUOTE="Spybot_9"][QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]don't get a new CPU. Your p4 is good and dual core. (don't belive me: ctrl,alt, delete and go on performance, 2 charts) Angry_Bosmer

Whats this?:P

http://www.gamespot.com/users/Angry_Bosmer/view_image?id=NtNa5Bl17hqY7BnnlQ

I guess you didn't read this.....

Some p4's have HT which means that they are a single core but act like a dual core. This does not mean that it is as good as dual core because they perform much slower (I used to have one and hated every minute of it). The p4 HT is basically a wannbe and is quite sad for gaming these days.

GuessWho120

HT is just emulated dual core......and yes in device manager and taskmanager it looks like you have 2 cores....but you don't.

The newer Pentium D was the start of the dual core line.

Oh well I'm stuck with a P4 3.0Ghz. I have a socket 478 (thats only P4). :(

Hell it got me trou Crysis on Oblivion. When I get a job next summer I'm getting a new rig with a 8800 GTX!

Oh well I'm stuck with a P4 3.0Ghz. I have a socket 478 (thats only P4). :(Angry_Bosmer

I'm gonna make you another sig based on oblivion as well, the quality of your current one is bothering me.

[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]Oh well I'm stuck with a P4 3.0Ghz. I have a socket 478 (thats only P4). :(andyroo08

I'm gonna make you another sig based on oblivion as well, the quality of your current one is bothering me.

I had to use a GIF file, it was more than 50KBs

[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]Oh well I'm stuck with a P4 3.0Ghz. I have a socket 478 (thats only P4). :(andyroo08

I'm gonna make you another sig based on oblivion as well, the quality of your current one is bothering me.

I must say your sig is a masterpiece.

What do you usually us eto make yours, photoshop?

Just curious

[QUOTE="andyroo08"]

[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]Oh well I'm stuck with a P4 3.0Ghz. I have a socket 478 (thats only P4). :(blooddrunk

I'm gonna make you another sig based on oblivion as well, the quality of your current one is bothering me.

I must say your sig is a masterpiece.

What do you usually us eto make yours, photoshop?

Just curious

Yeah photoshop CS3, can't get enough of it:P

Use this I knocked together, looks a litte better.

I still have my VERY old pc in the garage, I'll take some pics later, it's fairly lol.

P2 400mhz
16mb ram
voodoo 3 gfx 8mb

This was a beast back in the very very old days, ran Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 on medium settings, was enough for me =D