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AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-101-AM
Price: £167.50 (£196.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-069-AB)
Price: £109.95 (£129.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
and the graphics card choice is out of :
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £269.95 (£317.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
OR
Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (GX-049-LT)
Price: £244.95 (£287.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Any help/advice on better or alternative components would be much appreciated! All from overclockers or scan.co.uk.
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-101-AM
Price: £167.50 (£196.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-069-AB)
Price: £109.95 (£129.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
and the graphics card choice is out of :
Connect3D ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-028-CO)
Price: £269.95 (£317.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)
OR
Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (GX-049-LT)
Price: £244.95 (£287.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Any help/advice on better or alternative components would be much appreciated! All from overclockers or scan.co.uk.
> The X850XT is better.
But what about Pixel Shader 3.0 is it needed yet because a few games like SC: CT / FEAR / Far Cry etc use it. That's my only concern going for that card.
I dunno then.
I reckons, as it overclocks better and eventually you can run it in SLI with another GeForce.
Quality :D.
> Just a warning, Pixel Shader 3 is completely over-hyped. Check bench
> tests for Far Cry etc, it has no effect most of the time. The only
> exception is with Thief 3 which Eidos rammed up the ass with Nvidia
> anyway.
So would you go for the XT?