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Anyway here are my current specs;
AMD Athlon XP2000+ (1.67ghz) processor
512 ram
nvidia ge force 4mmx 440-se
Dont need any peripherals just a kick ass machine that will do Half life 2 and the rest of the upcoming games justice.
Cheers Dedhed.
> Safedisc_V3 wrote:
> Get a 9800 Pro - they cost around £140 and outside of the
> X800's and the new nVidia cards, this is one of the fatestes video
> cards you can buy.
>
> This is the correct answer.
I know. I am always right ;-)
> Get a 9800 Pro - they cost around £140 and outside of the
> X800's and the new nVidia cards, this is one of the fatestes video
> cards you can buy.
This is the correct answer.
Saying that, I've got a 9800 pro running at standard clock speeds, and it can handle just about anything I can through at it currently. But that's the key - it's probably only got another 6 months or so left in it, until the software starts to get the better of it.
In your position, as someone else said, I'd wait a few months for the PCI express boards (socket 939 isn't pulling its weight yet, so don't worry too much about that) and go for an Athlon 64 CPU of sorts, 1gb RAM, PCI Express board and PCI Express version of X800 (or possibly X600, although that probably won't offer much gain over a 9800 pro).
All so complicated. :)
> My maximum budget is £630 i'd love to have a grand for all the
> flashiest things but £630 is as far as I can go. If i get the
> x800 xt pro for £345 that leaves £285 for everything else
> RAM upgrade, Processor and MoBo.Any other ideas?
Get a 9800 Pro - they cost around £140 and outside of the X800's and the new nVidia cards, this is one of the fatestes video cards you can buy.
Yes, the 9800 XT is a bit quicker, but the price difference between the two cards simply doesn't warrant the small-ish performance gap. And anyway, you can easily overclock a 9800 Pro to the speed of a XT, with stock cooling.