Settings Guide?

[geoffcollins]

Hi all

I've just invested in my first gaming PC for years and feel a bit out of the jargon with regards to configuring all the graphics settings etc. Is there a guide anywhere that advises which settings are best to turn on / off etc? Any gotchas when configuring it all. Will it just work or will settings need tweaking? I'd appreciate any advice.
Cheers
Geoff

I've just bought:
2* 7800GTX 512MB XFX
Asus A8N32-SLI
Creative X-Fi Elite Pro
Dell 2405
Corsair PC3500LL 2GB
Athlon X2 4400+ (Just couldn't justify the £ for the 4800)

[killkoy]

is it these kind of links you want

[geoffcollins]

Thanks thats the sort of thing I was after...

Anyone got any off the top of their head tips?

Cheers

Geoff

[geoffcollins]

I've just started to work my way down the list.... Wow its going to take ages!

[killkoy]

just pick out the ones you like the look of
i havent been through them all, but they all seem pretty similar just remember to always back up before using some of those tweaks.

[kalniel]

Well, with that spec I'd actually just play it out of the box for a good while. Playing with settings won't make any difference that you can notice, just as long as you know how to do things like increase the resolution and enable SLI.

*When* you start falling behind the times you can worry about tweaking to regain some life in the components, but until then I'd advice you don't worry about it.

[kalniel]

*double post*

[Grey M@a]

I love the way you say you can't justify the money for a x2 4800 but will quite happily spend just under a grand on two 7800's xD Nice setup though.

[geoffcollins]

I take your point, but it seemed to be

4400 cost x
4600 cost x +100
4800 cost x + 200

It just seemed madness for so few extra megahertz. Which I appreciate seems crazy considering my graphics cards purchase (which is sitting with Shi*ty-Link as we speak). However I'd already splashed out for a pair of the 256MB versions and then once the new 512mbs were released I figured that it had already got so far out of control that why not.