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What resolution will you be playing at? If it is 1280x1024 then get anything around 7900gs or so. Otherwise the money spent on a more powerful card would be wasted.
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I agree ^^ and http://memory-configurator.com/ are quite good for memory too if you don't want to goto (ahem) stoke
Aye, true story, admittedly though the g-skill modules have a lifetime warranty anyway though, which you might be able to handle without having to deal with the retailer ...the two kits for £176.24 are exactly the same modules underneath those heatspreaders, in case you end up wondering...Originally Posted by UKMuFFiN
I disagree.
The GX2 isnt overkill "for everything ever" it entirely depends on what resolution and how good you want the game to look. I built a sli system because I want things to look good. Its silly to says its overkill, because its whats required to play at a decent resolution.
Putting your HDDs in raid in a desktop PC really aint worth the effort. The performance gain is only really seen when moving large files around, not from day to day running of windows and gaming,
I was being mildly tongue in cheek. That level of performance is overkill for all but the very high end, is what I am saying.
I disagree - the rest of his system is high specification, and although you won't see much framerate difference (though you will see some, in my experience) in day to day I find it's far from negligible. As you say though, it can be a bit of an effort.Putting your HDDs in raid in a desktop PC really aint worth the effort. The performance gain is only really seen when moving large files around, not from day to day running of windows and gaming
I live 15 minutes away, i can order my items instore. No carrige free.~
Im gettin another 1GB stick at xmas.
It is being baught from scan, and i would like the scan guys to comment. They may not want too sift through the other sections of the forums.
Again, I want scan input.
Explain too me how its overkill...
High Quality Graphics? If i want too play newer games? Then its not overkill is it. And, Why would i get an x1950xtx, the GX2 im getting is better value for money.
I feel like im repeating myself about the RAM. Im getting another 1GB stick for xmas.
Xcilo fans have 80cfm. Noise isnt an issue for me. I want the cooling as it will be getting overclocked eventually.
''ASUS P5W64 WS Professional - why? What features does it have that the Deluxe hasn't that you'd actually use?'' WS has better overclockablility 4x PCI-E Slots, need i say more? =/
Why would i need RAID on my pc, its being used for games.
Thankyou.
If i want too play newer games than Css and bf2, then ill have a nice card for it. Quality of the graphics isnt overkill ^^;
And, IMO, install stuff to the right place then you dont need too move it about.
Personally I wouldn't touch Intel again. AMD is cheaper and side by side AMD is far superior. Perhaps not for encoding but as you are primarily gaming then AMD is the king. I'm getting the same card to future proof myself for a while. Also I would suggest a bigger hard drive. I'm getting a 300gb and adding a 250gb drive to my new rig. But it depends what you're doing I suppose.
Hi and welcome to Hexus,
Before making statements like 'side by side AMD is far superior' I suggest you read up on a couple of the excellent Hexus reviews (and infact any of the other reviews) of CPUs conducted in the last half a year or so - never have such a wide range of reviews been so unified in their conclusions. PC technology changes very rapidly and it's easy to be left behind.
Have you been living in a cupboard the past 3 months Bennett2kuk? AMD dont hold a candle to Intel at the moment in anything.
Most reviews now confirm that cost wise Intel Duo Core leaves current AMD way behind on both cost/performance comparisons, including gaming.
bennett2kuk's only a n00b to the forums. He either a) knows crap all about cpu developments in the last 6 months or b) is an AMD fanboy. Why would you buy an amd processor at the moment when you can have far more performance for the same price, with the option to upgrade to quad core in a few months.
Sorry for the rant, but he illustrates the problem with the net. People who think they know everything about something but actually know very little, stating it as fact. Apart from bennett, everyone elses comments have been very informed and constructive. But then maybe i know nothing about this and am stating my opinions as fact? Who knows but me lol
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