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[Bokishi]

I dunno, probably whatever it goes for on ebay, and then I'll take $10 off of that.

 

Though I might have to use the 7800 a few days longer since this 8800 seems to have the bad resistor artifacting glitch that nvidia was doing recalls over.

 

 

*smacks newegg*

 

[WITHTEETH]

What do you guys think about the new Intel BOXD975XBXLKR Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard? Its support core 2 quad (kentsfield). Canyou guys come up with any better motherboards?

[mkreku]

What do you guys think about the new  Intel BOXD975XBXLKR Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard?  Its support core 2 quad (kentsfield). Canyou guys come up with any better motherboards?

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Perhaps. Read this:

 

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2869

[WITHTEETH]

What do you guys think about the new  Intel BOXD975XBXLKR Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard?  Its support core 2 quad (kentsfield). Canyou guys come up with any better motherboards?

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Perhaps. Read this:

 

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2869

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Very Impressed with it but I'm ambivalent about Nvidias new graphic cards. So im curious to how an ATI would run on a Nvidia Chipset. Are they going to play nicely?

 

EDIT: I'm waiting for the R600 to come out.

Edited November 12, 2006 by WITHTEETH

[angshuman]

Very Impressed with it but I'm ambivalent about Nvidias new graphic cards. So im curious to how an ATI AMD would run on a Nvidia Chipset. Are they going to play nicely?

Fixed.

[WITHTEETH]

Very Impressed with it but I'm ambivalent about Nvidias new graphic cards. So im curious to how an ATI AMD would run on a Nvidia Chipset. Are they going to play nicely?

Fixed.

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Lost in translation?

I was looking at the Nvidia Chipset Mobo, and wondering how a ATI GPU would work together.

[angshuman]

Very Impressed with it but I'm ambivalent about Nvidias new graphic cards. So im curious to how an ATI AMD would run on a Nvidia Chipset. Are they going to play nicely?

Fixed.

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Lost in translation?

I was looking at the Nvidia Chipset Mobo, and wondering how a ATI AMD GPU would work together.

Fixed again.

 

http://ati.amd.com/

 

Or, if you prefer the Inquirer lingo:

I was looking at the Nvidia Chipset Mobo, and wondering how a DAAMIT GPU would work together.

[WITHTEETH]

What does DAAMIT mean anyway? :">

 

EDIT: Nevermind, i get it now. :D

Edited November 14, 2006 by WITHTEETH

[Deraldin]

http://ati.amd.com/

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Eew, it's all green now.

[mkreku]

I LIKE GREEN!

[Deraldin]

I LIKE GREEN!

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Green sucks. The red was much better. <_<

[Bokishi]

Well the Evga card arrived yesterday, and it has not been artifacting like the BFG, so I guess it's a keeper.

 

So now my current specs are:

 

Intel P4 3.2 Ghz HT (bottleneck!)

2 GB DDR2 RAM

EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX

Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum

WD Raptor X 150 GB 10k RPM

 

I took the physx card out since there are no games for it yet, and all it does is add heat.

Edited November 22, 2006 by Bokishi

[WITHTEETH]

I'm building my computer when the New Asus Mobo comes out soon.

 

I'm getting the Cooler Master Stacker 830 case

 

Ante TruePower 650 watt PS

 

680i Asus Striker Extreme mobo

 

Core 2 Duo E6600 2400

 

4 gigs of DDR2 Ram

 

Still unsure which graphic card to get, something around $200 though.

[Bokishi]

Meh, you still don't need anymore than 2 gigs, currently. Unless you do insane CAD work.

[WITHTEETH]

Meh, you still don't need anymore than 2 gigs, currently. Unless you do insane CAD work.

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your right, I just hate looking for matching ram in 2 years.

[Deraldin]

Well the Evga card arrived yesterday, and it has not been artifacting like the BFG, so I guess it's a keeper.

 

So now my current specs are:

 

Intel P4 3.2 Ghz HT (bottleneck!)

2 GB DDR2 RAM

EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX

Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum

WD Raptor X 150 GB 10k RPM

 

I took the physx card out since there are no games for it yet, and all it does is add heat.

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You have all that top of the line gear yet you are still using a P4 3.2GHz?

[astr0creep]

P4 1.8Ghz

512 DDRRAM

Radeon 9600 256(not PRO, XT or anything, just 9600)

Soundblaster Audigy X-Gamer

Standard ATX(Fugly beige) case

Standard(Black) 17" Viewsonic monitor

WinXP Pro SP2

DX9.0c

 

Edited November 23, 2006 by astr0creep

[Deraldin]

P4 1.8Ghz

512 DDRRAM

Radeon 9600 256(not PRO, XT or anything, just 9600)

Soundblaster Audigy X-Gamer

Standard ATX(Fugly beige) case

Standard(Black) 17" Viewsonic monitor

WinXP Pro SP2

DX9.0c

 

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Interesting how similar our systems are.

 

P4 1.7Ghz

768MB DDR RAM

Radeon 9600 Pro

Soundblaster Audigy 2

Beige 19" CRT

 

the rest of it is the same.

 

Hoping to build a new Core 2 Duo system sometime in the next year. Hopefully I'll have the funds available to start by next summer. <_<

[astr0creep]

I have no funds for a new mobo so I'll have to settle for an extra 512 of RAM and a P4 2.4Ghz for the next upgrade. It's all my current mobo can support.

[Deraldin]

I have no funds for a new mobo so I'll have to settle for an extra 512 of RAM and a P4 2.4Ghz for the next upgrade. It's all my current mobo can support.

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The only thing mine will support is a beefier AGP card and swapping the one 256MB stick of ram for another 512. There are no CPU's out on the market that my motherboard will support.

[astr0creep]

I'm stuck with a stupid socket 478.

 

Apparently they're getting rare, that's why the price doesn't drop, even though much better tech is available and cheaper. :crazy:

[Deraldin]

I'm stuck with a stupid socket 478.

 

Apparently they're getting rare, that's why the price doesn't drop, even though much better tech is available and cheaper.  :crazy:

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I've also got a socket 478, however I'm also limited to 400FSB. <_<

[Pidesco]

I would advise against upgrading anything until you can afford upgrading the Big Four. A new processor won't be much of an improvement, anyway.

[astr0creep]

I would advise against upgrading anything until you can afford upgrading the Big Four. A new processor won't be much of an improvement, anyway.

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I've had the same case for the last seven years. I upgrade about once a year, usually during the holidays. I've never had a top of line machine that dishes max FPS because I never have the $$$ for it. So I get improvements instead, to run everything decently without losing my shirt. I usually get upper-halfway between minimum and recommended specs, which suits me fine in most cases.

 

This year I may have problems with NWN2 however...

[Pidesco]

I also do more or less what you do, except I don't upgrade as often as that.

 

And I still don't think it's worth just upgrading the processor. I'd say wait for budget DX10 cards to come out and then, if you can afford it, buy a budget graphics card, a Sempron or Celeron, a budget mobo and 1 or 2 gigs of ram. It would perhaps cost 300 or 350$ (American).

 

Getting a new processor and more ram, but keeping the graphics card probably won't do much of a difference because the graphics card is most likely, already the bottleneck.