November 23, 200619 yr 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. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm... I hadn't thought about DX10. http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
November 23, 200619 yr Author 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. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You have all that top of the line gear yet you are still using a P4 3.2GHz? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know, I suck LOL. Maybe I'll go find some cheap dual-core, or build a quad-core system next year... when my spending funds are back. Current 3DMark
November 23, 200619 yr Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
November 23, 200619 yr Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Considering he has the money to buy a brand new 8800 GTX, one would think that he could easily afford a Core 2 Duo system... )
November 23, 200619 yr 2.6 Ghz 1 gig ram Geforce 7600 GS 20 gig System Drive 1 300 gig game drive 2 200 gig work drives A secondary machine with embarrassing stats but 300 gigs of Yaw devs, Yaw!!! (
November 23, 200619 yr Don't you just have to go to the loo to get your funds back? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mother is tapped out? Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
November 26, 200619 yr OK here is my new PC I ordered the parts, some will take awhile though like my mobo Coolermaster Stacker 830 Antec True Power 650 Watts Asus Striker Extreme 680i mobo Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 DDR2 PC6400 800mhz2 gig Corsair Dominator Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Pioneer DVD 4X R/RW eVGA 7900GT I should be able to overclock my CPU/ram a bit with air cooling, ill tell you how that goes. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
November 26, 200619 yr I should be able to overclock my CPU/ram a bit with air cooling, ill tell you how that goes. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very nice system, first of all! Second: yes, you'll be able to overclock it a lot using just the standard Intel fan. I am currently running my E6600 at an even 3.0 GHz (and my Corsair memory sticks at ~850 MHz), and I could easily go higher than that without risking my system. I'm going to buy a new cooler though, before I try upping it to 3.4 or 3.6 GHz. Oh, and if anyone has any good suggestions to what kind of fan/cooler I should be getting, don't hesitate to tell me. I prefer air cooling before water cooling. The one I am looking at right now, The Scythe Ninja Plus: http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-c...pu-kuehler.html It's a bit costly, and it's huge, but it's supposed to be very effective and silent: A review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/cooling/333/1/ Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
November 28, 200619 yr Author I figured out that this 8800 NEEDS a conroe to be fully exploited. I go get me one for Chirstmas. Current 3DMark
November 28, 200619 yr Just upgraded my monitor to this. Unfortunately, NWN2 runs like crap at 1360 x 768 (even though it looks awesome!) Guess I'm going to have to buy a new system.
November 29, 200619 yr Very nice system, first of all! Second: yes, you'll be able to overclock it a lot using just the standard Intel fan. I am currently running my E6600 at an even 3.0 GHz (and my Corsair memory sticks at ~850 MHz), and I could easily go higher than that without risking my system. I'm going to buy a new cooler though, before I try upping it to 3.4 or 3.6 GHz. Oh, and if anyone has any good suggestions to what kind of fan/cooler I should be getting, don't hesitate to tell me. I prefer air cooling before water cooling. The one I am looking at right now, The Scythe Ninja Plus: http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-c...pu-kuehler.html It's a bit costly, and it's huge, but it's supposed to be very effective and silent: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How to overclock your Core 2 Duo In this review they tried to use the same CPU Fan, but those amatuers seemed to have trouble so they decided to do it at a later date. Unless they had the same problem i had when i tried installing my CPU fan which is the manufaturer left a certain kind of screw out of the package which screwed me over for a week. I need to find a good easily installed fan. I figured out that this 8800 NEEDS a conroe to be fully exploited. I go get me one for Chirstmas. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bokishi, the conroes overclock like CraZy! Its like my old 2.4C all over again! Rock! Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
December 26, 200619 yr Author Well I got my 2007 rig up and running EVGA 680i Mobo Conroe e6600 2 GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX SB X-Fi Platinum WD Raptor X 150 GB Agiea Physx CM Real Power Pro 850w Current 3DMark
December 26, 200619 yr Please tell me thats not an Agiea PhysX card. BTW Nvidia is also coming out with one soon, thats why they came out with a board with 3 PCIE Slots. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
December 26, 200619 yr Author Please tell me thats not an Agiea PhysX card. BTW Nvidia is also coming out with one soon, thats why they came out with a board with 3 PCIE Slots. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just use the Agiea PhysX for Ghost Recon. The 8800 also has a built in "quantum physics" chip so I currently have two different physics processors in my system, doh! Current 3DMark
December 26, 200619 yr I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! )
December 26, 200619 yr I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What software do you use? :ph34r: Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
December 27, 200619 yr I bought myself a new DVD drive. New LG. Now I have the capability to burn DVD's also! Hurray! ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What software do you use? :ph34r: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Um... whatever is in the box? :ph34r: I haven't opened it yet...
January 12, 200719 yr as of today-- MSI P965 NEO-F (800 MHz iP965 - ATX - S775) INTEL Core2Duo E6600 (S775 - 1066MHz - 2x2 MB) 2,40 PC2-5300 - 2 x 1 GB - DDR2 GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB Maxtor 250 GB 6L250M0 (SATA150 - 16 MB) Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Gamer Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakerset TFT 22" Acer and some more :cool: Edited January 12, 200719 yr by Pope
January 12, 200719 yr Just got Audigy 4 to use instead of on-board audio. The difference is big, especially with 5.1 sound. My poor headphones do not handle it too well though. Now waiting for these to arrive: Edited January 12, 200719 yr by Diamond
January 12, 200719 yr I had wireless headphones before, but they tend to have a lot of interference and its battery dies at most unsuitable moments.
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