New Computer.

[LoD]

Re: New Computer.

Looks good but get a dual core X2 3800+ or opteron 165/170. Also you probably want to get an SLI board, the ATI motherboard are not up to par in my opinion.

[Hephaistion]

Re: New Computer.

Looks good but get a dual core X2 3800+ or opteron 165/170. Also you probably want to get an SLI board, the ATI motherboard are not up to par in my opinion.

I agree, ATI has a habit of jumping too short, they manage to beat Nvidia by a small margin, the 7900GTX is already nipping at the X1900XTX's heels, it won't be long before Nvidia is on top again, plus SLI is 100% more stable than Crossfire, Crossfire is unstable and cludgy.

[LoD]

Re: New Computer.

I agree, ATI has a habit of jumping too short, they manage to beat Nvidia by a small margin, the 7900GTX is already nipping at the X1900XTX's heels, it won't be long before Nvidia is on top again, plus SLI is 100% more stable than Crossfire, Crossfire is unstable and cludgy.

I wouldnt go that far, ATI has excellent video cards, but their motherboards are not as good as nvidia's. Plus crossfire is half baked and simply impractical to even bother using.

[Addequate]

Re: New Computer.

I wouldnt go that far, ATI has excellent video cards, but their motherboards are not as good as nvidia's. Plus crossfire is half baked and simply impractical to even bother using.

What SLI mother board has a less than or equal price ($106 USD) to the one I've selected that provides extras that are beneficial to my setup? I still want to go ATI.

[LoD]

Re: New Computer.

comparably priced, though if you want something fancy the SLi Deluxe is nice and has passive cooling.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131524

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: New Computer.

What SLI mother board has a less than or equal price ($106 USD) to the one I've selected that provides extras that are beneficial to my setup? I still want to go ATI.

If you want to go with ati mobo too, thats fine. Just don't get that chipset. As far as I'm concerned the xpress200 is one of the crappiest chipsets ever made, and you really won't be happy with it. For mobos, the best one for you would be either the asus a8n sli deluxe, a8n-e, or a8r32-mvp deluxe.

Since you don't want to go sli, the a8n-e is prob. your best bet.

[Addequate]

Re: New Computer.

comparably priced, though if you want something fancy the SLi Deluxe is nice and has passive cooling.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131524

I looked into the normal ASUS A8N-SLI when I was considering a 7800 GTX but with that one what can I gain from it? and also what is passive cooling on the SLI Deluxe?

[LoD]

Re: New Computer.

I looked into the normal ASUS A8N-SLI when I was considering a 7800 GTX but with that one what can I gain from it? and also what is passive cooling on the SLI Deluxe?

Crap i meant the premium.... the Asus SLi premium has passive cooling, but it is $160...

Picking up an NF4 Ultra board is also an option if you dont want SLI or crossfire. To answer the question there is no benefit going with an SLI board if you dont use SLI.

[Addequate]

Re: New Computer.

If you want to go with ati mobo too, thats fine. Just don't get that chipset. As far as I'm concerned the xpress200 is one of the crappiest chipsets ever made, and you really won't be happy with it. For mobos, the best one for you would be either the asus a8n sli deluxe, a8n-e, or a8r32-mvp deluxe.

Since you don't want to go sli, the a8n-e is prob. your best bet.

That sounds good I think I'll go for the ASUS A8N-E. I Appreciate the help :)

Crap i meant the premium.... the Asus SLi premium has passive cooling, but it is $160...

Picking up an NF4 Ultra board is also an option if you dont want SLI or crossfire. To answer the question there is no benefit going with an SLI board if you dont use SLI.

Still... what is passive cooling? just never heard of it. :laugh: thanks for your help also :)

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: New Computer.

It just means that there is no fan on it, it uses the case fans to cool it.

[Jofaba]

Re: New Computer.

No, that's not what it means. Passive cooling is using heatsinks instead of a fan or liquid cooling.

[kaheiyeh]

Re: New Computer.

Since you said "I'll be using my RAM from my current system" which you only have 1.5GB of it, you might want to get another 512MB of RAM. Since you have such a nice rig, why leave it out.

EDIT: Just noticed your saving for OCZ 2GB Kit.

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: New Computer.

No, that's not what it means. Passive cooling is using heatsinks instead of a fan or liquid cooling.

Ahh.. that make soo much more sense.

[Addequate]

Re: New Computer.

Since you said "I'll be using my RAM from my current system" which you only have 1.5GB of it, you might want to get another 512MB of RAM. Since you have such a nice rig, why leave it out.

I have 1 1024mb PC3200 Samsung Generic, 1 512mb PC3200 Kingston PC3200 and 1 512 Kingston PC2700. Will having it at downclocked to PC2700 change my loading times in BF2? if so should I just keep it at 1.5 at PC3200?

[Jofaba]

Re: New Computer.

You can't just go throwing any combination of ram together in there. It either wont work or it'll peform worse than just having a gig in there. I'd play with just a gig for now until you can upgrade. Unfortunately you're not going to get the most out of your card until you DO upgrade. In fact, you'll be lucky to play at medium/high settings.

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Edit: If price is a huge problem, I'd forget about the case and the power supply for now and use the case and psu you've currently got. Then you'll get all the peformance and later on your upgrade will be stability and appearance. It sucks but unless you get good ram you're really going to get a huge underpeformance problem and you WILL NOT be happy.