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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: meddog on February 18, 2006, 05:51:29 PM
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I actualy posted this on the wrong bbs but i need to purchase a new computer system and I'm looking for advice. It seems that after reading several posts and talking to Skuzzy, I should stay away from dual core processors. I think my minimum system should be a AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or greater which should offer me anywhere between 2.2 to 3.2 GHZ and a FSB of 800 to 2000, a 1GB DDR SDRAM, Level 2 cashe of 512kb. It seems all these boards come with an intergrated video card, either a nvidia 6100 or ATI Radeon Xpress200 both of which Skuzzy told me were low end cards. So Should I also invest in higher end video card for PCI-E slot or will the integrated video card be sufficient? Also most systems come with either a CRT or a LCD monitor. I know that CRT monitors offer a higher quality picture than LCD but how much of a difference on picture quality is there?
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Yes, buy a decent vid card. I have seen nothing but trouble come from interated devices. You are better off with the expansion card that will reduce strain on your CPU.