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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Dace on February 20, 2006, 09:13:23 AM

Title: New System
Post by: Dace on February 20, 2006, 09:13:23 AM

Well I had about $800 to spend ,..this is what i ended up with....
What do y'all think....Good for AH?

(sckt939) EVGA nforce4 SLI SATA RAID Dual PCI-E MB
(939pin) AMD 64 3200+ w/HT
80GB SATA II 3.0GB/s 8mb cache 7200rpm HD
1024MB (512x2) pc3200 dual channel DDR 400 (corsair)
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 128mb VC
On board 7.1 sound

Title: New System
Post by: Ghosth on February 20, 2006, 09:47:07 AM

I think that should get you pretty solid 80 fps in a furball.  :)

Title: New System
Post by: eagl on February 20, 2006, 09:54:31 AM

That'll run AH just fine, and you will have upgrade options in the future.

Title: New System
Post by: Dace on February 20, 2006, 11:20:27 AM

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Originally posted by eagl
and you will have upgrade options in the future.

Thats another thing I was really trying for. Have had problems with "bundles" in the past not being upgrade friendly. This is my first "built-from-scratch".


80fps in a furball huh? Now I really cant wait for it to arrive.:)

Title: New System
Post by: eagl on February 20, 2006, 11:32:41 AM

Keep your expectations reasonable...  I doubt you'll get 80 fps with the sliders all the way up and at high resolution.  I personally prefer to turn the sliders down to half, run at 1280x1024 to match my LCD monitor resolution, and then add as much FSAA as I can until the framerates drop too much.  Just keep fiddling with the settings until you're happy with what you see, and consider trading slider detail and view range for FSAA.

Title: New System
Post by: Dace on February 20, 2006, 11:35:28 AM

O ya ...i know 80 fps is doubtful..but , its gotta be better than my current
Celeron/PCI setup which pulls at best 55fps looking at clear sky. oya and thats with sliders turned almost all the way down.