i know that, they were benchmarked togetherunnamednewbie13 wrote:
The Conroe isn't the FX-60. They're different CPUs.stryyker wrote:
OR BETTER YET.
Intel has its new Conroe series coming out, which is the FX-60, but so much betterWhile that's true, it won't stop you from installing a copy of XP Pro.Towelly wrote:
Second the xps 400 only comes with media centre.
I run media center edition and have never had any problems with it and BF2. (it came as the OS on the computer, i worried it would have been a problem, and was a little nervous about it when ordering, but it runs great.
System specs:
p4 3.4ghz
radeon x800xt
2 gig ddr400 ram
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
OS: Windows Media Center Edition
i run everything on high at 1280x1024 (with dynamic lighting at medium or low i think) and can run a constant 70+ FPS and am 90% of the time one of the first in the map.
System specs:
p4 3.4ghz
radeon x800xt
2 gig ddr400 ram
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
OS: Windows Media Center Edition
i run everything on high at 1280x1024 (with dynamic lighting at medium or low i think) and can run a constant 70+ FPS and am 90% of the time one of the first in the map.
I'm still curious to see how Intel benchmarks against AMD when the latter moves to AM2, goes through one or two revisions, and eventually lowers the form factor from 90nm.stryyker wrote:
i know that, they were benchmarked togetherunnamednewbie13 wrote:
The Conroe isn't the FX-60. They're different CPUs.stryyker wrote:
OR BETTER YET.
Intel has its new Conroe series coming out, which is the FX-60, but so much betterWhile that's true, it won't stop you from installing a copy of XP Pro.Towelly wrote:
Second the xps 400 only comes with media centre.
But still, my eyeball is focusing more on cell processing technology.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-04-17 13:11:37)
Custom build....half the price for the same computer.
I was looking at doing the same thing you are - but was looking at Falcon, Velocity, etc....but everything I configured was way over my budget.
Someone here (probably in this thread....Ninja maybe?!?!) mentioned custom build it....which I immediately dismissed....
But after reading a bit more about it....and getting a book about it.....turns out that it really was not hard at all. You get exactly what you want (AMD for instance!) and can configure it perfectly for BF2. With the help you get on these board (these guys know what they are talking about) - you can work through any problems or questions. Took me about 2 weeks to research the parts, understand how to assemble, post on the boards and put the thing together. The hardest part was actually reinstalling BF2 with patch 1.22! Which had nothing to do with the build.
Very happy I went this route....and I figure I saved at least $1000....
I was looking at doing the same thing you are - but was looking at Falcon, Velocity, etc....but everything I configured was way over my budget.
Someone here (probably in this thread....Ninja maybe?!?!) mentioned custom build it....which I immediately dismissed....
But after reading a bit more about it....and getting a book about it.....turns out that it really was not hard at all. You get exactly what you want (AMD for instance!) and can configure it perfectly for BF2. With the help you get on these board (these guys know what they are talking about) - you can work through any problems or questions. Took me about 2 weeks to research the parts, understand how to assemble, post on the boards and put the thing together. The hardest part was actually reinstalling BF2 with patch 1.22! Which had nothing to do with the build.
Very happy I went this route....and I figure I saved at least $1000....
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=7562
^ that the thread you are on about Tunacommy?
I hope I helped inspire you lol
^ that the thread you are on about Tunacommy?
I hope I helped inspire you lol
Agreed - more or less assembling parts and cleaning up wires....rdx-fx wrote:
Custom built PCs aren't hard to do.
Shouldn't be too hard to find a friendly "computer geek" to walk you through building it.
If all goes well, building your first PC is a matter of "plug card A into slot B".
You want to have an experienced geek around for the little gotchas, and when default settings don't work.
(Ask them to "help show me how to build a PC", as many of us computer geeks have learned to run far/fast from people asking us to "build me a PC. I just bought all these parts from BestBuy")
For all-out speed, I'd suggest a Western Digital Raptor 74GB (10,000 RPM hard drive.)
[ www.storagereview.com for hard drive and CD/DVD reviews. ]
Nothing on the OP's spec list looks "bad".
That 'datasafe' thing though .. dunno what they're saying there. sounds like marketspeak for 'RAID-1' with a hidden recovery partition. perhaps just 'hidden recovery partition'.
2GB memory, using 2x matched 1GB modules, works well for me. never had a problem.
(OCZ 2-3-2-5 1GB PC3200 matched DIMMs here. not what one wants for a new intel system though).
I just used the WD Raptor 74g in mine - it loads FAST - I don't even have a RAID set up or anything...XP and BF2/SF are the only programs I have on it right now!
I also have the OCZ RAM you mention above as well.....just needs to be tweaked in the BIOS to factory spec....for some reason it is recognized at 2.5-3-2-5 out of the box (a lot of people mention this in the NewEgg site).
If you decide to do it.....I found that NewEgg is really good - they might not have the lowest pricing on EVERY part.....but you can order EVERYTHING from them and they ship that day....