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Damn. Nice rig bro.

Am getting a AMD 64,4600 with 7900gt and 2gb 533 ram and a 300gb seta 2 hd this weekend

Tripp wrote:

I might even throw this in down the line when the proper games come out....

Physx Card
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a … 6814143055

Yeah, I have one of those but it's just for looks right now

edit: I don't have that particular one, not sure what kind mine is, it doesn't plug into a PCI slot, it plugs directly onto the mobo.

Last edited by King_County_Downy (2006-09-14 09:59:49)

Nagarond.Damminson wrote:

maybe you will have to forgive my ignorance,
but what is the technical difference between your 7950 card
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a … 6814122004

and this one
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications … p;NoMapp=0

other than about 200$ and brand name. The second one actually has core/mem clocks of 565/1430 vs 500/1200 of the one you listed, and bot hhave gddr3 memory.

The difference is about 512MB of GFX RAM,

You'll be happy with the 7950, it's a great card, mine has played everything I've thrown at it with veritable ease.

Only change I would make would be to get a conroe instead of the x2 4000 AM2,

For an extra $50 you could get a E6600, not only will this thing beat most CPU's available on stock settings, but apprently (might want to do a little research) the entire Core 2 Duo range over clock brilliantly, meaning you'll end up with a CPU running at speeds you would be paying massive amounts of money for.

All I can say to that is I had a 7800 GTX 512MB version, it got fried along with the majority of the rest of my computer, long story short I got a 7950, and I've seen a 20-30 increase in my FPS, this essentially means I see a constant 100fps on my screen.

The 7950 is basically just to 7900 GT's stuck together and SLi linked, as it uses SLi it tends to be much better on a large high resolution monitor (20.1" 1600x1200 Monitor arriving soon)

I got the same idea, I guess, cause here's what I just ordered this week:

M2N32SLI-Deluxe ... think this is better than yours, give it a glance;
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ... yours maybe better, like the 2x1mB cache!
XFX GF7900GTX XXX Edition (clocked at 700Mhz) 512Mb GDDR3 ... yours owns, but I can save like a 100 bucks on this one
OCZ DIMM 2GB DDR2-800 PC6400 ... ? dunno ?
RAPTOR 36.7 ... I am trying to get the new 16MB cache version, just only found the 8Mb so far
COOLERGIANT 535W

only installs on this baby: Windows XP, BF2, BF2142 [;-D]

get a single 150gb raptor. it peforms BETTER than the 74gb.

leetkyle wrote:

get a single 150gb raptor. it peforms BETTER than the 74gb.

single 150gb Raptor would perform better than 2 - 74gb Raptors on Raid 0 ?

I do see a price advantage and would save me like $70.00

Thanks for that link Diesel, the proof is right there in the pudding.... 2 x 74's it is.

Very nice. Might I make a suggestion?

That motherboard will go to waste on that current config. Its created for SLi so either buy a mobo with just 1 PCIe slot OR buy another 7950GX2 OR buy 2 lessor video cards (like 7900GTs). Just a thought.

Apart from that damn its nice..........

Can anyone help me find information regarding the AMD processor and it's negative ties to top of the line brand RAM (Kingston, Corsair, G.Skill, Patriot)?  I was just told that those name brand memory sticks don't work well with AMD X2 processors.  The guy said that the cheaper stuff works best lol

Currently, the Core 2's are a bit faster than AMD.

RichyCizzo wrote:

Or he could just buy a half decent one for now and get the same one later in time....

That method leads to half-decent computers all the time, but I bought an AGP system in Nov'04 for a few hundred below $2k and it has lasted me to this day.

However, there weren't really any games due out for some time that would stress it much at all.

But soon, DX10/SM4 ftw.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-09-15 10:01:20)