advice on what graphics card

[Beeg]

got about 100-180 ish to spend on graphics. games machine BF2 etc.

am looking at:

CPU : 3700+ amd 64
Mobo : gigabyte nforce4 ultra pci-e
HDD : wd s300 16mb cache
Ram : 1 gig corsair ram... should I make this 2 gig?

advice appreciated, feel free to give advice on improvements but I need to stay fairly low budget this time, this is my introduction back to fps so if I enjoy it again I go into much better machine looking at total cash around £600-700 maybe

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[DaZzZa]

drop the 3700 for an 144 opty?

use the money saved on more ram/better gfx card?

gto2 imo or gfx or a 6800gs

 

[semi-pro waster]

In PCI-E form for your budget you should be looking at either an X850XT or 6800gs as already mentioned. If you can stretch to ~£200(maybe with the money saved by getting an Opteron) then go for a 7800gt which is far better than both.

 

[HangTime]

Opteron and 7800GT gets my vote as well.

 

[Xplo]

Yeah downgrade cpu to an Opteron and get a 7800gt

 

[lemonkettaz]

why change ... 3700 is good. 1mb cache and good clocker.

just buy a good gfx card.

change your cpu to dual core when you next change it

 

[Dureth]

lemon: the opteron has 1MB cache and is the BEST clocker

I also say go with the opty and a 7800

 

[Deleted member 651465]

IMO go with 2GB if you can really push.. BF2 needs that extra RAM, and also it will help you out with more recently released titles too

 

[lemonkettaz]

yeh it is better overclocker

but 3700 has good cache.. and can overclock pretty well... you'll get 2.8ghz maybe 2.9ghz with it (depending on situation), thats more than good.

fair enough opteron is better than 3700, but not by a whole load.

id personally wait and change to dual core.

 

[lay-z-boy]

lemon: the opteron has 1MB cache and is the BEST clocker

I also say go with the opty and a 7800

not a 100% chance of you getting a good clocker is it though?


OP, do you already have that rig or do you intend to buy it?

 

[Raikiri]

not a 100% chance of you getting a good clocker is it though?


OP, do you already have that rig or do you intend to buy it?

Same goes for the 3700+, and any opty should do 2.5-2.6ghz no problem unless you are very, very unlucky.

So yeah, opty + 7800GT gets my vote too