ati or nvidia

[slow coach]

Hi First post on here,

Im currently running an alienware P4 2.8, intel p875pbz mobo, 6600GT 256mb, 2gb memory, im looking to either upgrade or buy new, i have posted in here as my main questions are graphics related rather than other components, i currently play BF2142 no way near maxed 1024x768 i lag like crazy on the titans and put this down to a poor fx card, would either of the below improve this situation.

1) if i was to upgrade to either the sapphire x1950xt or gecube x1950xt which are regarded as the best agp cards available currently how long would this keep my current system going.

2) checked out ocuk recently and was wondering which would be the better system, single 8800gtx based system or the xfire x2900 system prices are similar so would the dual card ati system be better?

Cheers All Jason

 

[slow coach]

Titan mode on 2142 is a real pc destroying monster, you need a very modern med-high end machine to stop/reduce the problems.

What sized screen do you have?

I would recommend an 8800gtx/ultra but that's if your screen can do over the res you stated you game at in 2142.

Samsung SyncMaster 940bf 19" 2ms

if i buy new here are the 2 systems im looking at

8800gtx http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-032-OK&groupid=43&catid=781&subcat=

2900xt XFire http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-047-OK&groupid=43&catid=781&subcat=

for reference 8800 sli price is higher but also comes with QX6700 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-018-OK&groupid=43&catid=781&subcat= (cannot afford this spec)

 

[slow coach]

anyone seen any 3dmark scores for 2900xt in xfire set up, plus will the P35 board improve things with the higher OC available

 

[slow coach]

Are you going to be using that Samsung SyncMaster 940bf monitor? Doesn't it have a max res on 1280x1024? Either card by themselves are going to be overkill let alone if you go for crossfire.

My 2900XT lets me game 1600x1200 4xAA 8aAF no problems on BF2142 on the biggest titan servers. So to narrow it down, I would look for a single card solution rather than crossfire/SLI

This is quite true i may well be delving into the world of widescreen soon, other point to consider are the specs versus price

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 [email protected], Antec P900+850W PSU, 2GB 1100MHz DDR2, 500GB SATA2 HDD, DVD-Writer, 2 x ATI HD2900 XT in Crossfire, Onboard 7.1 Audio, Gigabit LAN, Vista Operating System. £1643.83

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 [email protected], Antec P900+800W PSU, 2GB 900MHz DDR2, 500GB SATA2 HDD, DVD-Writer, GeForce 8800GTX 768MB, Onboard 7.1 Audio, Gigabit LAN, Keyb+Mouse, Vista Operating System. £1467

Basically whichever pc I buy will have to serve me for several years after purchase so i want to make the best buy now, i can upgrade small components as and when to keep afoot of developments which i should have done sooner with my current rig but it was working ok then one day it just wasnt cutting it anymore the whole system that is.

 

[slow coach]

how will the extra ram speed on the P35 board help compared to the older board types and will this not help out with gaming also? im thinking yes but proper info is priceless