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[jcb33]

Ok, well i have been browsing al day and im looking at two specs curently:

Spec 1:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2GB DDR2 Ram, 533Mhz
2x 300GB HDD Serial ATA
20" Viewsonic VA2012
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Mobo
2x 512MB ATI Radeon X1900XTX Crossfire

Spec 2:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2GB DDR Ram, 400Mhz (PC3200)
2x 300GB HDD Serial ATA
20" Viewsonic VA2012
ASUS A8N-SLI PCI-Express Mobo
2x 256MB GeForce 7900GT SLI

Which graphics cards will work out best?, is there anything i should change? Will i actualy benifit from such a high spec?

My current spec is:

AMD Athlon Barton 2500-M @ 2.41Ghz
1GB (2x512MB) Twinmos Ram @ 400Mhz 7-3-3-2.5 Timeings
2x 120GB 7200RPM HDDs
Abit NF7-s V2.0 Mobo
AGP X800XL 256MB Graphics
17" Samtron CRT Monitor

Will i actualy notice much difference between the new pc specs, and my current specs? IE will it be worth the money?

The only reason im actualy doing a new build is because this has a problem where it jerks teribly in games and i have tried almost everything to no avail.... TY

 

[syke]

post the brands of each part ;p

 

[jcb33]

Errr I dont know them :|

 

[Ronty]

For Spec one you've listed DDR2 Ram which isn't compatible with current AMD motherboards. Other than that both specs will provide similar performance on a 20" monitor

 

[jcb33]

Ok, im not decided on the spec, but im not sure what graphics i want....

1x X1900XTX 512MB £1950
2x X1900XTX 512MB £2300
2x X1800GTO 256MB £1900

Would it be worth the extra £350 for Xfire X1900XTX over 1 XTX?
Which would be better 2X X1800GTO or 1X X1900XTX?

TY

Oh and will the monitor be ok for games etc?

 

[Monstermunch]

Get a single gfx card, 2 cards are just a waste of money, Gfx cards are updated every 6-9 months these days, you're better off just upgrading each year. Save the extra cash and do that.

How about this for a spec at £100 under budget:

MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-047-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-047-HT)
£304.95 £304.95
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£31.95 £63.90
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£56.50 £56.50
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-007-SV Silverstone Temjin TJ05 - Black (No PSU) (CA-007-SV)
£63.50 £63.50
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£59.95 £59.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£359.95 £359.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
CP-154-AM AMD Opteron UP 180 Dual Core San Diego 2.4GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-154-AM)
£449.95 £449.95
Subtotal £1,620.50
VAT £283.59
Total £1,904.09

 

[jcb33]

Will a single card run new games like oblivion, @ 1600x1400, full details, HDLR, full AA and AF?

 

[no_1_dave]

Yes. Apart from the fact that AA & HDR cant be used at the same time in Oblivion...
If you go dual card though then SLI 7900 GTs as they generate a lot less heat & use a lot less power & are a very good price. SLI is also more stable

 

[jcb33]

Cant you set AA in the controle panel to overide ingame modes?.... Hmm is the 7900GT X 2 better than 1900XTX :O?

 

[no_1_dave]

Cant you set AA in the controle panel to overide ingame modes?.... Hmm is the 7900GT X 2 better than 1900XTX :O?

You can, but AA & HDR wont work together in Oblivion. The oblivion engine wont allow it no matter what. And yes, 2x 7900 GTs would be a great setup & would still run very cool so you can overclock your cpu without worrying about heat from your graphic cards

 

[jcb33]

Couple of questions

Which will be the best/most powerfull setup?

7900GTX 512MB
X1900XTX 512MB
2x 7900GT 256MB

Would getting a PC ready made be better than building it myself? I ask this because my last few pcs have died horible deaths....

 

[Goody_GTI]

build it yourself, then at least you know exactly what parts you will be using as you would have chosen them!

as for gpu's... the 7900gt's in sli would probably be the most powerful; but then personally i would rather have one more powerful card than two, as in either the 7900gtx or the x1900xtx?? i think either is a personal preference as they are arguably nearly the same performance wise! i would go for the 7900gtx though

also with having just one more powerful card the option is there to get another to upgrade your system in the future