Nice cheap spec, any good?

Sandmaster500 · 19 Dec 2006 at 10:15

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, Socket 775, 1.86 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail

Asrock 775DUAL-VSTA VIA PT880, S775, AGP / PCI-Express, DDR/DDR2 400/533/667, SATA I, SATA RAID, VGA

2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15

Total about £300, i've got a 7800GT which i'll use and run the computer it's from on onboard with the thought that DX10 cards will bring the cost down?

Anything very wrong with that spec, i wont be overclocking.

Thanks

sneakyd · 19 Dec 2006 at 10:30

Pretty nippy system.

I built a similar one (less memory) and it flies!!!!

Enjoy it!

steve258 · 19 Dec 2006 at 10:33

If not ocing then that spec is perfectly fine.

Sandmaster500 · 20 Dec 2006 at 12:16

Just been looking at the HIS Radeon X1950Pro which has PCI-E(x16), Mem 1480MHz GDDR3, GPU 620MHz, 36Pipes, VIVO, etc and is only £135 on pre-order. Would this be worth getting now? Or wait til DX10 is out, will it cause a big price drop in cards such as this. Whats a better alternative?

Thanks

steve258 · 20 Dec 2006 at 12:34

If I remember right Sapphire has the cheapest 1950pro, great bang for the buck, it is as cheap as it can get atm until R600 comes along IMO. You will see a fairly decent performance gain but wait for DX10 if you can.