Recent content by Nanobie

Yeah, last night was amazing. I was on Test 6 and fought in battles from Hillsbrad to Ashenvale. My current PC was getting about 1 frame every 10 seconds with all those people and spell effects, it was nuts. Hopefully my new system will fair much better =) But for raids, I will still be...

You could download something like 3DMark and see which does better, the onboard or the PCI card. Usually, onboard video sucks and you are always advised to use a video card. That 9200SE will probably work out best. Have fun at your LAN party!

Thank you much. It is a huge upgrade, and I can't wait to load WoW on opening day =)

Corsair at Newegg for $156? http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-440&depa=1 I don't know if that is 2-2-2-5.

I've been running everything on low with my current system, and in everyplace but cities, I get very little lag: AMD 1.3Ghz cpu Geforce3 Ti200 512MB DDR2100 RAM But I will defenitely be getting another 512 stick of RAM come Christmas. Thanks for the heads up.

I think your 300w Power Supply might be too little for that PC. When you run games, it puts your PC on overdrive, using every once of power available. If you keep crashing, it could be just a driver issue. Therefore, update your video card drivers and maybe others. Or your video card...

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/h...le.php/3211_3093161__3 You figure, if it can handle Quake 3 at max with a VERY high fps, it should be able to handle HL2 at medium.

The 9600XT is an awesome buy. For the $150 price range, which 9800 Pro doesn't fall into, you can't go wrong. Just find a few benchmarks/reviews and you will see that it plays the latest generation of games (UT2004, Farcry, Doom3, HL2) at modest-to-high settings. As long as you don't plan on...

From the feedback here at Anandtech, I have settled on upgrading my PC for the launch of World of Warcraft with the following: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Gigabyte "GA-K8NS" nVidia nForce3 Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT, 128MB Mushkin 512MB DDR PC3200 Antec ?SLK3700AMB? 350W case I appreciate the...

Thanks for your feedback. I have made a few changes (edited my orig. post as well) in light of your suggestions. Video Card: DIAMOND ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "Viper 9600XT" ?RETAIL I am told the 9600XT is great bang for the buck. I only...

**Edited my choices for a Video Card and RAM** I?m upgrading my PC for the upcoming fun-fest known as World of Warcraft. My goal: smooth frame rates and great, detailed graphics. With the help of a few fellow WoW players, I have put together the following upgrades. Budget: $500 US (buying...