Help!! Need Help deciding cpu' + video cards =o)

Wizzio

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Sep 25, 2000
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Hi guys

I just needed some input on what to get..i'm running a gaming center and we currently have Duron 650's with Voodoo 3 3000's and 128 ram and all that other good stuff..i'm thinkin bout gettin
10 more computers but i'm not sure what to get..the budget is limited to about $950 max per computer so i can either get

Duron 650 with Geforce 2 MX

or

Thunderbird 800 with a Voodoo 3 3000...

any input would be nice!!

Hopefully someone will read this soon!!

Thank you all!
 

AngelOfDeath

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Take the Duron 650 w/GF2 Mx and clock the bastards. That way you'll gain the most in price vs. performance :)

Just IMHO

AoD ;)

[EDIT]By the way 10!!! computers[/EDIT]
 

Wizzio

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Sep 25, 2000
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UPDATE - I doubt i'll overclock the computers because i'm not sure how stable over clocked computers will be especially since these will be on pretty much 12+ hours a day with intensive gaming use..so overclocking won't play much of a factor unless someone can tell me how to do it without much risk =o)

Thanks though!

 

cpars

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I agree with Angel. I have both CPU's and do not see any difference in Unreal Tournament. From all that I have read I believe the geforce 2 mx is a super deal and If i had not alredy payed more$ for the geforce 2 gts would go for the MX. Getting 7358 on default bech in 3DMark 2000.


Oh and just saw your update:

you could still overclock and stay moderate and not push to the edge as most of us do. For example My Tbird 900 runs fine @1050 until i crank up UT for a few hours and it will crash the game. I can clock back to 1000 and never crashes. I ran the Duron 600 without incident @900 Vcore1.85 except when enabling AGP4X with reg hack, and overclocking vid card too high.
 

Whitedog

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Definatly lean towards the GeForce video card... CPU's don't play as much as the Video card these days...
 

xtreme2k

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i Agreen with the D650 + G2/MX Combo

should run fine for Quake3 even at 1024/32HQ at around 50FPS in timedemo1... which is acceptable

DONT GET VOODOO3, you WILL REGRET
i had one and it simply is too slow for anything 1024

running T800 + V3/3k on the same q3 but at 16bit gives around 40FPS in Q3 timedemo1

not very good