I've been wanting to upgrade for about a year now, but never had the funds or got around to it. What finally pushed me was finding out that game developers are pushing out DX9 games.
With the release of Battlefield 2 demo, I was very shocked to find that my trusty MSI GeForce ti4200 (128) would not run it. Now I know for a fact that the card would be able to run it on at least low settings at decent frames, but hey...it's getting old now, right? I finally accepted that the pixel shader 1.3 wasn't gonna be enough for 2005. Hell, I need a big upgrade.
One of the biggest changes I am making is converting to AMD. I've always been an Intel fanboy and been loyal to Intel, but obviously I was so blinded by my loyalty that I was unaware the AMD was much better suited for what I want to do. I couldn't give a crap amount multitasking as I just want to run games.
I don't think it matters what my current rig is. It's Intel though and 2002 material, 'cept for the upped mobo and processor.
So by budget is $1,150 (USD) and leaving room for future upgrades as I can afford more.
I've been doing some research over the weeks and A64 socket 939 is what I want.
Basically I am asking for help in putting together something that will be specialized for gaming mostly and the odd video recording (not often though)
Gaming is Number 1 though.
Things that I already have and that I will keep is my CRT 19" monitor and..uhh..keyboard/mouse + HDD. They will be upgraded eventually but aren't a priority for me at the moment.
Another thing I have learned is that it's a bad idea to use onboard mobo audio on Intel's, not sure if this applies to AMD, 'cause it zaps away some performance..is this correct? If so then I'll be needing an audio card. Nothing too fancy, just an audigy2 zs or whatever.
I will not be overclocking it madly but will probably be just a little. I am not used to AMD overclocking and I will probably mess up and block my processor by pulling stunts I've done on my Intel.
So things I need help with are.
- Ram
- Graphics Card
- CPU
- Sound Card
- Mobo
- Case
I think that's about it. This is going to be my 3rd custom built PC, 1st AMD one so I will be extra careful on how I put it together. I've come up with a rough idea of what I could probably get, which I'll list here.
- A64 3500 Venice S939
- Corsair Value Select 2x512 DDR400
- GB GA-K8NXP-9 NF4 Ultra
- Case I am not sure about. Lian Li maybe? But which...nothing too expensive.
Finally is the graphics card, which I am REALLY stumped on. So it seems (After reading alot of stuff here) that the Nvidia Geforce 6600GT is gonna be pretty much a low end card before 2006...? Okkk, all the stuff I found on the 6600GT is 128..I've heard something about a XFX Geforce 6600GT 256 card, which I guess would perform at greater resolution above 1024x768 and with more AF/AA, right? So I've ruled out the 6600GT 128 card and now am stuck between the cheaper, 6600gt or going up to a 6800gt 256 card. There's quite a big jump in prices between the two and the 6800 ultra being more expensive.So it looks like the most expensive item out of my new system will be the damn graphics card. It was pretty much expected though, so no complaints there. I've looked at all the reviews and alot are just so BIASED towards a certain GPU, so I'll rther get the advice from other people than a bunch of biased review sites. I don't want to end up getting a grapics card that will be obsolete in another year. I'm not made of money and this is a long awaited savings for me.
It may be also important to note is I buy all this stuff from Denmark..Denmark has what is called Value Added Tax, which is basically added to everything purchased at 25%.
So every 100 dollars I spent costs me 125 dollars. It's a very horrible deal I know. I can't order from newegg either so I can't exactly get the stuff *cheap* like you guys do in US. So try to help me out by trying to work something out with me under my actual budget, so you can leave room for the damn tax.
I hope I got all the info in here that is needed. Thanks alot!
With the release of Battlefield 2 demo, I was very shocked to find that my trusty MSI GeForce ti4200 (128) would not run it. Now I know for a fact that the card would be able to run it on at least low settings at decent frames, but hey...it's getting old now, right? I finally accepted that the pixel shader 1.3 wasn't gonna be enough for 2005. Hell, I need a big upgrade.
One of the biggest changes I am making is converting to AMD. I've always been an Intel fanboy and been loyal to Intel, but obviously I was so blinded by my loyalty that I was unaware the AMD was much better suited for what I want to do. I couldn't give a crap amount multitasking as I just want to run games.
I don't think it matters what my current rig is. It's Intel though and 2002 material, 'cept for the upped mobo and processor.
So by budget is $1,150 (USD) and leaving room for future upgrades as I can afford more.
I've been doing some research over the weeks and A64 socket 939 is what I want.
Basically I am asking for help in putting together something that will be specialized for gaming mostly and the odd video recording (not often though)
Gaming is Number 1 though.
Things that I already have and that I will keep is my CRT 19" monitor and..uhh..keyboard/mouse + HDD. They will be upgraded eventually but aren't a priority for me at the moment.
Another thing I have learned is that it's a bad idea to use onboard mobo audio on Intel's, not sure if this applies to AMD, 'cause it zaps away some performance..is this correct? If so then I'll be needing an audio card. Nothing too fancy, just an audigy2 zs or whatever.
I will not be overclocking it madly but will probably be just a little. I am not used to AMD overclocking and I will probably mess up and block my processor by pulling stunts I've done on my Intel.
So things I need help with are.
- Ram
- Graphics Card
- CPU
- Sound Card
- Mobo
- Case
I think that's about it. This is going to be my 3rd custom built PC, 1st AMD one so I will be extra careful on how I put it together. I've come up with a rough idea of what I could probably get, which I'll list here.
- A64 3500 Venice S939
- Corsair Value Select 2x512 DDR400
- GB GA-K8NXP-9 NF4 Ultra
- Case I am not sure about. Lian Li maybe? But which...nothing too expensive.
Finally is the graphics card, which I am REALLY stumped on. So it seems (After reading alot of stuff here) that the Nvidia Geforce 6600GT is gonna be pretty much a low end card before 2006...? Okkk, all the stuff I found on the 6600GT is 128..I've heard something about a XFX Geforce 6600GT 256 card, which I guess would perform at greater resolution above 1024x768 and with more AF/AA, right? So I've ruled out the 6600GT 128 card and now am stuck between the cheaper, 6600gt or going up to a 6800gt 256 card. There's quite a big jump in prices between the two and the 6800 ultra being more expensive.So it looks like the most expensive item out of my new system will be the damn graphics card. It was pretty much expected though, so no complaints there. I've looked at all the reviews and alot are just so BIASED towards a certain GPU, so I'll rther get the advice from other people than a bunch of biased review sites. I don't want to end up getting a grapics card that will be obsolete in another year. I'm not made of money and this is a long awaited savings for me.
It may be also important to note is I buy all this stuff from Denmark..Denmark has what is called Value Added Tax, which is basically added to everything purchased at 25%.
So every 100 dollars I spent costs me 125 dollars. It's a very horrible deal I know. I can't order from newegg either so I can't exactly get the stuff *cheap* like you guys do in US. So try to help me out by trying to work something out with me under my actual budget, so you can leave room for the damn tax.
I hope I got all the info in here that is needed. Thanks alot!
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