New Computer For College

[FrenchTickler]

Alright heres the starting lineup for the computer i'm building for college october 1st:

X-SUPERALIEN CASE [RED] with Clear 500Watt Power Supply w/ 2 Blue UV-LED Fans and 6 Blue UV-LED Case Fans
BLUE 12" COLD CATHLON FLUORESCENT LAMP
Intel Pentium 4 Processor @ 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB w/ Retail CPU Fan
WESTERN DIGITAL 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 8MB CACHE
Abit IS7 Intel Chipset 533/800MHz FSB AGP 8X Platform Mainboard w/ Audio, USB, IEEE, & SATA100
Corsair 1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR w/ Heat-Spreader
eVGA e-GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB DDR AGP 8X w/ CRT, DVI, & VIVO
52x24x52 CD-RW
RED Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
Round IDE Cables
Floppy Drive

It's around $1,500 For all this plus shipping

I was going to wait for the Athlon 64 FX but I have to have this thing built by october 1st and they will be expensive as hell, buggy, and i'd rather not be a beta tester.
I read on amdmb's forum that ati is comming out with a radeon 9900 this month. Is this true? Will it be that much better then the ones out now?
Suggestions?

Ryan

 

[Corporate Thug]

nice system. i would get the 120 gb hd for not too much more
no dvd rom?
i would get a 9800 pro for $300, performance difference is not worth the difference in $$$

9900 pro will prolly have a paper launch in late september/early october and be released for purchase late october/november IMO

 

[FrenchTickler]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1821&p=22

This test shows the 5900 ultra getting as much as 30 fps more then the radeon


Ryan

 

[joeryu]

Originally posted by: FrenchTickler
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1821&p=22

This test shows the 5900 ultra getting as much as 30 fps more then the radeon


Ryan

i wouldnt base my decision on a game that is still FAR from release. see what u games u play, and choose accordingly, i personally saved myself some $$ and got the 9800 pro also~.

 

[FrenchTickler]

Originally posted by: jOjO316
see what u games u play, and choose accordingly

They Games I play showed on average 20fps more then the 9800

Ryan

 

[FrenchTickler]

The cheapest radeon 9800 256mb ddr is more expensive then the evga geforce fx 5900 ultra 256mn ddr i'm getting

Ryan

 

[mrgoblin]

you so got that from cyberpowerinc

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: FrenchTickler
The cheapest radeon 9800 256mb ddr is more expensive then the evga geforce fx 5900 ultra 256mn ddr i'm getting

Ryan

The 128MB one is like $150 cheaper than the 5900..
-- mrcodedude

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: FrenchTickler

Originally posted by: jOjO316
see what u games u play, and choose accordingly

They Games I play showed on average 20fps more then the 9800

Ryan

i borrowed 5900 non ultra OCed to 5900 ultra and i have a 9800 pro. 5900 ultra gets killed at 4x/16x