- Jun 24, 2004
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Hi all!
My current system is probably 5 years old if not older. It's an Athlon64 3500+ with 2GB of DDR PC3200 and an x1950 Pro AGP. Rockin' it real old school still. Oddly enough, I can actually play Crysis at 1280x800 everything on High (not Very High as it's greyed out) and I believe I had to turn AA off. Needless to say, not the best gaming experience in the world due to my old system.
Being that I'm a gamer, dabbler in audio production, and taking an AutoCAD class which should lead to a new job/career, I'm really interested in building a new system. The Q9450 is tempting, but a bit pricey. The Q6600 at $199 seems like an awesome deal, especially with it's OC abilities. I'd probably only push it to 3GB or a little over.
If I got a Q6600, is it worth it to get DDR3? Any benefit to it? Or is sticking with DDR2 better?
Also, doesn't it suck how it's never a good time to build? You can build a kick ass system now for a good price, but OH WAIT Nahalem is coming out next year. I don't think I can wait that long, but damn! Hopefully I'll have a new job then and could afford an even better system if I wanted it.
Thanks for reading!
My current system is probably 5 years old if not older. It's an Athlon64 3500+ with 2GB of DDR PC3200 and an x1950 Pro AGP. Rockin' it real old school still. Oddly enough, I can actually play Crysis at 1280x800 everything on High (not Very High as it's greyed out) and I believe I had to turn AA off. Needless to say, not the best gaming experience in the world due to my old system.
Being that I'm a gamer, dabbler in audio production, and taking an AutoCAD class which should lead to a new job/career, I'm really interested in building a new system. The Q9450 is tempting, but a bit pricey. The Q6600 at $199 seems like an awesome deal, especially with it's OC abilities. I'd probably only push it to 3GB or a little over.
If I got a Q6600, is it worth it to get DDR3? Any benefit to it? Or is sticking with DDR2 better?
Also, doesn't it suck how it's never a good time to build? You can build a kick ass system now for a good price, but OH WAIT Nahalem is coming out next year. I don't think I can wait that long, but damn! Hopefully I'll have a new job then and could afford an even better system if I wanted it.
Thanks for reading!