Originally posted by: hAxsYn
Originally posted by: Crescent13
Originally posted by: hAxsYn
Im not really looking to overclock... Its a choice between 2 good cards in SLi or 1 good card that has 2x the memory. Continue advising 🙂, because so far it looks as though we're split on a decision (so am I).
Might as well put what Im planning to build up... What will be better for this system:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2000MHz HT 939 Dual Core
eVGA 133-K8-NF41 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Mobo
ASPIRE MX-PLEASURE-BK Black Steel ATX Full Tower Case
NEC 16X DVD±R
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (PRT) 320GB 7200 SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Chan Mem.
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Chan
And a choice for the GFX card(s). Keep it nVidia please.
no no no no no no no.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 $366.99
Intel D975XBXLKR "Bad Axe" $199.00
Antec P180B $109.00
NEC 3550A Black $30.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (PRT) 320GB $99.99
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 800 $189.99
SeaSonic S12-600 600W PSU $139.99
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic $81.99
MSI Radeon X1900XTX $416.99
It's been proven that the x1900XTX outperforms the 7900GTX in all games except of Quake 4.
I think everyone here will agree that the computer I put together will get you alot more for your money.
Whats wrong with the setup I have going now? The question at hand is whether I should get the SLi setup or the Dual GPU 7950. 1. I want it to be an AMD 2. That Antec case may be the best for cooling and has a well built chassis etc... but Im building for a friend who wants it flashy. 3. I need this computer to be built within the next week, not next month(s). Intel Core DUO is going to be available who knows when (not anytime in the very near future). Thanks for the opinion, but Im going to stick with my setup and nVidia (Ive had many problems with ATI cards in the past, sorry)
I think Im going with my initial thoughts and go with the SLi setup. Thanks.
