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which? had to remake, realized something.

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I made another thread like this but reallised some changes.

Processor: Intel® Core? 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard: Intel® 975X Motherboard
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Graphics Processor: 512MB ATI RADEON® X1950 XTX
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi® High Definition 7.1 Audio

vs

Processor: Intel® Core? 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard: NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Motherboard
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Graphics Processor: 512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce? 7950 GT
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi® Elite High Definition 7.1 Audio

also the 2nd ones harddrive doesnt have NCQ, idk what that means though.




 
Are you going to buying two 7950's to run in sli? If not, then why the sli mobo? This link has benchmarks of all the video cards you interested in. Personally, I'm partial to ati gpu's especially the x19xx series, but check out the link and the relevant prices to see what fits you the best. And you might want to look into an aftermarket cooler for the vid card.

I'd take:
E6400
Intel® 975X
2GB DDR2 at 800MHz (although, I don't think the faster ram makes much difference if you're not overclocking)
X1950 XTX
I don't know much about sound cards so I won't comment on those.

This is the concluding paragraph from the article I linked, which I think is pretty good advice:

"With DirectX 10 and Microsoft Windows Vista on the horizon, we're hesitant to recommend dropping a lot of money on a GPU upgrade right now if you don't need it. DirectX 9 hardware should still remain useful for years after the DirectX 10 launch, but unless you really have a lot of disposable income and are willing to upgrade GPUs again in six months, our advice would generally be to stick with current generation cards costing $300 or less. Such cards offer more than enough performance for the vast majority of users, and even if DirectX 10 won't be a factor in the short term, DX10 class cards will be able to handle DX9 class games all the better. We expect high end cards built for DX10 to well exceed the performance of DX9 hardware even under current games."
 
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