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building a new pc
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:07 pm
by dammuzis
this is what im thinking of and wanted to get input on better stuff
getting a good deal on new egg
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo X6800
EVGA nForce 680i SLI
2gb or ram
GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB x2
going to migrate my old sata hd, sound card, optical drives and in same case
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:06 am
by Tossica
Sounds like a big waste of money.
Re: building a new pc
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:35 am
by Harrison
dammuzis wrote:this is what im thinking of and wanted to get input on better stuff
getting a good deal on new egg
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo X6800
EVGA nForce 680i SLI
2gb or ram
GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB x2
going to migrate my old sata hd, sound card, optical drives and in same case
You're definitely not going to have to upgrade for 4-5 years with two 8800s in SLI
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:33 am
by dammuzis
that was the idea...this will be the last computer i ever build for gaming. im getting to the point in my life where other things are taking precedence. figure drop a couple grand on new parts and dont even touch it for 4 years
Re: building a new pc
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:03 am
by Lyion
dammuzis wrote:this is what im thinking of and wanted to get input on better stuff
getting a good deal on new egg
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo X6800
EVGA nForce 680i SLI
2gb or ram
GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB x2
going to migrate my old sata hd, sound card, optical drives and in same case
That's really complete overkill. If you want to brag about 3Dmark, that's the system to have.
If you want a system that can play anything on the market, get a Dual Core 6400, 2 Gigs, and a single 8800 GTX. Heck, a single 8800 GTS will play any game at 1920x1080 and kick its ass
You can always add another 8800 GTX and upgrade the processor later, but really there is no need for that level of power.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:16 am
by Lyion
On a side note, I decided to splurge a bit and went ahead and bought an EVGA 8800 GTX today, to upgrade from my 7900 GS which will go in the girls pooter.
Sadly, I went to Newegg to purchase a MicroSD card, and decided wtf.. and nabbed the GTX. I've been considering it for a bit, but decided since I had to spend money to ship my 8 dollar 1 gig MicroSD card, I may as well bundle a $530 Video card with it..
Go go piss poor shopping logic!
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:25 am
by Burgy99
The question is, how well would that set up handle Vanguard? =p
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:56 am
by Reynaldo
Last I heard (could be BS), is that VG didn't support dual core or SLI yet, so no real added gains.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:24 pm
by Lionking
lyion wrote:On a side note, I decided to splurge a bit and went ahead and bought an EVGA 8800 GTX today, to upgrade from my 7900 GS which will go in the girls pooter.
One letter away from me calling the cops.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:13 pm
by Lyion
Why in the world would you need to SLI 8800 GTXs? Running Flight Sim X on a 52" Monitor at 3200x1600 resolution?