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Posted by Beat_Chemist on May-28-2004 03:44:

Dunno Upgrade my PC!!!

I just went to www.newegg.com and they have an overwhelming selection of graffix cards like 30 diff. kinds and I can't figure out whats the best I wanna get the best there is so I dont' have to upgrade for at least another year or so...anyone out there hardware savy?

And while your at it, whats also the best kind of ram to get I don't quite understand what the different kinds are...

And know of a really nice sound card for producing music?

also I noticed there is an
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - OEM
I dont' nkow shit about athlon i beleive intels best is the 3.4 ghz processor anyone know what the best processor is?


Posted by Orbax on May-28-2004 03:53:

You are adorable.


Posted by Beat_Chemist on May-28-2004 03:55:

glad you think so *wink


Posted by meneedit on May-28-2004 03:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
You are adorable.


you said that to me too


whats goin on here?


Posted by Evil_Gnome on May-28-2004 04:08:

The AMD 64 is the best. But its really expensive.


Posted by Orbax on May-28-2004 04:08:

How do people not know about computers?!?!

get SDRAM or DDR RAM s

synchronous dynamic ram is fast, double data rate is faster.

get like 512 megs or something.

Basically depends on what you like doing. Athalons are typically more associated with gaming because of floating point geometry, but pentiums kick ass too, cant really go wront with any of em.

Graphics cards, just get something higher than geforce 3. The all in onder cards and radeon 4800+s are great too...

What do you do with your computer? how much power do you need?


Posted by TAnt on May-28-2004 04:08:

For video cards, I ordered the HIS Radeon 9800 Pro "IceQ" 128 MB which is a toally awesome card with an outstanding heatsink which you could overclock...

Video (click)

For memory it depends on what kind you need, for instance PC2700, PC3200, ect (need to find out what your motherboard supports). I use Corsair (XMS Series) which I have not had any problems with, and overclock well. I also buy the Low Latency memory because of there low timings.

Hope this helps!

If needed, PM me and I'll try and help yah out bro.


Posted by Mystre on May-28-2004 04:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
How do people not know about computers?!?!


LOL


Posted by meneedit on May-28-2004 05:18:

quote:
Originally posted by A.T.
[COLOR=orange]For video cards, I ordered the HIS Radeon 9800 Pro "IceQ" 128 MB



I thought that vid cards were already up to 256meg


are they?


Posted by TAnt on May-28-2004 05:57:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
I thought that vid cards were already up to 256meg


are they?


Yeah but a lot of systems wont be able to use the full capacity of those like the new Radeon X800. The 9800 Pro 128 MB, or the 9800 Pro XT 256 MB are both awesome cards. I could clock mine to XT speeds if I wanted...

Basically, it also all matters on how much you want to spend, but dont get me wrong, 128 MB cars are still very awesome!


Posted by nchs09 on May-28-2004 06:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
How do people not know about computers?!?!


my knowlege...

On/off button
speakers
right click /left click *mouse only*
on/off button *monitor*
"reply to post" button *TA ONLY*
play button *winamp only*

i know maybe a bit more but that is all that comes to mind.,..


oh and yes
Submit reply *TA ONLY*


Posted by Tranc3 on May-28-2004 07:04:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
I thought that vid cards were already up to 256meg


are they?


Yes but tests so far have shown that the memory increase does not contribute to a significant gain in performance, at least not enough to justify the added cost.

Don't buy a soundard from newegg if you want to produce, I've seen what they offer, and their selection sucks.

First though you gotta tell us what you're going to use it for, otherwise it's pretty pointless giving you advice. We could advise you to spend 20k on a comp you wouldn't need, or 200 bucks on a piece of shit you wouldn't want.


Posted by resisted on May-28-2004 13:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
How do people not know about computers?!?!

get SDRAM or DDR RAM s


lol, you say about people not knowing about computers then recommend SDRAM.

SDRAM is WAY outdated dont waste your time.

A.T. has some good advice. (corsair xms )

For AMD info visit http://www.amdmb.com/


Posted by yujie__ on May-28-2004 15:44:

just get a sapphire radeon9800pro, u cant beat the peformace for that price 172 at newegg

get a athlon64 3000+ for 211, u dont need any higher unless u have lots of money to spin, and it will do u good till the next melllinum

get the asus sk8v or msi k8t neo

get name brand ddr ram. its worth the money and quality unless u dont plan to OC


Posted by Azz3D on May-28-2004 18:07:

quote:
Originally posted by yujie__
just get a sapphire radeon9800pro, u cant beat the peformace for that price 172 at newegg

get a athlon64 3000+ for 211, u dont need any higher unless u have lots of money to spin, and it will do u good till the next melllinum

get the asus sk8v or msi k8t neo

get name brand ddr ram. its worth the money and quality unless u dont plan to OC


Word
althon64 (FX maybe, if you got some cash to blow ) + radeon9800pro = kickass gaming system.

The new cards out now by radeon (X800 series) are almost twice as fast as the 9800pro, so look into that a bit more...

whatever you do, don't be a nVidiot



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