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?
May-28-2004 03:44
Orbax
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2002
Location:
You are adorable.
May-28-2004 03:53
Beat_Chemist
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle
glad you think so *wink
May-28-2004 03:55
meneedit
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
You are adorable.
you said that to me too
whats goin on here?
May-28-2004 03:57
Evil_Gnome
Slappin' the bass
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Illinois
The AMD 64 is the best. But its really expensive.
May-28-2004 04:08
Orbax
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2002
Location:
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?
May-28-2004 04:08
TAnt
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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...
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.
May-28-2004 04:08
Mystre
HyperStealth TranceAddict
Registered: May 2003
Location: NorCal
quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
How do people not know about computers?!?!
LOL
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May-28-2004 04:46
meneedit
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location:
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?
May-28-2004 05:18
TAnt
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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!
May-28-2004 05:57
nchs09
Traceaddict in training
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Inside your mum
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*
May-28-2004 06:01
Tranc3
tranceaddict in training
Registered: May 2002
Location: Santa Cruz, CA, US
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.
Upgrade my PC!!!
