Cutting corners...which component?

jcll2002 said:
whats the difference between the dfi ultra infinity and the dfi ultra d. They seem to have the same specs but the infinity is $30 cheaper

BTW, i wont notice the difference when playing music with the xfi xtrememusic over the regular onboard?
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you might get a difference in fps though, because the x-fi (and really any creative card for that matter) have an onboard DSP while onboard audio uses your cpu.
 
I paid retail for my X-Fi and love it. I even had an Audigy before and the difference is compelling.

Then again I'm a bit of an audiophile.
 
TheTMan said:
You might not get as high an overclock, but you can always use a memory divider... as far as losing performance, I highly doubt it.
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Agreed, AMD is very geneous on dividers. I think you get close to a dozen to choose from on AMD boards (unlike my IC7, I get a whole three).
 
Thats what I thought....

I just realized that I dont game enough to warrant a purchase of the x1900xt. Im just going to wait to see if the new 7900 series will be cheaper and if it will drive down the price of the 7800gtx.

Just say i do end up getting a 7800gtx or something similar. Will i be able to get almost max on FEAR running on 1600x 1050? 2gbs of ram, an oced 3800+ (or simliar) would go along with it.
 
jcll2002 said:
I know... I thought that was alittle also.

I have only hl2+steam+css currently. No fear or bf2. I have music, but no videos. What else is there to have? (plus all the random apps and stuff)
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Ill be keeping this for 4 years or so.
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Why not prepare for the future and have that 400g ready...... 30g today, 60g tomorrow, 200g next year etc etc.


ditch the raptor - they are over priced and still too new really and the performance can more or less be met for most thing with another drive.
 
jcll2002 said:
Im finalizing my rig and i realized that i probably dont need as good of a gfx that i have configured. I realize that the 7900 series is coming out and ill probabaly wait to see how the performance is at what price.

Basically I realized that my rig was getting too expensive, and I need to cut some corners to lower the price. The rig is...

x2 3800+ w/ scythe ninja
2gb gskill extreme
x1900xt
150 GB Raptor (people have said that this is def worth and def not worth the money)
DFI Ultra - D
antec p160w case
enermax 535w psu
x-fi xtrememusic($66 i have a coupon...still worth it because the purchase of speakers ect will add up)
some random dvd+-rw drive
and the monitor Not sure which one to get but id like to stay around $350 or so

BTW, Ill be keeping this for 4 years or so. I will be gaming ALOT during the summer, but during the school year its pretty spotty. I just pretty much want to be able to play fear maxed out or close to it. (also play css, bf2, ect). I do all the other "regular" stuff with the computer also.

What do you think i should cut down on?

Thanks,
jcll2002
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Things I would think about:
#1) Ditch the X1900... wait for DX10 (8000/X2000 series?) cards before you blow $500 plus on a video card. Go for a $180 (on Newegg) 6800GS (256mb DDR3, very respectable performance, MUCH better than ATI's $200-class cards) instead, and blow the big bucks when it's actually worth it.

#2) Go to the 74gig Raptor, unless you have the dough to spare at the end of your build (the 150gb raptor is a little bit better in all respects, including NCQ and 16mb of cache... but it also carries a huge price premium. the 74gb is still a screamer)
 
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