Holiday System Upgrade

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monk3y

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It's time to upgrade my computer for the holidays, might you guys have any suggestions I have around $600. Its the computer in my sig, also the q6600 and the 9800gx2 are water cooled. any suggestions would very appreciated.
 
It would help if you told us what you were using the PC for. Also, what monitor do you have?
 
oh, sorry, it's my gaming pc, and my monitor is a 19" gateway I don't remember the model off hand.
 
monk3y said:
oh, sorry, it's my gaming pc, and my monitor is a 19" gateway I don't remember the model off hand.
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Buy a bigger monitor. $300 to $600 should get you a good quality 24" monitor.
 
Danny Bui said:
Buy a bigger monitor. $300 to $600 should get you a good quality 24" monitor.
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I noticed my system was getting a low fps playing far cry 2 on high setting wont getting a bigger monitor only feed that problem?
 
Wow, a 9800GX2 on a 19" lcd. I agree with Danny, buy a bigger monitor. It would better take advantage of the 9800GX2 potential. A single 9800GT is more than enough for only a 1280x1024 or 1440x900 19" monitor.
 
monk3y said:
I noticed my system was getting a low fps playing far cry 2 on high setting wont getting a bigger monitor only feed that problem?
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Not if you get the GTX260 in addition to that bigger monitor. A GTX260 has been shown to play Far Cry 2 @ 1920x1200 at 40FPS w/4AA and 16AF:
http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTU3MSwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Though it is very very odd that FC2 plays "bad" on a 19" monitor with a 9800GX2. Could be that FC2 does not scale well with the 9800GX2.
 
that sounds like a good idea, I think I will go with that then just sell off the 9800gx2 to get a water block for the gtx280, any recommendation on the monitor so I that I will stay under $600 for both
 
Good idea. Sell the card and get a single graphics card instead. If you do get the GTX 280, to stay within $600, you will need to go with a 22" lcd.
 
Nope. The HX 520 watt is strong. People have ran 2 x 8800GTX in SLI, O/C their cpu, 2 x optical drives and 4 harddrives with 4 fans in their system. By the way, I would do this instead with your $600.

Here's what I would do, skip the GTX 280. I think the price is a bit too much. Get this MSI GTX 260 for $215 from NewEgg. or, EVGA Geforce GTX 260 for $220 w/free shipping. Then, get a 24" lcd like this Samsung at Costco for $350.00

MSI Geforce GTX 260 for $215
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127361

or

EVAG Geforce GTX 260 for $220 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

24" Samsung 2443BWX for $350
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...&topnav=&cat=62021&hierPath=62021*&lang=en-US

Both under $600. As you can see from website www.hardareguru.com or guru3d.com, the 9800GX2 scales poorly in Far Cry 2. Hehe

http://www.guru3d.com/article/far-cry-2-pc-vga-graphics-performance-review/5

Or, upgrade that MSI GTX 260 (192 stream processor) to a EVGA GTX 260(216 stream processor) for $260 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130398 and get a 22" lcd such as this one:

LG L227WTG-PF for $260 on sale at Best Buy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8739118&type=product&id=1201913867539

*Note: This LG 22" is glossy screen so.. you may not like it. But, it is a kick ass 22" lcd for hardcore gamers. The GTX 260 with 216 stream processors, downsizing the monitor from a 24" to this 22", you should be flying in FC2. O/C that GTX 260 video. Boom, more performance.
 
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