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Hi all, I'm a long time lurker here and need a little advice. I have read through the recent posts and especially the stickied ones and havent heard a clear answer to this.
I intend to build a new system this fall as my old one is a IC7-G based 3.66GHz P4 (OC) Prescott W/ 2GB Ram X800XTPE video (AGP). If it wasn't for the ##$%$ change to PCIe, this system with a X1900XTX or 7950 in it would still rock!!
Since I have to upgrade, my question is this. Two 7950's in QUAD SLI cost close to the same as two 1900XT's in Crossfire. I have a 24" Sony CRT and game at 1900x1200 where I can. Which video setup gives me better IQ at this resolution in games like Oblivion, EQ2, WOW?
I intend to get one of the cards now and wait till the DX10 cards come out, dropping the cost of the 1900 and 7950, and pick up another one then. I fully expect to not need a DX10 card for at least a year if not more.
I already have the PCP&C 1kW Quad edition and a P180 case, along with two first generation Raptors running in Raid 0, so I can handle the other system bottlenecks to making a great system. My motherboard and processor selections kinda hinge on which graphics option I choose. I'm leaning towards Core 2 Duo due to previous good experiences with Intel. I already intend to get the best performing DDR2 i can find. (mushkin has always been good to me)
Realistically, as the controversy in the HardOCP vs. Firing Squid thread has shown, my current P4 CPU setup with a FSB of 217 and the processor at 3.66GHz, would run any game out today just fine if I could upgrade to the latest graphics card. I successfully built a system over two years ago that would still rock the latest games if they hadn't dropped AGP support on me. Oh well I ramble . . .
What do you guy think?
I intend to build a new system this fall as my old one is a IC7-G based 3.66GHz P4 (OC) Prescott W/ 2GB Ram X800XTPE video (AGP). If it wasn't for the ##$%$ change to PCIe, this system with a X1900XTX or 7950 in it would still rock!!
Since I have to upgrade, my question is this. Two 7950's in QUAD SLI cost close to the same as two 1900XT's in Crossfire. I have a 24" Sony CRT and game at 1900x1200 where I can. Which video setup gives me better IQ at this resolution in games like Oblivion, EQ2, WOW?
I intend to get one of the cards now and wait till the DX10 cards come out, dropping the cost of the 1900 and 7950, and pick up another one then. I fully expect to not need a DX10 card for at least a year if not more.
I already have the PCP&C 1kW Quad edition and a P180 case, along with two first generation Raptors running in Raid 0, so I can handle the other system bottlenecks to making a great system. My motherboard and processor selections kinda hinge on which graphics option I choose. I'm leaning towards Core 2 Duo due to previous good experiences with Intel. I already intend to get the best performing DDR2 i can find. (mushkin has always been good to me)
Realistically, as the controversy in the HardOCP vs. Firing Squid thread has shown, my current P4 CPU setup with a FSB of 217 and the processor at 3.66GHz, would run any game out today just fine if I could upgrade to the latest graphics card. I successfully built a system over two years ago that would still rock the latest games if they hadn't dropped AGP support on me. Oh well I ramble . . .
What do you guy think?