time to upgrade... suggestions?

[ampedxc27]

I'm about to order a new rig from newegg cus my 2.0 p4 sux. I already have a hard drive, keyboard and mouse, and speakers. I'd also like to get the new Gateway 21" lcd. Any suggestions?

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersio...RY&ID=1711896&WishListTitle=New+mid-range+rig

 

[Project_2501]

How much do you want to spend? Will you multitask? Play games? If so, what kind of games? Details please... AGP or PCI-e?

 

[sc00ter]

"Your wishlist is empty"...

 

[ampedxc27]

i want to spend up to around 1800 or less for the pc and the monitor. it has 2 b pci-express, dual core, and amd. i play games like far cry, half life 2, unreal 2004 when im not doing music stuff.

Antec Sonata 2 = $110

A8n-sli premium = $168

NEC dvd burner = $45

Amd X2 3800+ = $347

XFX 7800 GT = $355 after rebate

OCZ Platinum 1GB = $138

the pc comes out around $1160 after rebates and the gateway monitor is 600 but i would wait for another 10% off coupon.

 

[sc00ter]

Hm..everything looks good except the 1 gig of RAM. 2 would be quite a bit better if you game a lot.

 

[NulloModo]

Looks good, but I'd go for an X1800 over a 7800gt

 

[powerade]

dont be fooled by the 7800 lol, ur getting the budget version of that card (16 pipes or what? havent checked)

 

[ampedxc27]

i would get the x1800xl except its 440 and the 7800gt is 350. if prices go down ill grab that. and im gonna get 1gb of ram and c how it goes but ill probably buy another stick in a month or 2. thanks evry1

 

[Bona Fide]

I don't understand why you would recommend the X1800XL. It performs comparably (and/or worse) with the 7800GT. And the 7800 is cheaper and has 20 pipelines, against the X1800XL's 16.

 

[NulloModo]

I don't understand why you would recommend the X1800XL. It performs comparably (and/or worse) with the 7800GT. And the 7800 is cheaper and has 20 pipelines, against the X1800XL's 16.

It performs comparably now, when new games come out and drivers are optimized the X1800 will kill the 7800, plus from screen shots so far the X1800 has noticeably higher image quality.

 

[sc00ter]

I agree that the X1800 series cards produce better graphics and have nicer screenies, but let me ask you this: Who's going to be paying that much attention to a game? I can't find the link, but someone had two screenshots in HL2, one using the 7800GTX and one using the X1800XT. The only noticable difference was that there was more detail to the brick walls. So I still say go with the GT.