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MrWizard6600
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Well... there comes a time in ever computers life where it realizes "man i really suck at this whole running-CSS thing"
when this time comes, and it may never come, the only thing you can do, is say "well its been fun" then rip it apart, and try to find a use for all this old crap.
well ladies and gents that time has come. but im not calling this a FS/T/WTB thread, because none of its for sale. infact, i have some of the components i need for this pc.
but it has recently come to my attention that there has been a release of something which went completely under my radar for a few weeks, this would be the 7900GTO.
ok. so, in canadian funds, i have $1200 to spend on a new computer, i also have some crazy asian people who give me de best deals around.
so the origonal plan:
MSI K9A platinum* (Xpress 3200) motherboard
Sapphire X1900XT 256MB gfx card
Corsair 1X 1gb DDR2 667 RAM
Samsung Spinmaster 250GB (7200rpm) HDD
AMD Atholon X2 3800+ proc
currently undecided on the PSU
Antec P180B case
but then the 7900GTO was released, and i immidiatly had doubts about my X1900XT 256mb, and if i was having doubts about that well, what about the chipset?
option 2:
MSI K9N SLI platinum (Nforce 570)
EVGA 7900GTO
(rest is the same)
but (imho*) Xpress 3200 owns! i mean look at it! MSIs overclock + cool running chipset! comon!
option 3:
MSI K9A (Xpress 3200)
EVGA 7900GTO
(rest is the same)
i could go with option 3 on the theory that when i upgrade i wont be wanting a dual card 7 series solution as, by then, im sure well see more performance from a single 8 series card/single X2k series card (can i call it that?) as such, when i upgrade i could pickup an R600, and perhalps crossfire them!
so im looking for advice, any experiance with either chipset, how far you overclocked, system benchmarks, likes/dislikes, all appriciated. what ISNT appreciated is "ATI sucks get the pure NV solution" --people who post like that i will never talk to again.
thanks for any advice
-Geoff
when this time comes, and it may never come, the only thing you can do, is say "well its been fun" then rip it apart, and try to find a use for all this old crap.
well ladies and gents that time has come. but im not calling this a FS/T/WTB thread, because none of its for sale. infact, i have some of the components i need for this pc.
but it has recently come to my attention that there has been a release of something which went completely under my radar for a few weeks, this would be the 7900GTO.
ok. so, in canadian funds, i have $1200 to spend on a new computer, i also have some crazy asian people who give me de best deals around.
so the origonal plan:
MSI K9A platinum* (Xpress 3200) motherboard
Sapphire X1900XT 256MB gfx card
Corsair 1X 1gb DDR2 667 RAM
Samsung Spinmaster 250GB (7200rpm) HDD
AMD Atholon X2 3800+ proc
currently undecided on the PSU
Antec P180B case
but then the 7900GTO was released, and i immidiatly had doubts about my X1900XT 256mb, and if i was having doubts about that well, what about the chipset?
option 2:
MSI K9N SLI platinum (Nforce 570)
EVGA 7900GTO
(rest is the same)
but (imho*) Xpress 3200 owns! i mean look at it! MSIs overclock + cool running chipset! comon!
option 3:
MSI K9A (Xpress 3200)
EVGA 7900GTO
(rest is the same)
i could go with option 3 on the theory that when i upgrade i wont be wanting a dual card 7 series solution as, by then, im sure well see more performance from a single 8 series card/single X2k series card (can i call it that?) as such, when i upgrade i could pickup an R600, and perhalps crossfire them!
so im looking for advice, any experiance with either chipset, how far you overclocked, system benchmarks, likes/dislikes, all appriciated. what ISNT appreciated is "ATI sucks get the pure NV solution" --people who post like that i will never talk to again.
thanks for any advice
-Geoff