White Knight September 22, 2004 Share White Knight September 22, 2004 ...I seek. Ok, wassup yall. Now I know, yall are going to say "Whitie's a software engineer, he should know this stuff", well, as an overworked Software Engineer, I haven't had the time (and doubt I would if I could) to keep abreast on the latest and greatest in the hw world. Normally it isn't an issue because I'm not buying computer parts, but... I'm going to build a new PC for HL2. In fact, the day it goes gold, I'm ordering my parts so that I'm prepared to pwn HL2. My 3 year old PC definately won't cut it. Now I've pretty much sketched out what I'm buying and my pricepoints on most items, except I'm having issues deciding on a Video Card. My pricepoint is circa $300. Now for that I can either buy a low end nVidia 6800 (with 128M of RAM among other things) or a high end 9800 pro (with 256M of RAM and all the bells). nVidia, obviously pushing their new hardware, says the 6800 is vastly supperior and therefore I should buy that, even on the low end. What do yall think? Should I go for the pimped 9800pro, or should I purchase the 'value' 6800? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman September 22, 2004 Share Birdman September 22, 2004 I'd go with the vanilla 6800. Or if the AGP versions of the 6600GT and x700XT are out by the time HL2 is, then I would go with one of those. They are only gonna cost 200 bucks and run just as fast as 9800 level cards. This would leave 100 bucks to invest in a gig of Low Lantency RAM, or maybe a faster processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage September 22, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage September 22, 2004 6800 by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Knight September 22, 2004 Author Share White Knight September 22, 2004 Awesome. Thanks for the advice yall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeK September 22, 2004 Share TeK September 22, 2004 (edited) I wish a Nvidia Geforce 98000 exhisted, that would own faces(Glares at topic name ;OO) Edited September 22, 2004 by TeK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Knight September 22, 2004 Author Share White Knight September 22, 2004 I wish a Nvidia Geforce 98000 exhisted, that would own faces(Glares at topic name ;OO) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the wonderful input Tek. Very much more advice as well written, and sourced as yours and I will be at peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillow_Head September 22, 2004 Share Brillow_Head September 22, 2004 (edited) zerodamage...where did those links go that showed the diferences in cards between doom3 and HL2? Edited September 22, 2004 by Brillow_Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r September 22, 2004 Share All Kill3r September 22, 2004 6600GT if you wait for it, 6800 if not for $300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage September 22, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage September 22, 2004 zerodamage...where did those links go that showed the diferences in cards between doom3 and HL2? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I belive they are in the Doom3 forum somewhere. Just go to www.anandtech.com and check out the CPU section for the Doom3 comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeK September 23, 2004 Share TeK September 23, 2004 <3 white knight =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX September 23, 2004 Share NOFX September 23, 2004 6800 GT fo shizzy my nizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman September 23, 2004 Share Birdman September 23, 2004 6800 GT fo shizzy my nizzy <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Great card, but it's 100 bucks over budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Knight September 23, 2004 Author Share White Knight September 23, 2004 Thanks for the link yall. Found a bunch of interesting stuff. That sight sparked a further question: It looks like the AMD Semperon has comparable performance to the Intel 3.2G Pentium that I was contemplating (for half the price), and the AMD 64 (for $50 less) by far outperforms them. Ne1 have any experience with the 64? I know that it supports 32B operations and apparently wails on Doom, but I'm seeking more knowledge before I purchase one. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage September 23, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage September 23, 2004 (edited) The P4's cost more. The Athlon 64's cost a little less. The A64's are better in games. The P4's are better at video encoding, etc. The A64's are really close to the P4's with Video encoding. The A64's are a little more future proof with 64-bit support. The A64's are a little faster with the memory controller on the actual cpu. The P4's have Hyper THreading which makes your desktop 2D applications fly. Edited September 23, 2004 by zerodamage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters September 23, 2004 Share gOOters September 23, 2004 I wish a Nvidia Geforce 98000 exhisted, that would own faces(Glares at topic name ;OO) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> TeK stole my thunder I am waiting for the ATi 980000000Pro should be out in about 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r September 23, 2004 Share All Kill3r September 23, 2004 if your looking for a new cpu, Athlon64 is the way to go right now. Intel is slacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy September 23, 2004 Share auggybendoggy September 23, 2004 my input is useless so I'm keeping my mouth shut.... BUT if I were you... Kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane September 26, 2004 Share jane September 26, 2004 my vote goes for two 9700pros, somehow linked in wonderous ddr fashion and functioning better than that stuff. btw, you can wait. hl2 was supposed to come out two years ago....its still not out. im not holding my breath anymore since they had to use the jumper cable three times(this being after my dog licked my face a few times and brought me back to life with her excruciating bad breath). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage September 26, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage September 26, 2004 my vote goes for two 9700pros, somehow linked in wonderous ddr fashion and functioning better than that stuff. Ask ATI and be willing to spend 10K plus one. ATI made one with 4 9700 Cores for the US Military a year ago and it was very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman September 26, 2004 Share Birdman September 26, 2004 There's a dual core ATI card. Can't remember if it's 9700 cores or 9800 cores though. If i were looking for a new setup right now I would look for a highly overclockable system. If I were going with Intel I would get a new LGA 775 socket board with PCI express slots with PC 4000 DDR 1 RAM. Slap a 6600GT or x700XT in, and you would be on your way. Throw in a 3.0GHz prescott processor and i'd call it a deal. If i were going AMD i would get a socket 754 pin board with a 2800+ Athlon 64 processor and some low latency DDR 3200 RAM. With an AGP 6600GT or x700XT. I'd get a big copper heatsink for both setups and add a phat 80mm fan on top for some great overclocking potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar September 26, 2004 Share Crowbar September 26, 2004 Athlon 64 3000+ is what I currently have. It's running on an ASRock K8S8X motherboard with the included heatsink/fan and only one case fan. I also have a gig of A-Data PC-3200 RAM and a Sapphire 9800 Pro 128mb graphics card. I'm loving it, runs great. I play UT2k4 at 1280x1024 resolution and get a solid 30 fps. I would echo the other guys though, and buy the 6800. I got my 9800 Pro a good six months ago, if I was buying now, I'd go with the new generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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