BF2S Forums Building a computer, need help

1. Sorry, havent a clue.
2. Ive heard the dual RAM kits are faster from a few people. so - 4 x 1GB, although maybe you should go for the 4 x 2GB as you may save money in the long run as that wont require upgrading for quite a while.

Im just an amateur at best when it comes to hardware, hope that little bit helps you out.

Get a E6800 if you can.
Get a Raptor 150G/b @ 10,000rpm for main, and then a big 320gb like you've got down for storage.
If you're gonna SLI your video cards, two 7900's will be just as good as 2 7950's, but one vs one, the 7950 is better.

You probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 2x2Gb, 4x1Gb or even 4x2Gb. Seriously, the differences are marginal at best. It's also a not a case of one setup simply being faster than another - the actual performance you'll get comes down to many factors, the ram chip timings for example - if all other things are equal, then all of the three options (2x2Gb, 4x1Gb or 4x2Gb) will give essentially identical performance (the only very very very minor differences being down to very very very minor physical differences between the different physical ram chips).

If you can afford 4x2Gb - sure go with 4x2Gb - I'll be sweet, I think you won't actually be able to use all that ram until Vista comes out, but it'll still be sweet.

4x1Gb will fill all available ram slots, yes? So, if you want to upgrade in the future, you will have to swap out one (or ideally two) 1Gb simm(s) for one (or ideally two) 2Gb simm(s)...

2x2Gb gives you a good amount of fast ram (all of which XP will use) and leaves you with the option of upgrading by installing one (or ideally two) more 1Gb or 2Gb simms in the future...

URE_DED wrote:

I think this thread is to show off your rig....so "bravo".  Apparently you have more money than God.  Case in point: that video card is a complete waste of money.  The 79xx series is near its end of production.  Plop down just $100 and get a 7600GT or even just a 7900GT for about $200 and get a sweet DirectX 10 video card when they come out next year.

You might as well say "get a cheaper processor and wait until Core 2 Quad comes out" or "get a cheaper motherboard and wait until Quad SLI is cheaper" or whatever else - you're chasing a never ending rainbow!

The video card he lists will be just fine, hell it'll be more than 'just fine' for a good while yet - even when nvidias first DX10 card comes out, even when vista ships, even when DX10 finally gets released no games developer in their right mind is going to wake up the next day and say "Right, DX10 is here, we no longer support DX9 at all"!

bobby: work to your budget - and get the best spec you can get for that budget - don't try to chase 'tomorrows tech' - you'll never win.

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2006-10-02 10:13:26)

bobby177 wrote:

Are dx10 cards going to be able to play dx9 games (like bf2), if so, i might just wait until they come out and stick with a 6600gt like he suggested

DX10 should fully support DX9. SHOULD.

Obese_Soldier wrote:

Edit: Also get two or more of those drives, and run them both in RAID 0 using the motherboard. It will increase performance by a lot!

And if your budget doesn't allow two 360Gb drives, you could even drop the HDD size, even down to 180Gb and still get plenty of fast HDD space.