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Lawn Dart wrote:
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> Hi Chris,
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> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:46:29 -0000, you wrote:
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>> ...extra ram or a second monitor or even put it in the kitty ready
>> for another card next year!
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> Are you thinking about the potential requirements of fs10?
>
> Last night, I wrote to the guy who originally built this computer for
> me, and here's an interesting excerpt from what he wrote in reply (he
> recommended waiting before considering a motherboard upgrade just
> now):
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>>> There are big things in the works, right now, as far as hardware. I
>>> would wait to see what will be out at the end of the year. I just
>>> took my quarterly Intel Product Dealer test. The propaganda that
>>> came with it is pretty impressive. Big chipset changes. Mainboard
>>> imbedded wireless and security. Increased bus speed.
>
> He promised that later tonight when he has more time, he'll explain in
> more detail.
>
> - --
> Melissa
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Hey Melissa,
I have been building my own systems for about 8 years now, once you've done
it it's the only way to go.. I just ain't happy unless I am tinkering with
something on the inside
.
I just finished, about 2 weeks ago, upgrading to an Athlon XP64 3500
winchester core, Socket 939 Nforce3 MB - MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, and Lian Li
aluminum case.
I coudln't be more pleased, plus it really wasn't that bad dollar wise. I am
still running my Radeon 9800 Pro, and know it is now somewhat of a
bottleneck in this system, but when the prices of the next generation cards
start coming down I will upgrade that as well.
I have just got this system tweaked like I like it, overclocked to 235 mhz
fsb, and running stable.
Now, I am a newbie to FS9, I have just purchased it and installed it
yesterday, hope to get to spend some time with it this weekend to see how
this machine runs it.
Anyway, if I can help in any way answer any questions, feel free to email -
I stay pretty busy and don't always have time to read all my newsgroups..
Just remove " clothes" when replying to my email return addy..
Yes, there are new things on the horizon, like PCIe, Nforce4 mb, etc..
I elected to go with Nforce3 as it still was your basic agp/pci slot mb, yet
supports socket 939 which is the way to go now, and has future support for
even the FX chips.
I prefer to wait for the dust to settle on PCIe, etc before making that
jump. But with the way I like to upgrade, It wouldn't bother me to change
motherboards in the next year.
I would recommend to most anyone that is wanting an upgrade today, that is
proven, good bang for the buck, without breaking the bank - seriously look
at the Athlon 64 chip - winchester core ( socket 939), and an Nforce3
motherboard. They are tried and proven, and still pretty cutting edge
technology...
--
Don Burnette
"When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of the
way of the man that's doing it."