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33RAVEN   10-30-2006 at 07:13:23 AM

if you were building an sli gaming rig???

would you wait til the 8800gtx to
come out or would you build it
with the 7900gtx?

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hoxlund   10-30-2006 at 07:34:14 AM
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i would wait until the 8xxx series come out then buy 2 7900gtx's

your going to save mega bucks and still have a spectacular gaming rig

also what are your other computer hardware components?

it will also depend on how much memory, how fast your memory, processor speed, if your going to run dedicated sound card

all that really affects a system's gaming ability

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33RAVEN   10-30-2006 at 06:04:03 PM
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i'm running

X2 4600
700 psu
18x dvd wr
cd/dvd wr
2gb of ram maybe i'll
go with 4gb...if i find it
cheap enough

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hoxlund   10-30-2006 at 06:16:17 PM
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haha cause the optical drives really affect the whole windows experience

sorry, just had to say it

you have a pretty nice rig already

i would just stick with maybe buying just one 7900gtx for now

it also depends on what games your playing now

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Eurasianman   10-30-2006 at 06:47:11 PM
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SLI and Crossfire is over rated. Just get an nvidia 8xxx series or wait for ATI's new DX10 card. Why buy obsolete hardware? Other than being cheap, if you think about it, you'll waste more money because soon enough, you'll have to upgrade your graphics card again. Basically, stick with a DX10 card... that is, if you can wait...

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prozac26   10-30-2006 at 09:17:41 PM
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I would wait, especially with G80 arriving pretty soon.

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danny9894   10-31-2006 at 02:16:00 AM
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R600 for sure, G80 doesn't look that promising.

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prozac26   10-31-2006 at 03:58:17 AM
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wow, no one asked about your hopes.

Any links for your craptimation? :lol: :roll: :roll:

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locky28   10-31-2006 at 04:22:06 AM
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haha craptimation nice, if your gonna wait for an r600 from now your gonna be out of action for a while cause thats not till nxt year , g80 is out in a few weeks or so so if i could afford to, i'd be one of the cool dudes that are the first to own 11 inches of 300w energy consuming gaming goodness and then laugh at the clowns with G71's

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Eurasianman   10-31-2006 at 03:27:53 PM
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haha craptimation nice, if your gonna wait for an r600 from now your gonna be out of action for a while cause thats not till nxt year , g80 is out in a few weeks or so so if i could afford to, i'd be one of the cool dudes that are the first to own 11 inches of 300w energy consuming gaming goodness and then laugh at the clowns with G71's



Well, I'm sure glad I have an R580 :P

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hoxlund   10-31-2006 at 04:06:39 PM
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haha craptimation nice, if your gonna wait for an r600 from now your gonna be out of action for a while cause thats not till nxt year , g80 is out in a few weeks or so so if i could afford to, i'd be one of the cool dudes that are the first to own 11 inches of 300w energy consuming gaming goodness and then laugh at the clowns with G71's



find me a game that would run on your g80 card that wouldn't on mine and we'll laugh together

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IcY18   10-31-2006 at 04:37:48 PM
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haha craptimation nice, if your gonna wait for an r600 from now your gonna be out of action for a while cause thats not till nxt year , g80 is out in a few weeks or so so if i could afford to, i'd be one of the cool dudes that are the first to own 11 inches of 300w energy consuming gaming goodness and then laugh at the clowns with G71's



find me a game that would run on your g80 card that wouldn't on mine and we'll laugh together

Oblivion at 1600x1200 resolution with full eye candy....muahahah

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Eurasianman   10-31-2006 at 04:38:54 PM
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HAH! EASY! It's called an XBOX 360! :P

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hoxlund   10-31-2006 at 04:40:16 PM
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if my 19" actually could go up to 16x12 there wouldn't be a problem at all muhahaha

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Eurasianman   10-31-2006 at 04:42:37 PM
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it's called a 20"-22" monitor! :P

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Eurasianman   10-31-2006 at 04:59:32 PM
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Now, I told you! If you do your chores, you can get a new monitor for christmas! :P

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dean7   10-31-2006 at 05:38:09 PM
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Wow, you are way too hyper! :D

Anyway, yeah, I think that a lot of people are hoping the G80 will allow them to run Oblivion maxed out at higher resolutions (I sure am).

And yeah, if you always buy low-to-middle of the road hardware, you're always going to be upgrading. I bought a 7600gt when they came out (I have 350w PSU, so it's as good as it gets for me), and I already need something better (or at least I WANT something better... need might be a strong word).

So, if I were you I would wait for g80 or ATI's 1st-gen DX10 cards (or if you are really smart wait for 2nd-gen DX10 cards to come out).

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Core2DuoFan   10-31-2006 at 05:52:42 PM
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If you are going to build a great gaming rig, I would suggest you only get one great GRFX card (depending on your monitor you might not even be able to tell the difference anyway) and spring for a Core 2 Duo proc, probably the E6300 as it has 4 Mb of L2 cache.

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dean7   10-31-2006 at 06:01:24 PM
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If you are going to build a great gaming rig, I would suggest you only get one great GRFX card (depending on your monitor you might not even be able to tell the difference anyway) and spring for a Core 2 Duo proc, probably the E6300 as it has 4 Mb of L2 cache.


Wow... an E6300 with 4M L2 cache? Amazing! :wink: Actually, the E6300 only has 2M L2 cache. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115005

However, THG did gaming tests and found that the extra 2M found in 6600+ models doesn't really help your FPS in games that much (if you are running a 2M/4M version with the same clock speed).

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Core2DuoFan   10-31-2006 at 06:08:21 PM
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Oops, so much for being a C2D fan! Yep E6600 is what I was thinking when I mis-typed. Thanks for keeping me honest. I would still bump up for the E6600 for the headroom down the road. If you into OC'ing then the E6300 or E6400 might be good bets too.

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dean7   10-31-2006 at 06:47:53 PM
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Yeah, I would personally probably go with 6600 right now, but you can't really go wrong right now if you buy a C2D chip (in my opinion at least). They all offer supreme price-to-performance ratio, so no matter what you're getting a steal.

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