Howdy,
I would really appreciate some help from all those that are up-to date on the latest gaming rigs. I have been out of it for a while and now find myself having to get another puter. My wife needs a box for her photoshop and is currently using my old game rig. (2+ years old.. ati 9800 pro athlon chipset).
So I need a new game rig. But realstically I am only playing CS source and some World of warcraft (1600x1200). But a local store has a used game rig that has me interested:
for $650 bucks:
Athlon FX 55 2.6
Lan Party UT SLI MB
2x GeForce 6800 GT 256mg vids SLI
1 gig ram Mushkin
250 gig hard drive SATA
SB Audigy 2 sound card
DVD writer
DVD Rom drive
600W power supply
Antec Case
windows xp home w free upgrade to vista
30 day warranty.
and a ton of cooling fans.
My question is I'm having trouble really seeing how this puter will match up to todays in performace and value (Not to much on the web where I can compare). Toms doesn't seem to show the SLI combo in their charts. And even thou I really don't forsee playing anything else out right now, I also know this puter probably won't be able to do much of anything in the future and wonder if I should just suck it up and get an DX10 system since I'm sure DX10 will have no effect on this old a hardware.
So those with knowledge please share your opinions.
I truly appreciate all your time.
Doody
I would really appreciate some help from all those that are up-to date on the latest gaming rigs. I have been out of it for a while and now find myself having to get another puter. My wife needs a box for her photoshop and is currently using my old game rig. (2+ years old.. ati 9800 pro athlon chipset).
So I need a new game rig. But realstically I am only playing CS source and some World of warcraft (1600x1200). But a local store has a used game rig that has me interested:
for $650 bucks:
Athlon FX 55 2.6
Lan Party UT SLI MB
2x GeForce 6800 GT 256mg vids SLI
1 gig ram Mushkin
250 gig hard drive SATA
SB Audigy 2 sound card
DVD writer
DVD Rom drive
600W power supply
Antec Case
windows xp home w free upgrade to vista
30 day warranty.
and a ton of cooling fans.
My question is I'm having trouble really seeing how this puter will match up to todays in performace and value (Not to much on the web where I can compare). Toms doesn't seem to show the SLI combo in their charts. And even thou I really don't forsee playing anything else out right now, I also know this puter probably won't be able to do much of anything in the future and wonder if I should just suck it up and get an DX10 system since I'm sure DX10 will have no effect on this old a hardware.
So those with knowledge please share your opinions.
I truly appreciate all your time.
Doody